106.1 And
after some days my son Methuselah took for his son Lamech a wife, and she became
pregnant by him, and bore a son.
106.2 And his body was white, like snow, and red like the flower of a rose,
and the hair of his head was white like wool. And his eyes were beautiful, and
when he opened his eyes he made the whole house bright, like the Sun, so that
the whole house was exceptionally bright.
106.3 And when he was taken from the hand of the midwife, he opened his mouth
and spoke to the Lord of Righteousness.
106.4 And his father Lamech was afraid of him, and fled, and went to his father
Methuselah.
106.5 And he said to him: "I have begotten a strange son; he is not like
a man but is like the children of the Angels of Heaven, of a different type
and not like us. And his eyes are like the rays of the Sun and his face glorious.
106.6 And it seems to me that he is not sprung from me, but from the Angels,
and I am afraid that something extraordinary may be done on the Earth in his
days.
106.7 And now, my father, I am entreating you and petitioning you, to go to
our father Enoch and learn from him the truth, for his dwelling is with the
Angels."
106.8 And when Methuselah heard the words of his son he came to me, at the ends
of the Earth, for he had heard that I was there. And he cried out, and I heard
his voice and went to him. And I said to him: "Behold, I am here my son,
for you have come to me."
106.9 And he answered me, and said: "Because of a great matter I have come
to you, and because of a disturbing vision, have I come near.
106.10 And now hear me, my father, for a child has been born to my son Lamech,
whose form and type are not like the type of a man. His colour is whiter than
snow and redder than the flower of the rose, and the hair of his head is whiter
than white wool. And his eyes are like the rays of the Sun, and he opened his
eyes and made the whole house bright.
106.11 And he was taken from the hand of the midwife, and he opened his mouth,
and blessed the Lord of Heaven.
106.12 And his father, Lamech, was afraid and fled to me. And, he does not believe
he is sprung from him, but thinks him to be from the Angels of Heaven. And behold,
I have come to you, so that you may make known to me the truth."
106.13 And I, Enoch, answered and said to him: "The Lord will do new things
on Earth, and this I have already seen in a vision, and made known to you. For
in the generation of my father, Jared, some from the height of Heaven transgressed
the word of the Lord, departing from the covenant of Heaven.
106.14 And behold, they commit sin and transgress the law, and have been promiscuous
with women, and commit sin with them, and have married some of them, and have
begotten children by them.
106.17 They will beget on the Earth giants, not of spirit, but of flesh, and
there will be great wrath on Earth, and the Earth will be cleansed of all the
corruption which is on it.
106.15 And there will be great destruction over the whole Earth, and there will
be a deluge, and there will be great destruction for one year.
106.16 But this child, who has been born to you, will be left on the Earth,
and his three sons will be saved with him. When all the men who are on the Earth
die, he and his sons will be saved.
106.18 And now, make known to your son Lamech that the one who has been born
is truly his son. And call his name Noah, for he will be a remnant for you,
and he and his sons will be saved from the destruction, which is coming on the
Earth because of all the sin, and all the iniquity which will be committed on
the Earth in his days.
106.19 But, after this, there will be yet greater iniquity than that which was
committed on the Earth before. For I know the mysteries of the Holy Ones, for
the Lord showed them to me, and made them known to me, and I read them in the
Tablets of Heaven.
107.1 And I saw, written on them, that generation upon generation will do wrong,
until a generation of righteousness shall arise, and wrongdoing shall be destroyed,
and sin shall depart from the Earth, and everything good shall come upon it.
107.2 And now, my son, go make known to your son Lamech that this child, who
has been born, is truly his son and this is no lie."
107.3 And when Methuselah had heard the words of his father Enoch, for he showed
him everything which is secret, he returned, having seen him, and called the
name of that child Noah; for he will comfort the Earth after all the destruction.