Chapter 2 :

Episodes 3 :

In which Eve makes a noble and emotionable intercession, taking the blame on herself.

THEN Adam and Eve entered the cave, and stood praying, in their own tongue, unknown to us, but which they knew well.

And as they prayed, Adam raised his eyes, and saw the rock and the roof of the cave that

covered him overhead, so that he could see neither heaven, nor God's creatures. So he wept and smote heavily upon his breast, until he dropped, and was as dead.

And Eve sat weeping; for she believed he was dead.

 Then she arose, spread her hands towards God, suing Him for mercy and pity, and said, O God,

forgive me my sin, the sin which I committed, and remember it not against me.

 For I alone caused Thy servant to fall from the garden into this lost estate; from light into this

darkness; and from the abode of joy into this prison.

0 God, look upon this Thy servant thus fallen, and raise him from his death, that he may weep and repent of his transgression which he committed through me.

 Take not away his soul this once; but let him live that he may stand after the measure of his repentance, and do Thy will, as before his death.

But if Thou do not raise him up, then, O God, take away my own soul, that I be like him; and

leave me not in this dungeon, one and alone; for I could not stand alone in this world, but with him only.

 For Thou, O God, didst cause a slumber to come upon him, and didst take a bone from his side,

and didst restore the flesh in the place of it, by Thy divine power.

And Thou didst take me, the bone, and make me a woman, bright like him, with heart, reason, and speech; and in flesh, like unto his own; and Thou didst make me after the likeness of his countenance, by Thy mercy and power.

0 Lord, I and he are one and Thou, O God, art our Creator, Thou are He who made us both in

one day.

 Therefore, O God, give him life, that he may be with me in this strange land, while we dwell in it on account of our transgression.

 But if Thou wilt not give him life, then take me, even me, like him; that we both may die the same day.

 And Eve wept bitterly, and fell upon our father Adam; from her great sorrow.

God's admonition to Adam and Eve in which he points out how and why they sinned.

BUT God looked upon them; for they had killed themselves through great grief.

 But He would raise them and comfort them.

 He, therefore, sent His Word unto them; that they should stand and be raised forthwith.

And the Lord said unto Adam and Eve, You transgressed of your own free will, until you came out of the garden in which had placed you.

 of your own free will have you transgressed through your desire for divinity, greatness, and an exalted state, such as I have, so that I deprived you of the bright nature in which you then were,

and I made you come out of the garden to this land, rough and full of trouble.

If only you had not transgressed My commandment and had kept My law, and had not eaten of the fruit of the tree, near which I told you not to come! And there were fruit trees in the garden better than that one.

But the wicked Satan who continued not in his first estate, nor kept his faith; in whom was no

good intent towards Me, and who though I had created him, yet set Me at naught, and sought the

Godhead, so that I hurled him down from heaven,-he it is who made the tree appear pleasant in your eyes, until you ate of it, by hearkening to him.

 Thus have you transgressed My commandment, and therefore have I brought upon you all these sorrows.

For I am God the Creator, who, when I created My creatures, did not intend to destroy them. But

after they had sorely roused My anger, I punished them with grievous plagues, until they repent .

 But, if on the contrary, they still continue hardened in their transgression, they shall be under a curse for ever.

The beasts are reconciled.

WHEN Adam and Eve heard these words from God, they wept and sobbed yet more; but they strengthened their hearts in God, because they now felt that the Lord was to them like a father and a mother, and for this very reason, they wept before Him, and sought mercy from Him.

 Then God had pity on them, and said: O Adam, I have made My covenant with thee, and will not turn from it, neither will let thee return to the garden, until My covenant of the great five days and a half is fulfilled.

 Then Adam said unto God, O Lord, Thou didst create us, and make us fit to be in the garden; and before I transgressed. Thou madest all beasts come to me, that I should name them.

 Thy grace was then on me; and I named every one according to Thy mind; and Thou madest them all subject unto me.

But now, O Lord God, that I have transgressed Thy commandment, all beasts will rise against me and will devour me, and Eve Thy handmaid; and will cut off our life from the face of the earth.

 I therefore beseech Thee, O God, that, since Thou hast made us come out of the garden, and hast made us be in a strange land, Thou wilt not let the beasts hurt us.

 When the Lord heard these words from Adam, He had pity on him, and felt that he had truly said that the beasts of the field would rise and devour him and Eve, because He, the Lord, was angry with them two on account of their transgression.

 Then God commanded the beasts, and the birds, and all that moves upon the earth, to come to Adam and to be familiar with him, and not to trouble him and Eve; nor yet any of the good and righteous among their posterity.

Then the beasts did obeisance to Adam, according to the commandment of God; except the

serpent, against which God was wroth. It did not come to Adam, with the beasts.

Episodes 4 :

The Bright Nature of man is taken away.

THEN Adam wept and said, O God, when we dwelt in the garden, and our hearts were lifted up, we saw the angels that sang praises in heaven, but now we do not see as we were used to do; nay, when we entered the cave, all creation became hidden from us.

 Then God the Lord said unto Adam, When thou wast under subjection to Me, thou hadst a bright nature within thee, and for that reason couldst thou see things afar off. But after thy transgression thy bright nature was withdrawn from thee; and it was not left to thee to see things afar off, but only near at hand; after the ability of the flesh; for it is brutish.

 When Adam and Eve had heard these words from God, they went their way; praising and worshipping Him with a sorrowful heart.

 And God ceased to commune with them.

Water from the Tree of Life. Adam and Eve near drowning.

THEN Adam and Eve came out of the Cave of Treasures, and drew near to the garden gate, and there they stood to look at it, and wept for having come away from it.

And Adam and Eve went from before the gate of the garden to the southern side of it, and found there the water that watered the garden, from the root of the Tree of Life, and that parted

itself from thence into four rivers over the earth.

Then they came and drew near to that water, and looked at it, and saw that it was the water that came forth from under the root of the Tree of Life in the garden.

 And Adam wept and wailed, and smote upon his breast, for being severed from the garden; and

said to Eve:-

Why hast thou brought upon me, upon thyself, and upon our seed, so many of these plagues and punishments?

And Eve said unto him, What is it thou hast seen, to weep and to speak to me in this wise?

 And he said to Eve, Seest thou not this water that was with us in the garden, that watered the trees of the garden, and flowed out thence?

 And we, when we were in the garden, did not care about it; but since we came to this strange

land, we love it, and turn it to use for our body.

 But when Eve heard these words from him, she wept; and from the soreness of their weeping. they fell into that water, and would have put an end to themselves in it, so as never again to return and behold the creation; for when they looked upon the work of creation, they felt they must put an end to themselves.