7.6
The Book of Enoch 7.6 · The earth accuses📜 Charles 1906, the printed page
The end of chapter 7.
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አሜሃ፡1
ʾameha
Thenat that time
ምድር፡2
mǝdr
the earth
ሰከየቶሙ፡3
sakayatomu
brought a complaint againstcomplained of them
ለዓማፂያን፡4
la-ʿāmāḍǝyān
the lawless ones.the wicked
. Then the earth brought a complaint against the lawless ones.
Then the earth brought a complaint against the lawless ones.
8.1a
The Book of Enoch 8.1a · Azazel teaches the arts of war📜 Charles 1906, the printed page
After the giants and the first crimes of chapter 7, the book names who taught what. The list begins with Azazel.
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And Azazel taught men to make swords and knives and shields and the armour of the breast, and showed them what comes after them and their making,
The earth itself goes to court. Sakaya, Dillmann says, first meant to flee to someone for help, then to complain, to accuse: the earth is the plaintiff. In chapter 9 the archangels hear the cry and carry it up to God.