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The Apocalypse of Sedrach

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Section 8

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VIII. God saith to him: If I catch him by the

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foot

,

he

will

say

,

Thou

hast

given

me

no

joy

in

the

world

.

But

I

have

left

him

to

his

own

will

because

I

loved

him

.

Wherefore

I

sent

forth

my

righteous

angels

to

guard

him

night

and

day

.

Sedrach

saith

:

I

know

,

O

Lord

,

that

of

all

thy

creatures

Thou

chiefly

lovedst

man

,

of

the

quadrupeds

the

sheep

,

of

woods

the

olive

,

of

fruits

the

vine

,

of

flying

things

the

bee

,

of

rivers

the

Jordan

,

of

cities

Jerusalem

.

And

all

these

man

also

loves

,

my

Lord

.

God

saith

to

Sedrach

:

I

will

ask

thee

one

thing

,

Sedrach

:

if

thou

answerest

me

,

then

I

may

fitly

help

thee

,

even

though

thou

hast

tempted

thy

creator

.

Sedrach

saith

:

Speak

.

The

Lord

God

saith

:

Since

I

made

all

things

,

how

many

men

were

born

and

how

many

died

,

and

how

many

are

to

die

and

how

many

hairs

have

they

?

Tell

me

,

Sedrach

,

since

the

heaven

was

created

and

the

earth

,

how

many

trees

grew

in

the

world

,

and

how

many

fell

,

and

how

many

are

to

fall

,

and

how

many

are

to

arise

,

and

how

many

leaves

have

they

?

Tell

me

,

Sedrach

,

since

I

made

the

sea

,

how

many

waves

arose

and

how

many

fell

,

and

how

many

are

to

arise

,

and

how

many

winds

blow

along

the

margin

of

the

sea

?

Tell

me

,

Sedrach

,

from

the

creation

of

the

world

of

the

æons

,

when

the

air

rained

,

how

many

drops

fell

upon

the

world

,

and

how

many

are

to

fall

?

And

Sedrach

said

:

Thou

alone

knowest

all

these

things

,

O

Lord

;

thou

only

understandest

all

these

things

:

only

,

I

pray

thee

,

deliver

man

from

chastisement

,

and

I

shall

not

be

separated

from

our

race

.

Notes

9
Cf. iv. Esdras v. 23 ff.
10
Cf. iv. Esdras iv. 4–11, v. 36.
11
Cf. Esdras, p. 470.