1 Enoch 40:1-10

Enoch witnesses thousands before the Lord of Spirits and learns the names of four heavenly faces: Michael (merciful), Raphael (healer), Gabriel (power...

1And after this I saw thousands of thousands and ten thousand times ten thousand, without number and without reckoning, who stand before the glory of the Lord of Spirits.

2I looked, and upon the four sides of the Lord of Spirits I saw four other faces, different from those who stand there, and I learned their names, for the angel who went with me made their names known to me and showed me every hidden thing.

3And I heard the voices of those four faces as they sang praises before the Lord of glory.

4The first voice was blessing the Lord of Spirits forever and ever.

5And the second voice I heard blessing the Chosen One and the chosen ones who are sustained by the Lord of Spirits.

6And the third voice I heard petitioning and praying on behalf of those who dwell upon the dry land and who entreat in the name of the Lord of Spirits.

7And the fourth voice I heard driving away the satans, not permitting them to come before the Lord of Spirits to accuse those who dwell upon the dry land.

8And after this I asked the angel of peace who went with me, who showed me everything that is hidden, and I said to him: "Who are these four faces which I have seen, whose voices I have heard and written down?"

9And he said to me: "This first is the merciful one, slow to anger, the holy Michael; and the second, who is over every sickness and every wound of the children of men, is Raphael; and the third, who is over every power, is the holy Gabriel; and the fourth, who is over repentance and hope for those who will inherit eternal life, is Phanuel."

10And these are the four angels of the Most High God, and the four voices I heard in those days.