12 And then the day becomes longer by †two† parts and amounts to eleven parts, and the night becomes shorter and amounts to seven parts. (ENO)
Book of Enoch 72:12
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Book of Enoch 72:17–19
17 And the sun goes forth from that sixth portal in the west, and goes to the east and rises in the fifth portal for thirty mornings, and sets in the west again in the fifth western portal. (ENO) 18 On that day the day decreases by †two† parts, and amounts to ten parts an… (ENO)
Book of Enoch 72:23–25
23 And the sun rises from that third portal and sets in the third portal in the west and returns to the east, and for thirty mornings rises in the second portal in the east, and in like manner sets in the second portal in the west of the heaven. (ENO) 24 And on that day t… (ENO)
Book of Enoch 72:29–31
29 And the sun has returned and entered into the second portal in the east, and returns on those his divisions of his orbit for thirty mornings, rising and setting. (ENO) 30 And on that day the night decreases in length, and the night amounts to ten parts and the day to e… (ENO)
Book of Enoch 72:33–35
33 And the length of the day and of the night, and the shortness of the day and of the night arise—through the course of the sun these distinctions are made (lit. ‘they are separated’). (ENO) 34 So it comes that its course becomes daily longer, and its course nightly shor… (ENO)
Book of Enoch 73:7–8
7 And she sets with the sun, and when the sun rises the moon rises with him and receives the half of one part of light, and in that night in the beginning of her morning [in the commencement of the lunar day] the moon sets with the sun, and is invisible that ni… (ENO)
Book of Enoch 78:6–8
6 And when the moon rises one-fourteenth part appears in the heaven: [the light becomes full in her]: on the fourteenth day she accomplishes her light. (ENO) 7 And fifteen parts of light are transferred to her till the fifteenth day (when) her light is accomplished, acc… (ENO)
Book of Enoch 74:2–4
2 And all these Uriel, the holy angel who is the leader of them all, showed to me, and their positions, and I wrote down their positions as he showed them to me, and I wrote down their months as they were, and the appearance of their lights till fifteen days we… (ENO)
Job 17:11–13
11 My days have passed; my plans are broken off— even the desires of my heart. 12 They have turned night into day, making light seem near in the face of darkness. 13 If I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,
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