1 Enoch 23

From thence I went to another place to the west of the ends of the earth.

From thence I went to another place, towards the west, unto the extremities of the earth.

And from there I went to another place towards the west, to the ends of the earth.

And I saw a ⌈⌈burning⌉⌉ fire which ran without resting, and paused not from its course day or night but (ran) regularly.

Where I beheld a fire blazing and running along without cessation, which intermitted its course neither by day nor by night; but continued always the same.

And I went towards it and saw seven magnificent mountains, each one different from the other, and magnificent and beautiful rocks, everything magnificent and fine in appearance and of beautiful surface ; three towards the east, one founded upon the other, and three towards the south, one founded upon the other, and ravines, deep and winding, not one joining with the other.

And I asked saying: 'What is this which rests not?'

I inquired, saying, What is this, which never ceases?

And the seventh hill was between these ; and in tlieir bights they were all like the seats of a throne and surrounded with fragrant trees.

Then Raguel, one of the holy angels who was with me, answered me ⌈⌈and said unto me⌉⌉: 'This course ⌈of fire⌉ ⌈⌈which thou hast seen⌉⌉ is the fire in the west which †persecutes† all the luminaries of heaven.'

Then Raguel, one of the holy angels who were with me, answered,

And among them was a tree such as I had never smelt before, neither among these nor among otliers ; nor was there a fragrance like its ; its leaves and buds and wood do not wither in eternity ; its fruit is beautiful, like the fruit of the vine and the palm-tree.

(not present in Charles 1917)

And said, This blazing fire, which thou beholdest running towards the west, is *that of* all the luminaries of heaven.

And at that time I said : " Behold, this is a beautiful tree and beautiful to look at, and its leaves are fair, and its fruit very pleasant to the eye."

(not present in Charles 1917)

(not present in Laurence 1821)

At that time answered Michael, one of the holy and honored angels, who was with me, who was over them [i.e. the trees]. 100 THE BOOK OF ENOCH.