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And in those days Noach saw the earth that it had sunk down and its destruction was nigh. 2. And he arose from thence and went to the ends of the earth, and cried aloud to his grandfather Chanokh: and Noach said three times with an embittered voice: ‘Hear me, hear me, hear me.’ 3. And I said to him: ‘Tell me what it is that is falling out on the earth that the earth is in such evil plight and shaken, lest perchance I shall perish with it.’ 4. And thereupon there was a great commotion on the earth, and a voice was heard from heaven, and I fell on my face. 5. And Chanokh my grandfather came and stood by me, and said to me: ‘Why have you cried to me with a bitter cry and weeping?
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And a command has gone forth from the presence of the Sovereign concerning those who dwell on the earth that their ruin is accomplished because they have learnt all the secrets of the mal’akhiym, and all the violence of the Satans, and all their powers - the most secret ones - and all the power of those who practise sorcery, and the power of witchcraft, and the power of those who make molten images for the whole earth:
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And how silver is produced from the dust of the earth, and how soft metal originates in the earth. 8. For lead and tin are not produced from the earth like the first: it is a fountain that produces them, and an mal’akh stands in it, and that mal’akh is pre-eminent.’ 9. And after that my grandfather Chanokh took hold of me by my hand and raised me up, and said to me: ‘Go, for I have asked the Sovereign of Spirits as touching this commotion on the earth. 10. And He said to me: “Because of their unrighteousness their judgement has been determined upon and shall not be withheld by Me for ever. Because of the sorceries which they have searched out and learnt, the earth and those who dwell upon it shall be destroyed.” 11. And these - they have no place of repentance for ever, because they have shown them what was hidden, and they are the damned: but as for you, my son, the Sovereign of Spirits knows that you are pure, and guiltless of this reproach concerning the secrets.
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And He has destined your name to be among the set-apart, And will preserve you amongst those who dwell on the earth, And has destined your righteous seed both for kingship and for great honours, And from your seed shall proceed a fountain of the righteous and set-apart without number for ever.’