1 And again I saw with mine eyes as I slept, and I saw the heaven above, and behold a star fell from heaven, and it arose and eat and pastured amongst those oxen. (ENO) 2 And after that I saw the large and the black oxen, and behold they all changed their stalls and pastures and their cattle, and began to live with each other. (ENO) 3 And again I saw in the vision, and looked towards the heaven, and behold I saw many stars descend and cast themselves down from heaven to that first star, and they became bulls amongst those cattle and pastured with them [amongst them]. (ENO) 4 And I looked at them and saw, and behold they all let out their privy members, like horses, and began to cover the cows of the oxen, and they all became pregnant and bare elephants, camels, and asses. (ENO) 5 And all the oxen feared them and were affrighted at them, and began to bite with their teeth and to devour, and to gore with their horns. (ENO) 6 And they began, moreover, to devour those oxen; and behold all the children of the earth began to tremble and quake before them and to flee from them. (ENO)
Book of Enoch 86:1–6
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Book of Enoch 85:4–6
4 And that black bull gored the red one and pursued him over the earth, and thereupon I could no longer see that red bull. (ENO) 5 But that black bull grew and that heifer went with him, and I saw that many oxen proceeded from him which resembled and followed him.’ (ENO) 6 And t… (ENO)
Book of Enoch 89:10–12
10 And they began to bring forth beasts of the field and birds, so that there arose different genera: lions, tigers, wolves, dogs, hyenas, wild boars, foxes, squirrels, swine, falcons, vultures, kites, eagles, and ravens; and among them was born a white bull. (ENO) 11 And… (ENO)
Book of Enoch 85:9–10
9 And I saw in my sleep that white bull likewise grow and become a great white bull, and from him proceeded many white bulls, and they resembled him. (ENO) 10 And they began to beget many white bulls, which resembled them, one following the other, (even) many. (ENO)
Book of Enoch 90:36–38
36 And I saw that that house was large and broad and very full. (ENO) 37 And I saw that a white bull was born, with large horns, and all the beasts of the field and all the birds of the air feared him and made petition to him all the time. (ENO) 38 And I saw till all their generati… (ENO)
Book of Enoch 87:1–2
1 And again I saw how they began to gore each other and to devour each other, and the earth began to cry aloud. (ENO) 2 And I raised mine eyes again to heaven, and I saw in the vision, and behold there came forth from heaven beings who were like white men: and four went… (ENO)
Book of Enoch 90:29–31
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Book of Enoch 90:8–10
8 And I saw in the vision how the ravens flew upon those lambs and took one of those lambs, and dashed the sheep in pieces and devoured them. (ENO) 9 And I saw till horns grew upon those lambs, and the ravens cast down their horns; and I saw till there sprouted a great… (ENO) 10 … (ENO)
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