The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch, Charles translation) · 94 of 141 · tr. R.H. Charles
Chapter LXXII (part 2)
On that day the day decreases by †two† parts, and amounts to ten parts and the night to eight parts.
19.
And the sun goes forth from that fifth portal and sets in the fifth portal of the west, and rises in the fourth portal for one-and-thirty mornings on account of its sign, and sets in the west.
20.
On that day the day is equalized with the night, [ and becomes of equal length ] , and the night amounts to nine parts and the day to nine parts.
21.
And the sun rises from that portal and sets in the west, and returns to the east and rises thirty mornings in the third portal and sets in the west in the third portal.
22.
And on that day the night becomes longer than the day, and night becomes longer than night, and day shorter than day till the thirtieth morning, and the night amounts exactly to ten parts and the day to eight parts.
23.
And the sun rises from that third portal and sets in the third portal in the west and returns to the east, and for thirty mornings rises in the second portal in the east, and in like manner sets in the second portal in the west of the heaven.
24.
And on that day the night amounts to eleven parts and the day to seven parts.
25.
And the sun rises on that day from that second portal and sets in the west in the second portal, and p.
98 returns to the east into the first portal for one-and-thirty mornings, and sets in the first portal in the west of the heaven.
26.
And on that day the night becomes longer and amounts to the double of the day: and the night amounts exactly to twelve parts and the day to six.
27.
And the sun has (therewith) traversed the divisions of his orbit and turns again on those divisions of his orbit, and enters that portal thirty mornings and sets also in the west opposite to it.
28.
And on that night has the night decreased in length by a †ninth† part, and the night has become eleven parts and the day seven parts.
29.
And the sun has returned and entered into the second portal in the east, and returns on those his divisions of his orbit for thirty mornings, rising and setting.
30.
And on that day the night decreases in length, and the night amounts to ten parts and the day to eight.
31.
And on that day the sun rises from that portal, and sets in the west, and returns to the east, and rises in the third portal for one-and-thirty mornings, and sets in the west of the heaven.
32.
On that day the night decreases and amounts to nine parts, and the day to nine parts, and the night is equal to the day and the year is exactly as to its days three hundred and sixty-four.
33.
And the length of the day and of the night, and the shortness of the day and of the night arise--through the course of the sun these distinctions are made (lit.
'they are separated').
34.
So it comes that its course becomes daily longer, and its course nightly shorter.
35.
And this is the law and the course of the sun, and his return as often as he returns sixty times and rises, i.e.
the great luminary which is named the sun, for ever and ever.
36.
And that which (thus) rises is the great luminary, and is so named according to its appearance, according as the Lord commanded.
37.
As he rises, so he sets and decreases not, and rests not, but runs day and night, and his light is sevenfold brighter than that of the moon; but as regards size they are both equal.
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Divine Providencetheology
Pronoia — the doctrine that the divine actively orders the unfolding of the cosmos and human affairs toward intelligible ends, against pure chance or blind necessity.
The text explicitly states the sun follows a 'law and course' commanded by the Lord, indicating divine ordering of natural phenomena.
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Numbers, proportions, and mathematical relationships as the underlying structure of divine reality.
[auto] The passage is centrally concerned with defining cosmic order through precise numerical divisions of day, night, and the solar year (e.g., 364 days, parts of light).
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