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1 Enoch 37
The selected Charles 1906 edited text and its POB working translation, not a new manuscript collation. Images are disclosed interpretations, not divine portraits, authenticated events or physical cosmology.
Source and translation notes
· Geʿez
Source edition: charles-1906-enoch
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- 37:1[a] The printed heading repeats “vision” and “saw”; this translation retains the repetition. “Second” can also be rendered “another.” The apparatus records differing omissions in the heading.
- 37:2[a] The edition brackets እብል, “I say,” as a duplicated expression. It is recorded in the source but is not translated as a second speaking clause.
- 37:2[b] The address distinguishes former and latter people, naturally understood as earlier and later generations; the translation preserves the temporal contrast.
- 37:3[a] The opening “these former ones” stands apart grammatically in the printed Ge’ez. This translation connects it with “to speak”; the editor records alternative case forms.
- 37:4[a] The syntax of this statement is difficult. The selected edition prints a negative at its opening and repeats “as”; the rendering preserves these rather than supplying an unexpressed comparison such as “greater wisdom.” Its apparatus records a manuscript reading “which” in place of the negative. The final clauses continue across the page and explicitly mention wisdom and a share of eternal life.
- 37:5[a] More literally, “there were three parables with me.”
1 Enoch 37:4
Wisdom and a Share of Life
Wisdom for Former and Latter · 1 Enoch 37
Story guide: Enoch sits quietly as he reflects on the wisdom and share of eternal life he has received.
Open this scene in the reader →4Until now, the wisdom I have received had not been given to me from the presence of the Lord of Spirits, as I considered, as the Lord of Spirits willed, from whom a share of eternal life was given to me.
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