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Enoch (attributed) · The Book of the Secrets of Enoch (2 Enoch) · 42 of 70

Chapter 41

Translated by W. R. Morfill; edited by R. H. Charles

How Fnoch wept for the Sins of Adam

1 And I saw all our forefathers from the beginning with Adam and, and I sighed and wept, and spake of the ruin (caused by) their wickedness”: Woe is me

2 And T meditated in my heart and said: ‘Blessed is the man for my infirmity and that of my forefathers?. who was not born, or, having been born, has never sinned before the face of the Lord, so that he should not come into this place, to bear the yoke of this place!’