The Book of Enoch, Chapter 106 summary
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In Chapter 106, Lamech fears that his extraordinary newborn comes from angels, so Methuselah asks Enoch to explain the child’s nature. Enoch confirms Lamech’s fatherhood, instructs him to name the child Noah, and predicts a year-long flood that spares Noah and his three children.
What happens
- Lamech’s wife bears a child whose bright eyes illuminate the house and who speaks to the Lord while the midwife holds him.
- Lamech flees to Methuselah, fearing that the child comes from angels rather than from him.
- Methuselah travels to Enoch at the earth’s ends and asks him to explain the extraordinary birth.
- Enoch describes angels’ unions with women and predicts giants, corruption, and a destructive flood lasting one year.
- Enoch confirms Lamech’s fatherhood, gives the child the name Noah, and predicts survival for him and his three children.
- Enoch predicts renewed, greater unrighteousness and identifies divine revelation and heavenly tablets as sources of his knowledge.
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