1 Enoch

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Chapter 24

1 And from there I went to another place on the earth, and he showed me a mountain range of fire that burned day and night.⁠ 2 I went beyond it and saw seven magnificent mountains, each distinct from the others, with stones that were magnificent and beautiful, overall glorious in appearance and fair exterior:⁠ three towards the east, stacked one on top of the other, and three towards the south, each one upon the other, with deep rough ravines, none of which connected with any other. 3 The seventh mountain was in the midst of these, and it was the tallest, resembling the seat of a throne, with fragrant trees encircling the throne.⁠ 4 Among these trees was one that I had never smelled before, unlike any other; it had a scent beyond all scents, and its leaves, blooms, and wood never wither; its fruit was beautiful and resembled the dates of a palm.⁠ 5 Then I said: 'How beautiful is this tree, and fragrant, with fair leaves and blooms very delightful in appearance.' 6 Then Michael, one of the holy and honored angels who was with me and was their leader, answered.

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Compare Ezekiel 31:8 and 1 Enoch 24:4

Hebrew Bible · Pseudepigrapha, Apocalypses

Summary

Ezekiel describes a towering cedar in the garden of God surpassing all the trees of Eden. 1 Enoch echoes this garden tradition, where Enoch is shown a fragrant tree on the cosmic mountain whose leaves and fruit never wither.

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Ezekiel 31:8

Hebrew Bible

7 It was beautiful in its loftiness, in the length of its branches; for its roots went down deep to plentiful waters. 8 The cedars in the garden of God could not eclipse it, nor could the fir trees match its boughs; the plane trees were as nothing compared to its branches; no tree in the garden of God could rival its beauty. 9 I made it beautiful with its many branches; all the trees of Eden, in the garden of God, envied it.

600–501 BCE (scholarly estimate) Read in Ezekiel

1 Enoch 24:4

Pseudepigrapha, Apocalypses

3 The seventh mountain was in the midst of these, and it was the tallest, resembling the seat of a throne, with fragrant trees encircling the throne. 4 Among these trees was one that I had never smelled before, unlike any other; it had a scent beyond all scents, and its leaves, blooms, and wood never wither; its fruit was beautiful and resembled the dates of a palm. 5 Then I said: 'How beautiful is this tree, and fragrant, with fair leaves and blooms very delightful in appearance.'

300 BCE – 100 CE (scholarly estimate) Read in 1 Enoch

References

“... 1 Enoch 24:4-25:5 contains a tradition about the trees in the primal garden that is related to Ezekiel 31:2-9; 28:1-19; 47:6-12; see 2 Enoch 32:2-6 (where Enoch is shown the tree of knowledge from which Adam and Eve ate). 2 Enoch 8:1-3 describes Enoch’s visit to the third heaven, where the tree of life stands among the other fruitful and fragrant trees. 4 Ezra 7:123 mentions the revelation of Paradise and the incorruptible, abundant, and healing-promoting fruit it contains, but the tree of life itself is not mentioned. And in 4 Ezra 8:52 we read ‘it is for you that paradise is opened, the tree of life is planted, the age to come is prepared, a city is built, rest is appointed.’ ...”

David E. Aune, Revelation 1–5, WBC 52 (Dallas: Word Books, Publisher, 1997), 391.

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Compare Ezekiel 31:8 and 1 Enoch 24:4

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Ezekiel 31:8

1 Enoch 24:4

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