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The second vision which he saw, the vision of wisdom - which Chanokh, the son of Yered, the son of Mahalal’el, the son of Qeynan, the son of Enosh, the son of Shet, the son of Adam, saw. 2. And this is the beginning of the words of wisdom which I lifted up my voice to speak and say to those which dwell on earth: Hear, you men of old time, and see, you that come after, the words of the Set-Apart One which I will speak before the Sovereign of Spirits. 3. It were better to declare (them only) to the men of old time, but even from those that come after we will not withhold the beginning of wisdom. 4. Till the present day such wisdom has never been given by the Sovereign of Spirits as I have received according to my insight, according to the good pleasure of the Sovereign of Spirits by whom the lot of eternal life has been given to me. 5. Now three parables were imparted to me, and I lifted up my voice and recounted them to those that dwell on the earth.