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Enoch surveys three eastern mountains clothed with aromatic trees, aloes, and resin beneath a clear golden sky.
ANCIENT JEWISH LITERATURE · R. H. CHARLES

1 ENOCH 31

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CHAPTER VISUAL

Enoch 31 — Enoch sees mountains bearing sweet-smelling trees, aloes, and precious fragrant resin.

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This scene is a visual interpretation of the chapter in the public-domain R. H. Charles translation; visionary imagery is presented symbolically without claiming details beyond the text.

Passage basis: 1 Enoch 31:1–3
Ancient Jewish literatureIncluded for historical and biblical study; not part of the Protestant biblical canon.
  1. 1And I saw other mountains, and amongst them were ⌜groves of⌝ trees, and there flowed forth from them nectar, which is named sarara and galbanum.
  2. 2And beyond these mountains I saw another mountain ⌜to the east of the ends of the earth⌝, 〚whereon were aloe trees〛, and all the trees were full of stacte, being like almond trees.
  3. 3And when one burnt it, it smelt sweeter than any fragrant odour. E

R. H. Charles translation (1912) · Reprinted 1917 · Public domain in the United States · Editorial brackets and uncertainty markers preserved · Source edition