from the Book of Enoch, Chapter 85:6-10.
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85:6 And that cow, that first one, went from the presence of that first bull in order to seek that
red one, but found him not, and lamented with a great lamentation over him and sought him.
85:7 And I looked till that first bull came to her and quieted her, and from that time onward she
cried no more.
85:8 And after that she bore another white bull, and after him she bore many bulls and black
cows.
85:9 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.
85:10 And they began to beget many white bulls, which resembled them, one following the other,
even many.
85:6-7 Cheveh (Eve) sought Abel and grieved over his death until Adam “quieted her.” Was it by impregnating her with another son, Seth, that he consoled her for her loss of Abel? It appears that she had borne at least one daughter before Seth was born, [according to The Book of Jubilees 4:1 she had borne Awan, whom Cain married and took away with him], so her grief wasn’t merely that she lost a child, but that she lost a son, and in essence both sons. The Book of Jasher notes, “And it was in the hundred and thirtieth year of the life of Adam upon the earth, that he again knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bare a son in his likeness and in his image, and she called his name Seth, saying, Because God has appointed me another seed in the place of Abel, for Cain has slain him.” The Book of Jasher 2:1, p. 3; parallel to Genesis 4:25 and 5:3.
85:8 After ceasing to grieve for Abel, Cheveh (Eve) “bore another white bull,” Seth, and “many . . . black cows,” many daughters who shared in her independent and rebellious attitudes. There is no indication that any of Cheveh’s daughters were white cows, but from some source Seth found and married a woman capable of mothering white bulls. The Book of Jubilees 4:11 states, “Seth took Azura his sister to himself as wife, and in the fourth year she brought forth for him Enos.” Parallel to Genesis 4:26 and 5:6.
85:9-10 Seth gave birth to a line of powerful righteous leaders, who in turn bore other righteous leaders. Cain’s line of black bulls and Seth’s line of white bulls populated the earth together, but it appears both from Genesis and The Book of Enoch that these lines did not mingle. Adam, and later Seth and his son Enosh, reigned as kings on the earth. Cain’s descendant’s apparently submitted to Adam’s kingship at first. However, by the time of Enosh “the sons of men began to multiply, and . . . by transgressing and rebelling against Elohim, . . . to increase the anger of Yehuveh . . . .” The Book of Jasher 2:2-3.
Gael Bateman
Originally Written: 15 September 2006
Latest Update: 9 December 2011
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