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Here we
have (in 10:115) another
fragment
of the lost
Apocalypse
of Noah (as
in 7:20-39).
The Hebrew
original of 1-2
and 9-14 of
this section is
extant.
i. e. the
spirits which
issued from
the children
of the angels
and the
daughters
of men.
Nephilim.
CHAPTER 10:
Noah’s Sons Led Astray
By Evil Spirits; Noah’s
Prayer; Mastêmâ; Death
Of Noah
(10:1-17; cf. Gen. 9:28)
1 And in the third week of this
jubilee the unclean demons
began to lead astray †the
children of† the sons of Noah;
and to make to err and destroy
them. 2 And the sons of Noah
†Omit the came to Noah their father,
children of.
and they told him concerning
the demons which were,
leading astray and blinding
and slaying his sons’ sons.
3 And he prayed before
Yahuah his Elohim, and said:
Cf. Nm.
16:22, 27:16. Elohim of the spirits of all
flesh, who hast shown mercy
unto me, And hast saved me
and my sons from the waters
of the flood, And hast not
Messiah
Quoted caused me to perish as Thou
Jubilees,
Cf. Jn. 17:12. didst the sons of perdition;
“sons of
perdition.” For Thy grace hath been great
Cf. towards me, And great hath
2 Th.2:3,
Paul been Thy mercy to my soul;
characterizes
the Beast Let Thy grace be lift up upon
as a Nephilim
quoting my sons, And let not wicked
Jubilees.
Sons of spirits rule over them lest they
perdition =
nephilim . should destroy them from the
This term is
not found in earth. 4 But do Thou bless
the entire Old
Testament. me and my sons, that we may
increase and multiply and
replenish the earth.
5 And Thou knowest how
O F
M A N K I N D
Thy Watchers, the fathers of
these spirits, acted in my day:
and as for these spirits which
are living, imprison them and
hold them fast in the place
of condemnation, and let
them not bring destruction
on the sons of thy servant,
my Elohim; for these are
malignant, and created in
order to destroy.
6 And let them not rule over For 6, Cf.
1 En. 10:4,
the spirits of the living; for 127
Thou alone canst exercise
dominion over them. And let
them not have power over the 80:2 The
sons of the righteous from word
apparently
henceforth and for evermore.” = matîm
(Hif. part of
7 And Yahuah our Elohim âam), “to
be adverse,”
bade us to bind all.
“inimical”; the
noun
8 And the chief of the spirits, Heb.
mamâ =
Mastêmâ, came and said: “animosity,”
in Hos. ix. 7,
Thus the
“Yahuah, Creator, let some 8.word
= Satan
of them remain before me, (“adversary”).
As a proper
and let them hearken to my name it is
practically
voice, and do all that I shall confined to
the Jubileessay unto them; for if some literature.
The evil
of them are not left to me, I spirits under
guidance
shall not be able to execute the
of Mastêmâ
the power of my will on the tempt,
accuse and
men.
sons of men; for these are for destroy
Mastema is
corruption and leading astray satan.
before my judgment, for great
is the wickedness of the sons 80:3 Only
of men.” 9 And He said: “Let one-tenth
are permitted
act freely
the tenth part of them remain toagainst
till
before him, and let nine parts mankind
the Day of
descend into the place of judgment.
condemnation.” 10 And one
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