8 And here there is no unfruitful tree, and every place is blessed. (2EN) 9 And there are three hundred angels very bright, who keep the garden, and with incessant sweet singing and never-silent voices serve the Lord throughout all days and hours. (2EN) 10 And I said: 'How very sweet is this place,' and those men said to me: (2EN)
2 Enoch 8:8–10
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