- 1And again I saw how they began to gore each other and to devour each other, and the earth began to cry aloud.
- 2And I raised mine eyes again to heaven, and I saw in the vision, and behold there came forth from heaven beings who were like white men: and four went forth from that place and three with them.
- 3And those three that had last come forth grasped me by my hand and took me up, away from the generations of the earth, and raised me up to a lofty place, and showed me a tower raised high above the earth, and all the hills were lower.
- 4And one said unto me: ‘Remain here till thou seest everything that befalls those elephants, camels, and asses, and the stars and the oxen, and all of them.’
ANCIENT JEWISH LITERATURE · R. H. CHARLES
1 ENOCH 87
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CHAPTER VISUAL
Enoch 87 — Seven archangels arrive, three raising Enoch to a high place while four prepare to confront the corruption below.
About this illustration
Exactly seven angels preserve the chapter’s four-plus-three grouping; their different garments are compositional aids and do not assign names or later iconography.
Passage basis: 1 Enoch 87:1–4Ancient 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.
As Abel’s blood cries from the ground, the blood of those killed before the Flood causes the earth’s cry to reach heaven.