Now, therefore, come out of the water and I will lead you to the place where your food is prepared."ġ0.1 Hearing this, Eve believed him and went out of the water of the river. All of us angels have pleaded for you, praying to the Lord,ĩ.4 and he sent me to lead you forth from the water and to give you the nourishment which you had in paradise and for which you have grieved. Why are you uneasy, you and your husband Adam?ĩ.3 The Lord God has heard your lamenting and accepted your penitence. Cease now from your sadness and lamenting. Then Satan grew angry and transfigured himself into the brilliance of an angel and went off to the Tigris River to Eve.ĩ.2 He found her weeping, and then, the Devil himself, as if mourning with her began to weep and said to her: "Come out of the water and rest and weep no longer. Let them surround me and mourn with me.Ĩ.2 Let them not lament for themselves, but for me, for they have not sinned, but I."Ĩ.3 Immediately, all living things came and surrounded him and the water of the Jordan stood from that hour not flowing in its course.ĩ.1 Eighteen days passed. Perhaps the Lord will have mercy on us."ħ.1 Eve walked to the Tigris River and did just as Adam told her.Êħ.2 Likewise, Adam walked to the Jordan River and stood upon a rock up to his neck in the water.Ĩ.1 Adam said: "I say to you, water of the Jordan, mourn with me and separate from me all swimming creatures which are in you. I however, will do forty days in the water of the Jordan. Let not a word go forth from your mouth since we are unworthy to ask of the Lord for our lips are unclean from the illicit and forbidden tree.Ħ.2 Stand in the water of the river for thirtyseven days. You, however, arise and go to the Tigris River and take a stone and stand upon it in the water up to your neck in the depth of the river. Perhaps the Lord God will yield and have mercy on us and give us something by which we might live."ĥ.1 Eve said to Adam: "My lord, tell me what is penitence and how long should I perform it, lest perhaps we place on ourselves a labor which we cannot endure, and he not hear our prayers,ĥ.2 And the Lord turned his face from us because we did not fulfill what we promise.ĥ.3 My lord, how much penitence are you thinking of doing since I brought labor and tribulation upon you."Ħ.1 Adam said to Eve: "You cannot do as much as I, but do as much so that you might be saved. Ours, however was the angelic food.Ĥ.3 But justly and worthily do we lament before the face of God who made us. They only found what animals eat.Ĥ.2 Adam said to Eve: "The Lord gave these things to animals and beasts to eat. How could it be that I should raise my hand against my own flesh? Let us arise and seek for ourselves something by which we might live so that we might not perish."Ĥ.1 Walking about, they searched for many days but did not find anything like they had in paradise. Do you wish to kill me, that I might die? Perhaps the Lord God will bring you back into paradise, since on account of my action you were expelled from there."ģ.3 Adam responded: "Don't say such things Eve lest the Lord God bring upon us some other curse. Perhaps then the Lord God would bring you back into paradise, for it was because of me that the Lord God grew angry with you. Perhaps the Lord God will look upon us and have mercy on us and will call us back to the place where we were previously."ģ.1 And Adam arose after seven days and And Adam arose and walked for seven days over all that land but did not find food such as they had in paradise.ģ.2 Eve said to Adam: "My lord, would that I might die. Excerpts from the Original Electronic Text at the web site of Life of Adam and Eve.ġ.1 When Adam and Eve were expelled from paradise they made for themselves a tent and spent seven days mourning and lamenting in great sadness.Ģ.1 But after seven days they began to be hungry and sought food to eat and did not find any.Ģ.2 Eve told Adam: "Adam, my lord, Then Eve said to Adam: "My lord, I am hungry.
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