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And Chanokh lived sixty-five years and he fathered Metushelach; and Chanokh walked with Elohim after having fathered Metushelach, and he served Yahuah, and despised the evil ways of men.
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And the soul of Chanokh was wrapped up in the instruction of Yahuah, in knowledge and in understanding; and he wisely retired from the sons of men, and secreted himself from them for many days.
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And it was at the expiration of many years, while he was serving Yahuah, and praying before him in his house, that an mal’akh of Yahuah called to him from Heaven, and he said, Here am I.
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And he said, Rise, go forth from your house and from the place where you do hide yourself, and appear to the sons of men, in order that you may teach them the way in which they should go and the work which they must accomplish to enter in the ways of Elohim.
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And Chanokh rose up according to the word of Yahuah, and went forth from his house, from his place and from the chamber in which he was concealed; and he went to the sons of men and taught them the ways of Yahuah, and at that time assembled the sons of men and acquainted them with the instruction of Yahuah.
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And he ordered it to be proclaimed in all places where the sons of men lived, saying, Where is the man who wishes to know the ways of Yahuah and good works? let him come to Chanokh.
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And all the sons of men then assembled to him, for all who desired this thing went to Chanokh, and Chanokh reigned over the sons of men according to the word of Yahuah, and they came and bowed to him and they heard his word.
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And the spirit of Elohim was upon Chanokh, and he taught all his men the wisdom of Elohim and his ways, and the sons of men served Yahuah all the days of Chanokh, and they came to hear his wisdom.
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And all the kings of the sons of men, both first and last, together with their princes and judges, came to Chanokh when they heard of his wisdom, and they bowed down to him, and they also required of Chanokh to reign over them, to which he consented.
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And they assembled in all, one hundred and thirty kings and princes, and they made Chanokh king over them and they were all under his power and command.
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And Chanokh taught them wisdom, knowledge, and the ways of Yahuah; and he made peace among them, and peace was throughout the earth during the life of Chanokh.
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And Chanokh reigned over the sons of men two hundred and forty-three years, and he did justice and righteousness with all his people, and he led them in the ways of Yahuah.
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And these are the generations of Chanokh, Metushelach, Elisha, and Elimelech, three sons; and their sisters were Melca and Nahmah, and Metushelach lived eighty-seven years and he fathered Lemekh.
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And it was in the fifty-sixth year of the life of Lemekh when Adam died; nine hundred and thirty years old was he at his death, and his two sons, with Chanokh and Metushelach his son, buried him with great pomp, as at the burial of kings, in the cave which Elohim had told him.
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And in that place all the sons of men made a great mourning and weeping on account of Adam; it has therefore become a custom among the sons of men to this day.
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And Adam died because he ate of the tree of knowledge; he and his children after him, as Yahuah Elohim had spoken.
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And it was in the year of Adam's death which was the two hundred and forty-third year of the reign of Chanokh, in that time Chanokh resolved to separate himself from the sons of men and to secret himself as at first in order to serve Yahuah.
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And Chanokh did so, but did not entirely secret himself from them, but kept away from the sons of men three days and then went to them for one day.
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And during the three days that he was in his chamber, he prayed to, and praised Yahuah his Elohim, and the day on which he went and appeared to his subjects he taught them the ways of Yahuah, and all they asked him about Yahuah he told them.
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And he did in this manner for many years, and he afterward concealed himself for six days, and appeared to his people one day in seven; and after that once in a month, and then once in a year, until all the kings, princes and sons of men sought for him, and desired again to see the face of Chanokh, and to hear his word; but they could not, as all the sons of men were greatly afraid of Chanokh, and they feared to approach him on account of the Godlike awe that was seated upon his countenance; therefore no man could look at him, fearing he might be punished and die.
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And all the kings and princes resolved to assemble the sons of men, and to come to Chanokh, thinking that they might all speak to him at the time when he should come forth among them, and they did so.
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And the day came when Chanokh went forth and they all assembled and came to him, and Chanokh spoke to them the words of Yahuah and he taught them wisdom and knowledge, and they bowed down before him and they said, May the king live! May the king live!
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And in some time after, when the kings and princes and the sons of men were speaking to Chanokh, and Chanokh was teaching them the ways of Elohim, behold an mal’akh of Yahuah then called to Chanokh from heaven, and wished to bring him up to heaven to make him reign there over the sons of Elohim, as he had reigned over the sons of men upon earth.
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When at that time Chanokh heard this he went and assembled all the inhabitants of the earth, and taught them wisdom and knowledge and gave them divine instructions, and he said to them, I have been required to ascend into heaven, I therefore do not know the day of my going.
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And now therefore I will teach you wisdom and knowledge and will give you instruction before I leave you, how to act upon earth whereby you may live; and he did so.
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And he taught them wisdom and knowledge, and gave them instruction, and he reproved them, and he placed before them statutes and judgments to do upon earth, and he made peace among them, and he taught them everlasting life, and lived with them some time teaching them all these things.
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And at that time the sons of men were with Chanokh, and Chanokh was speaking to them, and they lifted up their eyes and the likeness of a great horse descended from heaven, and the horse paced in the air;
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And they told Chanokh what they had seen, and Chanokh said to them, On my account does this horse descend upon earth; the time is come when I must go from you and I shall no more be seen by you.
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And the horse descended at that time and stood before Chanokh, and all the sons of men that were with Chanokh saw him.
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And Chanokh then again ordered a voice to be proclaimed, saying, Where is the man who delights to know the ways of Yahuah his Elohim, let him come this day to Chanokh before he is taken from us.
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And all the sons of men assembled and came to Chanokh that day; and all the kings of the earth with their princes and counsellors remained with him that day; and Chanokh then taught the sons of men wisdom and knowledge, and gave them divine instruction; and he told them serve Yahuah and walk in his ways all the days of their lives, and he continued to make peace among them.
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And it was after this that he rose up and rode upon the horse; and he went forth and all the sons of men went after him, about eight hundred thousand men; and they went with him one day's journey.
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And the second day he said to them, Return home to your tents, why will you go? perhaps you may die; and some of them went from him, and those that remained went with him six day's journey; and Chanokh said to them every day, Return to your tents, lest you may die; but they were not willing to return, and they went with him.
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And on the sixth day some of the men remained and clung to him, and they said to him, We will go with you to the place where you go; as Yahuah lives, death only shall separate us.
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And they urged so much to go with him, that he ceased speaking to them; and they went after him and would not return;
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And when the kings returned they caused a census to be taken, in order to know the number of remaining men that went with Chanokh; and it was upon the seventh day that Chanokh ascended into heaven in a whirlwind, with horses and chariots of fire.
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And on the eighth day all the kings that had been with Chanokh sent to bring back the number of men that were with Chanokh, in that place from which he ascended into heaven.
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And all those kings went to the place and they found the earth there filled with snow, and upon the snow were large stones of snow, and one said to the other, Come, let us break through the snow and see, perhaps the men that remained with Chanokh are dead, and are now under the stones of snow, and they searched but could not find him, for he had ascended into heaven.