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Enoch, Jubilees and others · Jubilees 8:1–4

Kainam finds the Watchers' inscription

EvidenceDocumentedThe text exists and is quoted from a published translation. What it describes is a separate question.What this means
ReferenceJubilees 8:1–4
Writtenc. 160–150 BCE
SetAfter the Flood
And he found a writing which former (generations) had carved on the rock, and he read what was thereon… for it contained the teaching of the Watchers in accordance with which they used to observe the omens of the sun and moon and stars in all the signs of heaven.

Translation: R. H. Charles, 1902

Read it literally

Pre-Flood data carved in rock, found by Noah's great-grandson.

What scholars say

Explains how forbidden knowledge survived the Flood.

Looks like technology
People and places hereNoah

Quick answers about Jubilees 8:1–4

Where is Jubilees 8:1–4 found?

Jubilees 8:1–4 (Enoch, Jubilees and others). Translation quoted: R. H. Charles, The Book of Jubilees (1902; SPCK 1917).

When was Jubilees 8:1–4 written?

c. 160–150 BCE.

What do scholars say about Jubilees 8:1–4?

Explains how forbidden knowledge survived the Flood.

Rabbit holes in this passage

BeingThe Watchers (Grigori)Heavenly beings who never sleep, sent to watch humanity, who in the Enoch books came down, took wives, and taught forbidden arts.

Sources

  1. R. H. Charles, The Book of Jubilees (1902; SPCK 1917)Primary text
  2. 1 Enoch 6–8, trans. R. H. Charles, The Book of Enoch (1917)Primary text

Scholarly dates are rounded. The wording follows the named public-domain translation.

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