7 And he answered me saying: ‘This is the spirit which went forth from Abel, whom his brother Cain slew, and he makes his suit against him till his seed is destroyed from the face of the earth, and his seed is annihilated from amongst the seed of men.’ (ENO) 8 Then I asked regarding it, and regarding all the hollow places: ’Why is one separated from the other?’ (ENO) 9 And he answered me and said unto me: ‘These three have been made that the spirits of the dead might be separated. And such a division has been made 〈for〉 the spirits of the righteous, in which there is the bright spring of water. (ENO)
Book of Enoch 22:7–9
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