1 Enoch 64
Study resource: not ScriptureR. H. Charles translation (1917) · public domain
The chapter, studied
The Angels Who Revealed What Was Hidden
In a brief two-verse chapter, Enoch sees other hidden forms and is told by his angel that these are "the angels who descended to the earth, and revealed what was hidden to the children of men and seduced the children of men into committing sin."
Though only two verses long, this chapter restates the whole Watchers charge from the opening of 1 Enoch in a single sentence: the fallen angels' offense is twofold: revealing what was meant to stay hidden, and seducing humanity into sin through that revealed knowledge. The chapter functions as a short reminder before the extended Noah material of chapters 65-67 takes up the same angels' judgment at length.
This chapter restates 1 Enoch's founding charge against the Watchers in miniature, descending, revealing hidden things, and seducing "the children of men into committing sin", the same fallen "sons of God" of Genesis 6:1-4 that Jude 6 and 2 Peter 2:4 describe as kept in chains for judgment.
Doors into the 66
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. II — The Parables of Enoch (2020)
The reader's commentary continued into the Son of Man visions of these chapters.
The language it was written in
Aramaic (the Qumran fragments' language); parts possibly Hebrew. The Parables (chs. 37–71) have no Qumran witness and their original language is debated.
What survives, and where
Aramaic: Dead Sea Scrolls
Eleven fragmentary manuscripts from Qumran Cave 4 covering every section except the Parables (3rd c. BC – 1st c. AD).
Greek
Substantial portions: chs. 1–32 (Codex Panopolitanus), quotations in Syncellus, and the Chester Beatty papyrus of the Epistle.
Ge’ez (Ethiopic)
The only complete text, preserved by the Ethiopian church, whose canon receives the book; the base of every full translation.
What you are reading here
R. H. Charles's 1917 English translation, made from the Ge’ez against the Greek and Aramaic evidence then known — public domain, quotable in full.
No tagged word floor exists for the Aramaic or Ge’ez text; word-by-word study on this shelf awaits a future ingest. What stands here is the manuscript story itself.