Hall of Raziel™
Comparison notes Only what we actually checked, quoting both sides, with the source. Every page also lists all of its Scripture references with the KJV text, so you can check the rest yourself.
AI-assisted draft. The Hebrew was re-read from the 1701 scans and the English is an AI-assisted draft translation, not a scholarly edition. Check the scan before you rely on any reading.
Against the King James Version KJV comparison How many generations before Enoch? This book And after four generations arose Enoch (Hanokh) son of Jared …
KJV Genesis 5:18 And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:
KJV Jude 1:14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these …
1 Enoch 60:8 (Charles, Project Gutenberg #77935) … where my grandfather was taken up, the seventh from Adam, the first man whom the Lord of Spirits created.
The father’s name agrees (Jared). The count does not line up on its face: Genesis 5 lists Adam, Seth, Enos, Cainan, Mahalaleel, Jared, Enoch, and both Jude and 1 Enoch call Enoch “the seventh from Adam”. The book’s “four generations” is probably counted from the last person in its own story (the passage before it), not from Adam; the text does not say which.
KJV comparison Noah’s five-hundredth year This book And in the five-hundredth year of his life the earth was corrupted by the violent deeds of the generations …
KJV Genesis 5:32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
KJV Genesis 6:11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
KJV Genesis 7:6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
Gutenberg Bible Genesis 5:31 (Vulgate), leaf 007r Noe vero cum quingentorum esset annorum, genuit Sem, Cham et Iapheth. — “And Noe, when he was five hundred years old, begot Sem, Cham, and Japheth.”
Partly lines up. The KJV ties Noah’s 500th year to the birth of his sons and dates the Flood to his 600th year; it gives no year for the corruption of the earth. Tying the corruption to the 500th year is the book’s own reading. The Vulgate (Genesis 5:31 in its numbering, 5:32 in the KJV) says the same as the KJV.
KJV comparison The Patriarchs’ ages add up to 502 This book And the Patriarchs lived 502 (תק״ב) [years in all]: Abraham 175, Isaac 180, Jacob 147 — that is 502.
KJV Genesis 25:7 … the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.
KJV Genesis 35:28 And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.
KJV Genesis 47:28 … so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.
Gutenberg Bible (Vulgate) Genesis 25:7 / 35:28 / 47:28, leaves 015r, 021r, 027v centum septuaginta quinque · centum octoginta · centum quadraginta septem
Lines up. 175 + 180 + 147 = 502, the same in the KJV and in the Gutenberg Bible Vulgate.
KJV comparison Exodus 6:3: “El Shaddai” and the Name This book And I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob as El Shaddai” (Exod. 6:3)
KJV Exodus 6:3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.
Gutenberg Bible Exodus 6:3 (Vulgate), leaf 031r qui apparui Abraham, Isaac et Iacob in Deo omnipotente: et nomen meum Adonai non indicavi eis. — “by the name of God Almighty: and my name ADONAI I did not shew them.”
Same verse, different wording. The book keeps the Hebrew title “El Shaddai”, which the KJV translates “God Almighty”. For the second half (quoted on pp. 65–67) the KJV prints “JEHOVAH” while the Gutenberg Bible’s Latin has “Adonai”, so the Gutenberg Bible itself differs from the KJV here.
KJV comparison 930 years This book … this is the spirit of man, for he lives 930 (תתק״ל) years — like רוח in its full spelling … in gematria 930.
KJV Genesis 5:5 And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
KJV Genesis 6:3 … yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
Gutenberg Bible Genesis 5:5 (Vulgate), leaf 006v … anni nongenti triginta … — “nine hundred and thirty years”
930 is Adam’s age in Genesis 5:5 (KJV and Vulgate agree). The KJV does not say that “man” in general lives 930 years; Genesis 6:3 gives 120. The book’s point is a letter-count (gematria), not a statement about lifespans.
KJV comparison “A little lower than God” or “than the angels”? This book and You made him a little lower than God (אלהים)” (Ps. 8:6)
KJV Psalm 8:5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
Different wording, same verse. The Hebrew word is אלהים (Elohim). The book reads it as “God”; the KJV renders it “the angels”. Also note the numbering: the book counts the psalm title as verse 1, so its 8:6 is the KJV’s 8:5. (The same verse is quoted on pp. 28 and 68.)
KJV comparison “Inhabitants of Ḥeled” This book Hear this, all you peoples; give ear, all you inhabitants of ḥeled” (Ps. 49:2)
KJV Psalm 49:1 Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:
Same verse. The book keeps the Hebrew word ḥeled because it names one of the seven earths; the KJV translates it “the world”. Numbering: the book’s 49:2 is the KJV’s 49:1.
KJV comparison “Thousands of shinan” This book The chariots of God are twice ten thousand, thousands of shinan; the LORD is among them” (Ps. 68:18)
KJV Psalm 68:17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.
Same verse. The Hebrew word שנאן (shinan) is read by the book as a class of angels and left untranslated; the KJV renders it “angels”. Numbering: the book’s 68:18 is the KJV’s 68:17.
KJV comparison The star names in Job 9:9 This book Who makes ʿAsh, Kesil and Kimah, and the chambers of the south” (Job 9:9)
KJV Job 9:9 Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
Same verse. The book keeps the Hebrew star names (ʿAsh, Kesil, Kimah); the KJV gives Arcturus, Orion and Pleiades. Which star each Hebrew name means is uncertain, so neither is “wrong”; they just do not match word for word.
KJV comparison “The world is built by mercy” This book I said, the world is built by mercy; Your faithfulness You establish in the heavens” (Ps. 89:3)
KJV Psalm 89:2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
Different meaning. The Hebrew עולם (olam) can mean “for ever” or “world”. The KJV reads “for ever”; the book reads “the world is built by mercy”, which is the traditional Jewish reading. Numbering: the book’s 89:3 is the KJV’s 89:2.
KJV comparison “Rides upon ʿAravot” This book Sing to God, sing praises to His name, extol Him who rides upon ʿAravot” (Ps. 68:5)
KJV Psalm 68:4 Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name Jah, and rejoice before him.
Same verse. The book keeps ʿAravot, the name of the seventh heaven in its cosmology; the KJV translates the word “the heavens”. Numbering: the book’s 68:5 is the KJV’s 68:4.
KJV comparison Joel 3:1 is the KJV’s Joel 2:28 This book I will pour out My spirit upon all flesh” (Joel 3:1)
KJV Joel 2:28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy …
KJV Joel 3:1 (what the KJV has at that number) For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,
The words line up, but the reference does not: Hebrew Bibles start chapter 3 of Joel four verses earlier than the KJV. Look it up as Joel 2:28 in a KJV.
Against Project Gutenberg and the Gutenberg Bible Gutenberg comparison Is there a Project Gutenberg Book of Raziel? Project Gutenberg catalogue search, 28 Oct 2026 Searches for “raziel”, “angel raziel”, “sepher”, “yetzirah” and “sepher yetzirah” returned “No records found.”
No. Project Gutenberg has no edition or translation of Sefer Raziel ha-Malakh, so there is no Gutenberg text to compare ours against line by line. What Project Gutenberg does have is Ginsburg’s “The Kabbalah” (#69243), which describes this very printing, and R. H. Charles’s 1 Enoch (#77935). We compare with those below, and the Scripture quotations with the Gutenberg Bible on this site (/gb/).
Gutenberg comparison Who wrote it? The book versus Ginsburg This book Title page: “This is the Book of Adam the First (Sifra de-Adam Qadma’ah), which Raziel the angel gave to him.” … “In Amsterdam.
Project Gutenberg eBook #69243, Christian D. Ginsburg, “The Kabbalah: its doctrines, development, and literature” (public domain), lines 3003–3004 It is given in the Book Raziel (ספר רזיאל) of Eleazer b. Jehudah of Worms, printed at Amsterdam, 1701, and at Warsaw, 1812.
The date and place agree (Amsterdam, 1701). The author does not: the book presents itself as Adam’s book from the angel Raziel, while Ginsburg names Eleazar ben Judah of Worms. We searched all of our English pages for “Eleazar”, “Worms” and “Roqeaḥ” and found no mention, so the attribution to Eleazar comes from scholarship, not from this printing.
Gutenberg comparison Shiʿur Qomah: does Ginsburg’s description match? This book RABBI ISHMAEL SAID: Meṭaṭron, the great prince, said to me … His height is 236 myriads of thousands of parasangs.
Project Gutenberg eBook #69243, Christian D. Ginsburg, “The Kabbalah: its doctrines, development, and literature” (public domain), lines 3000–3004 Shiur Koma (שיעור קומה), or the Dimensions of the Deity, which claims to be a revelation from the angel Metatron to R. Ishmael, and describes the size of the body and the sundry members of the Deity. It is given in the Book Raziel …
Lines up. Our leaf (folio לז recto, supplied from the HebrewBooks scan) opens the Shiʿur Qomah exactly as Ginsburg describes it: Metatron speaking to Rabbi Ishmael, giving measurements. It continues on scan pages 90 and 89.
Gutenberg comparison Enoch and the book: not in 1 Enoch This book And there was revealed [to him] in a dream the place where the book was hidden … and he rose early and went to the cave …
Project Gutenberg eBook #77935, R. H. Charles (tr.), “The Book of Enoch” (public domain) A full-text search of this edition finds no “Raziel” (or “Rasiel”).
The story of Enoch finding Raziel’s book in a cave belongs to this book’s own tradition; the name Raziel does not occur in Charles’s 1 Enoch at all. (Both texts do agree that Enoch was Jared’s son: Charles 1 Enoch 37:1 has “Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel …”.)
How the checks were made KJV: King James Version (1769 text), public domain; text from github.com/thiagobodruk/bible (en_kjv.json), fetched 28 Oct 2026. 1,021 Scripture references were extracted from our English and looked up; Psalms and a few other books use Hebrew verse numbers, so each reference was matched to the KJV verse whose wording fits the quotation. Gutenberg Bible: the Latin and Douay-Rheims English already on this site (/gb/) for Genesis, Exodus and Leviticus. Project Gutenberg: catalogue searched on 28 Oct 2026; no Sefer Raziel exists there. Texts used: eBook #69243 (Ginsburg) and #77935 (Charles, 1 Enoch).