1 Enoch 85:5
Study resource: not ScriptureR. H. Charles translation (1917) · public domain
But that black bull grew and that heifer went with him, and I saw that many oxen proceeded from him which resembled and followed him.’
This verse’s chapter, studied
Two Bulls Before the Flood
Enoch tells Methuselah his second dream, cast entirely as animals. A white bull comes forth from the earth, then a heifer, then two more bulls: one black, one red; the black bull gores the red one, who disappears, while the black bull and heifer multiply, until the heifer bears another white bull who in turn fathers many more white bulls.
- Genesis 4:8 : "Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him" is the history this chapter's black bull and red bull retell in animal code.
- Genesis 5:3 : Seth, born to Adam in his own likeness, begins the line this chapter's second white bull and his many offspring represent.
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.