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Enoch, Jubilees and others · 1 Enoch 106:1–6

Noah's strange birth

Reference1 Enoch 106:1–6
Writtenc. 200–100 BCE
SetBirth of Noah
His body was white as snow and red as the blooming of a rose, and the hair of his head and his long locks were white as wool, and his eyes beautiful. And when he opened his eyes, he lighted up the whole house like the sun… a strange son, diverse from and unlike man, and resembling the sons of the God of heaven.

Translation: R. H. Charles, 1917

Read it literally

Noah's own father thinks the baby is a Watcher's child. Was the Flood's survivor a hybrid? The 'pure' line might not be.

What scholars say

Also found in the Qumran Genesis Apocryphon, where Lamech suspects his wife.

Giants and hybrids From the sky
People and places hereLamech (father of Noah)NoahQumran

Quick answers about 1 Enoch 106:1–6

Where is 1 Enoch 106:1–6 found?

1 Enoch 106:1–6 (Enoch, Jubilees and others). Translation quoted: R. H. Charles, The Book of Enoch (SPCK, 1917; first ed. 1912).

When was 1 Enoch 106:1–6 written?

c. 200–100 BCE.

What do scholars say about 1 Enoch 106:1–6?

Also found in the Qumran Genesis Apocryphon, where Lamech suspects his wife.

Rabbit holes in this passage

TextGenesis ApocryphonAn Aramaic scroll from Qumran Cave 1 that retells Genesis in the first person, including Lamech's fear that his son was a Watcher's child.

Sources

  1. R. H. Charles, The Book of Enoch (SPCK, 1917; first ed. 1912)Primary text
  2. Genesis Apocryphon Scroll (1QapGen), Israel Museum, JerusalemPrimary text

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

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