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Chapter 6 opens the story of the Watchers, the angels who come down to earth. Enoch begins where Genesis 6 begins.
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How it opens, word by word ወኮነ፡ wa-kona And it came to pass እምዘ፡ ʾǝmza when በዝኁ፡ bazḫu had multiplied ውሉደ፡ wǝluda the children of ሰብእ፡ sabʾ men በእማንቱ፡ ba-ʾǝmāntu in those መዋዕል፡ mawāʿǝl days ተወልዳ፡ tawalda were born ሎሙ፡ lomu to them አዋልድ፡ ʾawāld daughters ሠናያት፡ śannāyāt beautiful ወላሕያት። wa-lāḥǝyāt and lovely
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6.1 When the children of men multiplied. And it came to pass, when the children of men had multiplied, that in…6.2 The angels saw them. And the angels, the children of heaven, saw them and desired them, and said…6.3 Semyaza is afraid. And Semyaza, who was their chief, said to them: “I fear that perhaps you…6.4 Let us all swear an oath. And they all answered him and said: “Let us swear an oath, all of…6.5 They swore together. Then they all swore together and bound themselves by curses to one another by…6.6 Two hundred on Mount Hermon. And they were two hundred in all, and they came down on Ardis, which…Open Verse 6 in the full reader
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