Jubilees 3:31

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30 And to Adam alone did He give (the wherewithal) to cover his shame, of all the beasts and cattle. 31 On this account, it is prescribed on the heavenly tablets as touching all those who know the judgment of the law, that they should cover their shame, and should not uncover themselves as the Gentiles uncover themselves. 32 And on the new moon of the fourth month, Adam and his wife went forth from the Garden of Eden, and they dwelt in the land of Elda in the land of their creation.

1 Enoch 103:2

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1 Now, therefore, I swear to you, the righteous, by the glory of the Great and Honoured and Mighty One in dominion, and by His greatness I swear to you: 2 I know a mystery And have read the heavenly tablets, And have seen the holy books, And have found written therein and inscribed regarding them: 3 That all goodness and joy and glory are prepared for them, And written down for the spirits of those who have died in righteousness, And that manifold good shall be given to you in recompense for your labours, And that your lot is abundantly beyond the lot of the living.

 Notes and References

"... Still closer to the world of Jubilees is 1 Enoch, a book that preceded Jubilees by perhaps fifty or a hundred years and parts of which the original author of Jubilees seems to have known and even cited. In 1 Enoch, the Heavenly Tablets are tablets on which the good and bad deeds of humanity are recorded - at least some, apparently, before they have taken place - and on which other heavenly mysteries, including future events, are revealed ... 1 Enoch 93:2 says that Enoch learned from the Heavenly Tablets about “the sons of righteousness and the eternally chosen ones, and about the plant of uprightness.” In 1 Enoch 103:2-3, Enoch reports that he has “read the Heavenly Tablets” about the righteous, “that all goodness and joy and glory are prepared for them.” ..."

Kugel, James L. A Walk through Jubilees: Studies in the Book of Jubilees and the World of Its Creation (pp. 214-215) Brill, 2012

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