- 1And it came to pass when the children of men had multiplied that in those days were born unto them beautiful and comely daughters.
- 2And the angels, the children of the heaven, saw and lusted after them, and said to one another: ‘Come, let us choose us wives from among the children of men and beget us children.’
- 3And Semjâzâ, who was their leader, said unto them: ‘I fear ye will not indeed agree to do this deed, and I alone shall have to pay the penalty of a great sin.’
- 4And they all answered him and said: ‘Let us all swear an oath, and all bind ourselves by mutual imprecations not to abandon this plan but to do this thing.’
- 5Then sware they all together and bound themselves by mutual imprecations upon it.
- 6And they were in all two hundred; who descended ⌜in the days⌝ of Jared on the summit of Mount Hermon, and they called it Mount Hermon, because they had sworn and bound themselves by mutual imprecations upon it.
- 7And these are the names of their leaders: Sêmîazâz, their leader, Arâkîba, Râmêêl, Kôkabîêl, Tâmîêl, Râmîêl, Dânêl, Êzêqêêl, Barâqîjâl, Asâêl, Armârôs, Batârêl, Anânêl, Zaqîêl, Samsâpêêl, Satarêl, Tûrêl, Jômjâêl, Sariêl.
- 8These are their chiefs of tens.
ANCIENT JEWISH LITERATURE · R. H. CHARLES
1 ENOCH 6
Read the chapter and trace carefully labeled connections throughout the Bible.
CHAPTER VISUAL
Enoch 6 — The watchers descend upon Mount Hermon and swear together to carry out their forbidden purpose.
About this illustration
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 6:1–8Ancient Jewish literatureIncluded for historical and biblical study; not part of the Protestant biblical canon.
R. H. Charles translation (1912) · Reprinted 1917 · Public domain in the United States · Editorial brackets and uncertainty markers preserved · Source edition
Bible Connections
These links distinguish direct quotation, explicit retelling, strong literary parallel, and broader shared tradition. A parallel does not by itself prove direct dependence.
Both accounts begin the Watchers episode with humanity multiplying and daughters being born.
The “sons of God” are understood as heavenly angels who see human women, desire them, and take wives.
Angels abandon their appointed heavenly station, descend, and incur judgment.
Sinning angels are cast into gloomy confinement and held for judgment.