56 |Methusalam asks from his father a blessing, so that he may prepare some food for him to eat. Word "52."|

Methusalam answered his father and said, "What is pleasing in your eyes, Enoch? Let us prepare food in front of your face, so that you may bless our houses and your children 〈and all your household〉; and |your| people will be glorified by you. And thus, after that, you will go away, as the LORD wills."

Enoch answered his son |Methusalam| and said, "Listen, child! Since the time when the LORD anointed me with the ointment of his glory, food has not come into me, and earthly pleasure my soul does not remember; nor do I desire anything earthly.

57 |Enoch commands his son Methosalam to summon all his brothers. Word "53."|

"But |my child, Methasalam|, call |all| your brothers, and all the members of your households, and the elders of the people, so that I may speak to them and depart, as it has been predetermined for me."

And Methusalam hurried and summoned his brothers, Regim and Riman and Ukhan and Khermion and Gaidad, and the elders of all the people. And he summoned them before the face of his father Enoch, and they prostrated themselves in front of his face, and Enoch looked upon them. And he blessed them; and he spoke to them, saying:

58 |Enoch's instructions to his sons. Word "54."|

"Listen, |to me| |my| children |today|! In the days of our father Adam, the LORD came down onto the earth |on account of Adam|. And he inspected all his creatures which he himself had created in the beginning of the thousand ages and when after all those he had created Adam.

And the LORD summoned all the animals of the earth and all the reptiles of the earth and all the birds that fly in the air, and he brought them all before the face of our father Adam, so that he might pronounce names for all the quadrupeds; and |Adam| named everything that lives on the earth.

And the LORD appointed him over everything 〈|as king|〉, and he subjected everything to him in subservience under his hand, both the dumb and the deaf, to be commanded and for submission and for every servitude. So also to every human being. The LORD created mankind to be the lord of all his possessions. And the LORD will not judge a single animal soul for the sake of man; but human souls he will judge for the sake of the souls of their animals. *In the great

Age there is a special place for human beings.                                   *And just as every human soul is according to number, so also it is with animal souls. And not a single soul which the LORD has created will perish until the great judgment. And every kind of animal soul will accuse the human beings who have fed them badly.

59 |Enoch teaches all his sons why they should not touch an ox, because of the outflow. Word "55."|

"He who acts lawlessly with the soul of an animal acts lawlessly

with his own soul. *For a person brings one of the clean animals to make a sacrifice on account of sin, so that he may have healing for his soul. If he brings it to the sacrifice from clean animals and birds 〈and cereals〉, then there is healing for that person, and he will heal his soul.

Everything that has been given to you for food, bind by four legs, so as to perform the healing properly. And there is

healing and he will heal his soul. *|And| he who puts to death any kind of animal without bonds, 〈|puts his own soul to death|〉 and acts lawlessly with his own flesh. *|And| he who does any kind of harm whatsoever to any kind of animal in secret, it is an evil custom, and he acts lawlessly with his own soul.

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"He who does harm to a human soul creates harm for his own soul, and there is for him no healing of his flesh, nor any forgiveness for eternity.

            |How it is not proper to kill a human being, neither by weapon, nor by tongue. Word "56."|

He who carries out the murder of a human soul causes the death of his own soul, and murders his own body; and there is no healing for him for

eternity. *He who lies in wait for a person with any kind of trap, he himself will be entangles in it; and there is no healing for him for eternity. *He who lies in wait for a person in judgment, his retribution will not be slackened in the great judgment for eternity.

He who acts perversely, or says anything against any soul, righteousness will not be created for him for eternity.