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Also referred to as the Ethiopic Book of Enoch, a writing attributed to Enoch, surviving in the Ethiopic language only. Enoch was the seventh descendant from the generation of Adam (Genesis 5:21–24). He lived for 365 years, and at the end of his life on earth, he did not die but “walked with God.” He spent time with the angels during and after his stay on earth.
The Ethiopic Apocalypse of Enoch, 1 Enoch, contains a collection of revelations ascribed to him. It was originally written in Aramaic and then translated into Greek and from Greek into Ethiopic. The work focuses on Enoch’s walking with God as a heavenly journey. It further contains an elaboration of Genesis 6:1–5, the mating of the watchers (sons of God) and mortal women, which produced a race of giants who devastated the earth and brought on the flood of the period of Noah.
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