1 Enoch 30:2
Study resource: not ScriptureR. H. Charles translation (1917) · public domain
And therein there was a tree, the colour (?) of fragrant trees such as the mastic.
This verse’s chapter, studied
Cinnamon on the Valley's Edge
Enoch travels farther east to a watered valley where a fragrant tree grows, colored like the mastic, and along the valley's sides he finds fragrant cinnamon before continuing on.
- Song of Solomon 4:14 : stands beside cinnamon named among the garden's chief spices
- Exodus 30:23 : stands beside sweet cinnamon commanded for the holy anointing oil
Teachers on this ground
R. H. Charles
The Book of Enoch (1917)
The public-domain translation this shelf reads, with the critical introduction the field still builds on.
Johnny Enlow
The Book of Enoch: Paraphrase and Commentary (2025)
A living teacher's paraphrase of the whole book with his own running commentary, from the prophetic stream.
Michael S. Heiser
A Companion to the Book of Enoch: A Reader's Commentary, Vol. I — The Book of the Watchers (2019)
A verse-by-verse reader's commentary on chapters 1–36: the closest thing in print to a study Bible for this section.