1 Book of Enoch 8
1 And Azรขzรชl taught men to make swords, and knives, and shields, and breastplates, and made known to them **the metals**ใof the earthใ and the art of working them, and bracelets, and ornaments, and the use of antimony, and the beautifying of the eyelids, and all kinds of costly stones, and all colouring tinctures.
2 And there arose much godlessness, and they committed fornication, and they were led astray, and became corrupt in all their ways. Semjรขzรข taught enchantments, and root-cuttings, Armรขrรดs the resolving of enchantments, Barรขqรฎjรขl, p. 36 [paragraph continues] (taught) astrology, Kรดkabรชl the constellations, **Ezรชqรชรชl the knowledge of the clouds**, ใAraqiรชl the signs of the earth, Shamsiรชl the signs of the sunใ, and Sariรชl the course of the moon. And as men perished, they cried, and their cry went up to heaven . . . Next: Chapter IX
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