The First Book of Adam and EvePlatt, Rutherford Hayes
Religion
The First Book of Adam and Eve
Platt, Rutherford Hayes
Adam (Biblical figure); Apocryphal books (Old Testament); Eve (Biblical figure)
1 Then Adam and Eve went forth and came into the Cave of Treasures, and
they stood praying in it the whole of that day, until the evening.
2 And this took place at the end of the fifty days after they had left
the garden.
3 But Adam and Eve rose again and prayed to God in the cave the whole
of that night, and begged for mercy from Him.
4 And when the day dawned, Adam said to Eve, "Come! Let us go and do
some work for our bodies."
5 So they went out of the cave, and came to the northern border of the
garden, and they looked for something to cover their bodies with*. But
they found nothing, and knew not how to do the work. Yet their bodies
were stained, and they were speechless from cold and heat.
6 Then Adam stood and asked God to show him something with which to
cover their bodies.
7 Then came the Word of God and said to him, "O Adam, take Eve and come
to the seashore where you fasted before. There you will find skins of
sheep that were left after lions ate the carcasses. Take them and make
garments for yourselves, and clothe yourselves with them.
* Chapter XLVI, verse 1, says "Satan blew into the fire ... so that
their bodies were singed". At this time, the garments that the Lord
had given them in Genesis 3:21 were burned off so that Adam and Eve
were again naked.
Chapter LI - "What is his beauty that you should have followed him?"
1 When Adam heard these words from God, he took Eve and went from the
northern end of the garden to the south of it, by the river of water
where they once fasted.
2 But as they were going on their way, and before they got there,
Satan, the wicked one, had heard the Word of God communing with Adam
respecting his covering.
3 It grieved him, and he hastened to the place where the sheep-skins
were, with the intention of taking them and throwing them into the sea,
or of burning them with fire, so that Adam and Eve would not find them.
4 But as he was about to take them, the Word of God came from heaven,
and bound him by the side of those skins until Adam and Eve came near
him. But as they got closer to him they were afraid of him, and of his
hideous look.
5 Then came the Word of God to Adam and Eve, and said to them, "This is
he who was hidden in the serpent, and who deceived you, and stripped
you of the garment of light and glory in which you were.
6 This is he who promised you majesty and divinity. Where, then, is
the beauty that was on him? Where is his divinity? Where is his
light? Where is the glory that rested on him?
7 Now his figure is hideous; he is become abominable among angels; and
he has come to be called Satan.
8 O Adam, he wished to take from you this earthly garment of
sheep-skins, and to destroy it, and not let you be covered with it.
9 What, then, is his beauty that you should have followed him? And
what have you gained by obeying him? See his evil works and then look
at Me; at Me, your Creator, and at the good deeds I do you.
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