In the book of enoch the watchers aramaic ע יר ין iyrin are angels dispatched to earth to watch over the humans they soon begin to lust for human women and at the prodding of their leader samyaza defect en masse to illicitly instruct humanity and procreate among them the offspring of these unions are the nephilim savage giants who pillage the earth and endanger humanity. The book of enoch is a non canonical jewish work attributed to enoch the great grandfather of noah.
The watchers in the book of enoch.
Watchers angels book of enoch. The fallen angels in the book of enoch are referred to as the watchers who were a total of 200 angels who were sent to earth to watch over the humans. Enoch tells that in ancient times 200 heavenly watchers rebelled against god in heaven. The book of heavenly luminaries 72 82 3rd century b c.
The book of the epistle of enoch 91 107 2nd century b c. The book of dream visions 83 90 2nd century b c. The book is thought to date to about 300 bc and includes a detailed account of the fall of the angels in its section the book of the watchers.
The news report said that the early church had excluded the book attributed to the old testament prophet and patriarch enoch from the authorised version of the bible. Led by the angels semyaza and azazel the. According to the apocryphal and banned book of enoch these were the angelic beings responsible for binding the wicked fallen angels or watchers who had transgressed god s law.
Currently the book of enoch is part of the liturgical canon of the ethiopian orthodox tewahedo church and eritrean orthodox tewahedo church.
