The story is actually far more intriguing, and it all starts with Adam.
According to Legends of the Jews, upon Adam's death, a certain holy book mysteriously vanished. Talk about a plot twist! Where did it go? What was in it? The narrative takes an even more fascinating turn when the location of the cave where it was hidden gets revealed to Enoch in a dream.
Can you imagine? A dream unveiling the secrets of the universe! It was from this very book that Enoch, who is sometimes identified with the angel Metatron, drew his profound knowledge of nature – knowledge of the earth, knowledge of the heavens. We are told that he became so wise that his wisdom even exceeded that of Adam himself!
But here's the kicker: after mastering its contents, Enoch, in turn, hid the book again. This sets the stage for the next act of our drama.
Fast forward to the impending flood. The moment God decided to cleanse the Earth, He didn't just send a weather forecast to Noah. Instead, He dispatched the archangel Raphael – yes, that Raphael – with a special delivery.
And what was that delivery? The very same holy book!
The message Raphael delivered to Noah was powerful: "I give thee herewith the holy book, that all the secrets and mysteries written therein may be made manifest unto thee, and that thou mayest know how to fulfil its injunction in holiness, purity, modesty, and humbleness. Thou wilt learn from it how to build an ark of the wood of the gopher tree, wherein thou, and thy sons, and thy wife shall find protection."
So there you have it. The instructions for building the ark, the secrets of survival, passed down through generations, hidden and revealed according to God's plan. It all comes from a holy book, a source of wisdom that links Adam, Enoch, and Noah in a chain of divine knowledge.
It makes you wonder, doesn't it? What other secrets are hidden, waiting to be revealed at just the right moment? And what wisdom might we unlock if we, too, searched for those hidden books, those lost sources of knowledge?