Where would Joseph Smith get the idea that Enoch kept a book of remembrance?

In Moses 6:46 we read:

For a book of remembrance we have written among us, according to the pattern given by the finger of God; and it is given in our own language.

The idea that Enoch kept a book of remembrance containing the actions of the people is also attested in the Book of Giants, 1 Enoch, the Testament of Abraham and in Jubilees. 

Where did Joseph get all this information from?

See:

• Jeffrey M. Bradshaw – KnoWhy OTL05C — Could Joseph Smith Have Drawn On Ancient Manuscripts When He Translated the Story of Enoch?

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