4 And though ye were holy, spiritual, living the eternal life, you have defiled yourselves with the blood of women, and have begotten (children) with the blood of flesh, and, as the children of men, have lusted after flesh and blood as those ⌈also⌉ do who die and perish. (ENO) 5 Therefore have I given them wives also that they might impregnate them, and beget children by them, that thus nothing might be wanting to them on earth. (ENO) 6 But you were ⌈formerly⌉ spiritual, living the eternal life, and immortal for all generations of the world. (ENO)
Book of Enoch 15:4–6
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