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The Fall of the Angels

The Fall of the Angels
   

It happened after the sons of men had multiplied in those days, that daughters were born to them, elegant and beautiful.
t happened after the sons of men had multiplied in those days, that daughters were born to them, elegant and beautiful.  Gen. 6:1
 

And when the angels, (3) the sons of heaven, beheld them, they became enamoured of them, saying to each other, Come, let us select for ourselves wives from the progeny of men, and let us beget children.
2. And when the angels, (3) the sons of heaven, beheld them, they became enamoured of them, saying to each other, Come, let us select for ourselves wives from the progeny of men, and let us beget children.  (3) An Aramaic text reads "Watchers" here (J.T. Milik, Aramaic Fragments of Qumran Cave 4 [Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1976], p. 167). Gen. 6:2
 

Then their leader Samyaza said to them; I fear that you may perhaps be indisposed to the performance of this enterprise; And that I alone shall suffer for so grievous a crime.
3. Then their leader Samyaza said to them; I fear that you may perhaps be indisposed to the performance of this enterprise; And that I alone shall suffer for so grievous a crime.    

But they answered him and said; We all swear; And bind ourselves by mutual execrations, that we will not change our intention, but execute our projected undertaking.
4. But they answered him and said; We all swear; And bind ourselves by mutual execrations, that we will not change our intention, but execute our projected undertaking.    

Then they swore all together, and all bound themselves by mutual execrations.
5. Then they swore all together, and all bound themselves by mutual execrations.    

Their whole number was two hundred, who descended upon Ardis, (4) which is the top of mount Armon. That mountain therefore was called Armon, because they had sworn upon it, (5) and bound themselves by mutual execrations.
6. Their whole number was two hundred, who descended upon Ardis, (4) which is the top of mount Armon. That mountain therefore was called Armon, because they had sworn upon it, (5) and bound themselves by mutual execrations.  (4) Upon Ardis. Or, "in the days of Jared" (R.H. Charles, ed. and trans., The Book of Enoch [Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1893], p. 63). (5) Mt. Armon, or Mt. Hermon, derives its name from the Hebrew word herem, a curse (Charles, p. 63). Josh. 12:4-5
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These are the names of their chiefs: Samyaza, who was their leader, Urakabarameel, Akibeel, Tamiel, Ramuel, Danel, Azkeel, Saraknyal, Asael, Armers, Batraal, Anane, Zavebe, Samsaveel, Ertael, Turel, Yomyael, Arazyal.
7. These are the names of their chiefs: Samyaza, who was their leader, Urakabarameel, Akibeel, Tamiel, Ramuel, Danel, Azkeel, Saraknyal, Asael, Armers, Batraal, Anane, Zavebe, Samsaveel, Ertael, Turel, Yomyael, Arazyal.    

These were the prefects of the two hundred angels, and the remainder were all with them. (6)
8. These were the prefects of the two hundred angels, and the remainder were all with them. (6)  (6) The Aramaic texts preserve an earlier list of names of these Watchers: Semihazah; Artqoph; Ramtel; Kokabel; Ramel; Danieal; Zeqiel; Baraqel; Asael; Hermoni; Matarel; Ananel; Stawel; Samsiel; Sahriel; Tummiel; Turiel; Yomiel; Yhaddiel (Milik, p. 151). 



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