1 And after some days my son Methuselah took a wife for his son Lamech, and she became pregnant by him and bore a son. (ENO) 2 And his body was white as snow and red as the blooming of a rose, and the hair of his head †and his long locks were white as wool, and his eyes beautiful†. And when he opened his eyes, he lighted up the whole house like the sun, and the whole house was very bright. (ENO) 3 And thereupon he arose in the hands of the midwife, opened his mouth, and †conversed with† the Lord of righteousness. (ENO) 4 And his father Lamech was afraid of him and fled, and came to his father Methuselah. (ENO) 5 And he said unto him: ‘I have begotten a strange son, diverse from and unlike man, and resembling the sons of the God of heaven; and his nature is different and he is not like us, and his eyes are as the rays of the sun, and his countenance is glorious. (ENO) 6 And it seems to me that he is not sprung from me but from the angels, and I fear that in his days a wonder may be wrought on the earth. (ENO)
Book of Enoch 106:1–6
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