Book of Noah

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1And after some days my son Methuselah took a wife for his son Lamech,
2and she became pregnant by him and bore a son.
3And his body was white as snow and red as the blooming of a rose,
4and the hair of his head and his long locks were white as wool, and his eyes beautiful.
5And when he opened his eyes, he lighted up the whole house like the sun,
6and the whole house was very bright.
7And thereupon he arose in the hands of the midwife, opened his mouth, and conversed with the Lord of righteousness.
8And his father Lamech was afraid of him and fled, and came to his father Methuselah.
9And he said unto him: ' I have begotten a strange son, diverse from and unlike man, and resembling the sons of the God of heaven;
10and his nature is different and he is not like us, and his eyes are as the rays of the sun, and his countenance is glorious.
11And it seems to me that he is not sprung from me but from the angels, and I fear that in his days a wonder may be wrought on the earth.
12And now, my father, I am here to petition thee and implore thee that thou mayest go to Enoch, our father, and learn from him the truth,
13for his dwelling-place is amongst the angels.'
14And when Methuselah heard the words of his son, he came to me to the ends of the earth; for he had heard that I was there,
15and he cried aloud, and I heard his voice and I came to him.
16And I said unto him: ' Behold, here am I, my son, wherefore hast 9 thou come to me ? '
17And he answered and said: ' Because of a great cause of anxiety have I come to thee, and because of a disturbing vision have I approached.
18And now, my father, hear me: unto Lamech my son there hath been born a son, the like of whom there is none, and his nature is not like man's nature,
19and the colour of his body is whiter than snow and redder than the bloom of a rose,
20and the hair of his head is whiter than white wool,
21and his eyes are like the rays of the sun,
22and he opened his eyes and thereupon lighted up the whole house.
23And he arose in the hands of the midwife, and opened his mouth and blessed the Lord of heaven.
24And his father Lamech became afraid and fled to me, and did not believe that he was sprung from him, but that he was in the likeness of the angels of heaven;
25and behold I have come to thee that thou mayest make known to me the truth.'
26And I, Enoch, answered and said unto him: 'The Lord will do a new thing on the earth, and this I have already seen in a vision,
27and make known to thee that in the generation of my father Jared some of the angels of heaven transgressed the word of the Lord.
28And behold they commit sin and transgress the law, and have united themselves with women and commit sin with them,
29and have married some of them, and have begot children by them.
30And they shall produce on the earth giants not according to the spirit, but according to the flesh,
31and there shall be a great punishment on the earth,
32and the earth shall be cleansed from all impurity.
33Yea, there shall come a great destruction over the whole earth,
34and there shall be a deluge and a great destruction for one year.
35And this son who has been born unto you shall be left on the earth,
36and his three children shall be saved with him: when all mankind that are on the earth shall die he and his sons shall be saved
37And now make known to thy son Lamech that he who has been born is in truth his son, and call his name Noah; for he shall be left to you,
38and he and his sons shall be saved from the destruction, which shall come upon the earth on account of all the sin and all the unrighteousness, which shall be consummated on the earth in his days.
39And after that there shall be still more unrighteousness than that which was first consummated on the earth;
40for I know the mysteries of the holy ones;
41for He, the Lord, has showed me and informed me, and I have read them in the heavenly tablets.