1 Enoch 26

XXVI. Jerusalem and the Mountains, Ravines, and Streams.

1And I went from thence to the middle of the earth, and I saw a blessed place ┌in which there were trees┐ with branches abiding and blooming [of a dismembered tree].*Enoch visits Jerusalem and its vicinity.*– Jerusalem. Cf Ezek. xxxviii. 12, v. 5. In Jubilees, viii. 12, 19, it is called the earth's ομφαλός or navel, as Delphi was among the Greeks. In 1 En. xc. 26, Gehenna is 'in the midst of the earth'.*all MSS. of E except q read 'blessed planted place'. Cf. xxvii. i, lxxxix. 40; Dan. xi. 16, 41, 45.*Cf. the blessing of Joseph, Gen. xlix. 23: also John xv. 5. 2And there I saw a holy mountain, ╓and╖ underneath the mountain to the east there was a stream and it flowed towards the south.*Zion.*the brook of Siloah. 3And I saw towards the east another mountain higher than this, and between them a deep and narrow ravine: in it also ran a stream ┌underneath┐ the mountain.*the Mount of Olives.*the valley of the Kedron, or of Jehoshaphat. 4And to the west thereof there was another mountain, lower than the former and of small elevation, and a ravine ┌deep and dry┐ between them: and another deep and dry ravine was at the extremities of the three ┌mountains┐.*i. e. the Mount of Offence.*i.e. the valley of Hinnom. 5And all the ravines were deep ╓and narrow╖, (being formed) of hard rock, and trees were not planted upon them. 6And I marvelled ╓at the rocks, and I marvelled╖ at the ravine, yea, I marveled very much.