Apocrypha · Chapter 41 of 68
Slavonic
And I saw all the ancestors from the beginning of time with Adam and Eve, and I sighed and burst into tears and said about the ruin of their dishonor:
2'Woe is me for my infirmity and that of my ancestors', and I thought in my heart and said:
3'Blessed is the man who was not born, or who was born and did not sin before the face of the Lord, so that he may not come to this place, nor bring the yoke of this place!'
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About 2 Enoch (Secrets of Enoch)
Known as Slavonic Enoch: the ascent through the seven heavens, what Enoch sees in each one and the account of creation he brings back to his sons.