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Enoch, Jubilees and others · 2 Enoch 18:1–3

The Grigori in the fifth heaven

Reference2 Enoch 18:1–3
Writtenc. 1st century CE
SetEnoch's journey
I saw there many soldiers, called Grigori, of human appearance, and their size was greater than that of great giants and their faces withered, and the silence of their mouths perpetual.

Translation: Morfill and Charles, 1896 · About the translator

Read it literally

The loyal Watchers who stayed behind, silent and grieving for their brothers imprisoned below. Enoch talks them into holding a service again.

What scholars say

'Grigori' is the Greek egregoroi, 'watchers'.

From the sky Giants and hybrids

Quick answers about 2 Enoch 18:1–3

Where is 2 Enoch 18:1–3 found?

2 Enoch 18:1–3 (Enoch, Jubilees and others). Translation quoted: W. R. Morfill and R. H. Charles, The Book of the Secrets of Enoch (1896).

When was 2 Enoch 18:1–3 written?

c. 1st century CE.

What do scholars say about 2 Enoch 18:1–3?

'Grigori' is the Greek egregoroi, 'watchers'.

Rabbit holes in this passage

PersonEnochThe man who 'walked with God: and he was not; for God took him,' and who became the hero of an entire library of visions.BeingThe Watchers (Grigori)Heavenly beings who never sleep, sent to watch humanity, who in the Enoch books came down, took wives, and taught forbidden arts.

Sources

  1. W. R. Morfill and R. H. Charles, The Book of the Secrets of Enoch (1896)Primary text
  2. Genesis 5:18–24, King James VersionPrimary text
  3. 1 Enoch 6–8, trans. R. H. Charles, The Book of Enoch (1917)Primary text

Scholarly dates are rounded. The wording follows the named public-domain translation.

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