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English Translation of Enoch (Hanokh)

4Q201(En ara)
Courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority (11)

Ena I ii

12.  ...But you have changed your works,
13.  [and have not done according to his command,
     and tran]sgressed against him; (and have spoken)
     haughty and harsh words, with your impure mouths,
14.  [against his majesty, for your heart is hard].
     You will have no peace.

     Ena I iii

13.  [They (the leaders) and all ... of them took
     for themselves]
14.  wives from all that they chose and
     [they began to cohabit with them and to defile
     themselves with them];
15.  and to teach them sorcery and [spells and
     the cutting of roots; and to acquaint them
     with herbs.]
16.  And they become pregnant by them and 
     bo[re (great) giants three thousand cubits high ...]

Transcription by J. T. Milik, amended by J. C. Greenfield; translation by J. C. Greenfield

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