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There was a wise man, a great artificer, and Yahuah conceived love for him and received him, that he should behold the uppermost dwellings and be an eye-witness of the wise and great and inconceivable and immutable realm of El Shaddai, of …
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At that time, he said, when my one hundred and sixty-fifth year was completed, I fathered my son Metushelach (Metushelach).
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After this too I lived two hundred years and completed of all the years of my life three hundred and sixty-five years.
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On the first day of the month I was in my house alone and was resting on my bed and slept.
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And when I was asleep, great distress came up into my heart, and I was weeping with my eyes in sleep, and I could not understand what this distress was, or what would happen to me.
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And there appeared to me two men, exceeding big, so that I never saw such on earth; their faces were shining like the sun, their eyes too (were) like a burning light, and from their lips was fire coming forth with clothing and singing of …
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They were standing at the head of my bed and began to call me by my name.
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And I arose from my sleep and saw clearly those two men standing in front of me.
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And I saluted them and was seized with fear and the appearance of my face was changed from terror, and those men said to me:
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Have courage, Chanokh, do not fear; the eternal Elohim sent us to you, and lo! You will today ascend with us into heaven, and you shall tell your sons and all your household all that they shall do without you on earth in your house, and …
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And I hurried to obey them and went out from my house, and made to the doors, as it was ordered me, and summoned my sons Metushelach (Metushelach) and Regim and Gaidad and made known to them all the marvels those (men) had told me.