People’s Open Bible
1 Enoch 81
Enoch Reads Heavenly Tablets
Open in the reader →1And he said to me, “Look, Enoch, at the tablets of heaven, and read what is written on them, and understand everything, one by one.”
2And I looked at the tablets of heaven, and I read all that was written, and I understood it all; and I read the book of all the deeds of humankind and of all the children of flesh upon the earth, to the generations of eternity.
3And at that time I blessed the Great Lord, the King of Glory forever, because he has made all the works of the world; and I praised the Lord for his patience, and I blessed him on account of the children of Adam.
4And from it And from it I said: blessed is the man who dies righteous and good, upon whom no book of wrongdoing has been written, and for whom no day of judgment will be found.: blessed is the man who dies righteous and good, upon whom no book of wrongdoing has been written, and for whom no day of judgment will be found.
5And those seven holy ones brought me near and set me on the earth before the door of my house, and they said to me, “Make everything known to Methuselah your son, and show all your children that no flesh is righteous before the Lord, for he is the one who created them.”
6For one year we will leave you with your son, until a further command, so that...
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