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title: "The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch)"
author: "Enoch (attributed)"
translator: "R. H. Charles"
languages: [en]
shelf: "Hidden books"
section: 24 of 108
url: https://scriptura.si/works/enoch-1-charles-1917/24/
cite: "Enoch (attributed), tr. R. H. Charles, The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch), section 24. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/enoch-1-charles-1917/24/"
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# The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch)

*Enoch (attributed), tr. R. H. Charles*

The Ethiopic book of watchers, parables and visions that Jude quotes.

## 24. Chapter 24

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/enoch-1-charles-1917/24/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/enoch-1-charles-1917/24/#p-N

### The Seven Mountains in the North-West and the Tree of Life

[¶1] 1 And from thence I went to another place of the earth, and he showed me a mountain range of fire which burnt day and night. 2 And I went beyond it and saw seven magnificent mountains all differing each from the other, and the stones (thereof) were magnificent and beautiful, magnificent as a whole, of glorious appearance and fair exterior: three towards the east, one founded on the other, and three towards the south, one upon the other, and deep rough ravines, no one of which joined with any other. 3 And the seventh mountain was in the midst of these, and it excelled them in height, resembling the seat of a throne: and fragrant trees encircled the throne. 4 And amongst them was a tree such as I had never yet smelt, neither was any amongst them nor were others like it: it had a fragrance beyond all fragrance, and its leaves and blooms and wood wither not for ever: and its fruit is beautiful, and its fruit resembles the dates of a palm. 5 Then I said: ‘How beautiful is this tree, and fragrant, and its leaves are fair, and its blooms very delightful in appearance.’ 6 Then answered Michael, one of the holy and honoured angels who was with me, and was their leader,