1 Enoch (Book of Enoch)Second Temple / PseudepigraphaAccepted by Some TraditionsAramaic and Hebrew fragments; full Ethiopic Ge'ez preservation with Greek and Latin witnessesShare1 Enoch 78R. H. Charles 1917 - EnglishMoreVersion - 1 availableR. H. Charles 1917LanguageEnglishEspañol‹1 Enoch 11 Enoch 21 Enoch 31 Enoch 41 Enoch 51 Enoch 61 Enoch 71 Enoch 81 Enoch 91 Enoch 101 Enoch 111 Enoch 121 Enoch 131 Enoch 141 Enoch 151 Enoch 161 Enoch 171 Enoch 181 Enoch 191 Enoch 201 Enoch 211 Enoch 221 Enoch 231 Enoch 241 Enoch 251 Enoch 261 Enoch 271 Enoch 281 Enoch 291 Enoch 301 Enoch 311 Enoch 321 Enoch 331 Enoch 341 Enoch 351 Enoch 361 Enoch 371 Enoch 381 Enoch 391 Enoch 401 Enoch 411 Enoch 421 Enoch 431 Enoch 441 Enoch 451 Enoch 461 Enoch 471 Enoch 481 Enoch 491 Enoch 501 Enoch 511 Enoch 521 Enoch 531 Enoch 541 Enoch 551 Enoch 561 Enoch 571 Enoch 581 Enoch 591 Enoch 601 Enoch 611 Enoch 621 Enoch 631 Enoch 641 Enoch 651 Enoch 661 Enoch 671 Enoch 681 Enoch 691 Enoch 701 Enoch 711 Enoch 721 Enoch 731 Enoch 741 Enoch 751 Enoch 761 Enoch 771 Enoch 781 Enoch 791 Enoch 801 Enoch 811 Enoch 821 Enoch 831 Enoch 841 Enoch 851 Enoch 861 Enoch 871 Enoch 881 Enoch 891 Enoch 901 Enoch 921 Enoch 911 Enoch 931 Enoch 941 Enoch 951 Enoch 961 Enoch 971 Enoch 981 Enoch 991 Enoch 1001 Enoch 1011 Enoch 1021 Enoch 1031 Enoch 1041 Enoch 1051 Enoch 1061 Enoch 1071 Enoch 108›1 Enoch 781 Enoch 78ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1And the names of the sun are the following: the first Orjares, and the second Tomas. 2And the moon has four names: the first name is Asonja, the second Ebla, the third Benase, and the fourth Erae. 3These are the two great luminaries: their circumference is like the circumference of the heaven, and the size of the circumference of both is alike. 4In the circumference of the sun there are seven portions of light which are added to it more than to the moon, and in definite measures it is transferred till the seventh portion of the sun is exhausted. 5And they set and enter the portals of the west, and make their revolution by the north, and come forth through the eastern portals on the face of the heaven. 6And when the moon rises one-fourteenth part appears in the heaven: [the light becomes full in her]: on the fourteenth day she accomplishes her light. 7And fifteen parts of light are transferred to her till the fifteenth day (when) her light is accomplished, according to the sign of the year, and she becomes fifteen parts, and the moon grows by (the addition of) fourteenth parts. 8And in her waning (the moon) decreases on the first day to fourteen parts of her light, on the second to thirteen parts of light, on the third to twelve, on the fourth to eleven, on the fifth to ten, on the sixth to nine, on the seventh to eight, on the eighth to seven, on the ninth to six, on the tenth to five, on the eleventh to four, on the twelfth to three, on the thirteenth to two, on the fourteenth to the half of a seventh, and all her remaining light disappears wholly on the fifteenth. 9And in certain months the month has twenty-nine days and once twenty-eight. 10And Uriel showed me another law: when light is transferred to the moon, and on which side it is transferred to her by the sun. 11During all the period during which the moon is growing in her light, she is transferring it to herself when opposite to the sun during fourteen days [her light is accomplished in the heaven], and when she is illumined throughout, her light is accomplished in the heaven. 12And on the first day she is called the new moon, for on that day the light rises upon her. 13She becomes full moon exactly on the day when the sun sets in the west, and from the east she rises at night, and the moon shines the whole night through till the sun rises over against her and the moon is seen over against the sun. 14On the side whence the light of the moon comes forth, there again she wanes till all the light vanishes and all the days of the month are at an end, and her circumference is empty, void of light. 15And three months she makes of thirty days, and at her time she makes three months of twenty-nine days each, in which she accomplishes her waning in the first period of time, and in the first portal for one hundred and seventy-seven days. 16And in the time of her going out she appears for three months (of) thirty days each, and for three months she appears (of) twenty-nine each. 17At night she appears like a man for twenty days each time, and by day she appears like the heaven, and there is nothing else in her save her light. ‹Previous chapter1 Enoch 77Next chapter1 Enoch 79›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Public domain in the United States via Project Gutenberg