5. Therefore have I given to them wives, that they might cohabit with
them; that sons might be born of them; and that this might be transacted
upon earth.
6. But you from the beginning were made spiritual, possessing a life
which is eternal, and not subject to death for ever.[54]
7. Therefore I made not wives for you, because, being spiritual, your
dwelling is in heaven.
8. [55]Now the giants, who have been born of spirit and of flesh, shall
be called upon earth evil spirits, and on earth shall be their
habitation. Evil spirits shall proceed from their flesh, because they
were created from above; from the holy Watchers was their beginning and
primary foundation. Evil spirits shall they be upon earth, and the
spirits of the wicked shall they be called. The habitation of the
spirits of heaven shall be in heaven; but upon earth shall be the
habitation of terrestrial spirits, who are born on earth.
9. The spirits of the giants _shall be like_ clouds, which shall
oppress, corrupt, fall, contend, and bruise upon earth.
10. They shall cause lamentation. No food shall they eat; and they shall
be thirsty; they shall be concealed, and shall not[56] rise up against
the sons of men, and against women; for they come forth during the days
of slaughter and destruction.
Footnote 50:
_he said with his voice._
Footnote 51:
_O Enoch, O righteous man, and scribe of righteousness._
Footnote 52:
_giants._
Footnote 53:
_living a life._
Footnote 54:
_in all the generations of the world._
Footnote 55:
The third extract made by Syncellus begins here, and ends with the
first verse of the next chapter.
Footnote 56:
_and those spirits shall not._ M. De Sacy here remarks, that the sense
seems to require an affirmative, instead of a negative, clause.