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title: "The Hebrew Book of Enoch (3 Enoch)"
author: "R. Ishmael ben Elisha (attributed)"
translator: "Hugo Odeberg"
languages: [en]
shelf: "Hidden books"
section: 3 of 54
url: https://scriptura.si/works/enoch-3-odeberg-1928/3/
cite: "R. Ishmael ben Elisha (attributed), tr. Hugo Odeberg, The Hebrew Book of Enoch (3 Enoch), section 3. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/enoch-3-odeberg-1928/3/"
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# The Hebrew Book of Enoch (3 Enoch)

*R. Ishmael ben Elisha (attributed), tr. Hugo Odeberg*

Rabbi Ishmael ascends to the heavenly palaces and meets Enoch, now the angel Metatron.

## 3. Chapter 3

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/enoch-3-odeberg-1928/3/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/enoch-3-odeberg-1928/3/#p-N

### Metatron has 70 names, but God calls him ’ Youth ’

[¶1] R. Ishmael said:

[¶2] 1 In that hourl I asked Metatron, the angel, the Prince of the Presence: “What is thy name?”

[¶3] 2 He answered me: “I have seventy names, corresponding to the seventy tongues of the world and all of them are based upon the name Metatron, angel of the Presence; but my King calls me Youth’ (Na’ar)”