1 And these men took me from thence, and brought me to the third heaven, and placed me in the midst of a garden — a place such as has never been known for the goodliness of its appearance.
2 And I saw all the trees of beautiful colours and’? their fruits ripe and fragrant, and all kinds of food which they produced, springing up with
3 And in the midst (there is) the tree of life, in that place, on which God rests, when He comes And this tree cannot be described for its
4 And it is beautiful And on all sides in appearance delightful fragrance. into Paradise. excellence and sweet odour. more than any created thing. it is like gold and crimson and transparent as fire, and it covers everything").
5 From its root in the for you. Who knows whither I go, we find it denounced as a Manigarden there go forth four streams which pour honey and milk, oil and wine, and are separated in four directions, and go
6 And they go down to the Paradise of Eden, between corruptibility and incorruptibility. about with a soft course. And thence they go along the earth, and have a revolution
7 And there And there is no tree there without fruit, and every tree is blessed, in their circle like also the other elements. is another tree, an olive tree always distilling oil,
8 And there are three hundred angels very glorious, who keep the garden, and with never ceasing voices and blessed And I said: ‘What a very blessed place is this!’ And those men spake singing, they serve the Lord every day’. unto me: