1 Enoch / Chapter 35

1 Enoch 35

1 verses • Ge'ez (Ethiopic)

Translator's Introduction

What This Chapter Is About

Enoch sees the western gates of heaven through which the stars pass and set. A single verse summarizing the western cosmic boundary.

What Makes This Chapter Remarkable

This brief chapter completes the tour of the four cardinal directions (east in 33, north in 34, west here, south in 36).

Translation Friction

None significant.

Connections

Psalm 19:6 (the sun's circuit from one end of heaven to the other); Ecclesiastes 1:5-6 (the wind circuits).

1 Enoch 35:1

Ge'ez text per Charles/Knibb editions

From there I went westward to the ends of the earth and saw three gates of heaven open — the same as I had seen in the east, the same number of gates and the same number of outlets.

REF And from thence I went to the west to the ends of the earth, and saw there three portals of the heaven open such as I had seen in the east, the same number of portals, and the same number of outlets.

Notes & Key Terms

Translator Notes

  1. The symmetry between east and west gates — identical in number — reinforces the orderliness of the cosmic architecture. God's design is balanced and complete.
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