The First Book of Adam and EvePlatt, Rutherford Hayes
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The First Book of Adam and Eve
Platt, Rutherford Hayes
Adam (Biblical figure); Apocryphal books (Old Testament); Eve (Biblical figure)
6 But they returned not to the cave in which they were born; but came
to the Cave of Treasures, in order that the children should go around
in it, and be blessed with the tokens brought from the garden.
7 But after they had been blessed with these tokens, they went back to
the cave in which they were born.
8 However, before Eve had offered up the offering, Adam had taken her,
and had gone with her to the river of water, in which they threw
themselves at first; and there they washed themselves. Adam washed his
body and Eve hers also clean, after the suffering and distress that had
come over them.
9 But Adam and Eve, after washing themselves in the river of water,
returned every night to the Cave of Treasures, where they prayed and
were blessed; and then went back to their cave, where their children
were born.
10 Adam and Eve did this until the children had been weaned. After
they were weaned, Adam made an offering for the souls of his children
in addition to the three times every week he made an offering for them.
11 When the children were weaned, Eve again conceived, and when her
pregnancy came to term, she gave birth to another son and daughter.
They named the son Abel and the daughter Aklia.
12 Then at the end of forty days, Adam made an offering for the son,
and at the end of eighty days he made another offering for the
daughter, and treated them, as he had previously treated Cain and his
sister Luluwa.
13 He brought them to the Cave of Treasures, where they received a
blessing, and then returned to the cave where they were born. After
these children were born, Eve stopped having children.
Chapter LXXVI - Cain becomes jealous of Abel because of his sisters.
1 And the children began to grow stronger and taller; but Cain was
hard-hearted, and ruled over his younger brother.
2 Often when his father made an offering, Cain would remain behind and
not go with them, to offer up.
3 But, as to Abel, he had a meek heart, and was obedient to his father
and mother. He frequently moved them to make an offering, because he
loved it. He prayed and fasted a lot.
4 Then came this sign to Abel. As he was coming into the Cave of
Treasures, and saw the golden rods, the incense and the myrrh, he asked
his parents, Adam and Eve, to tell him about them and asked, "Where did
you get these from?"
5 Then Adam told him all that had befallen them. And Abel felt deeply
about what his father told him.
6 Furthermore his father, Adam, told him of the works of God, and of
the garden. After hearing that, Abel remained behind after his father
left and stayed the whole of that night in the Cave of Treasures.
7 And that night, while he was praying, Satan appeared to him under the
figure of a man, who said to him, "You have frequently moved your
father into making offerings, fasting and praying, therefore I will
kill you, and make you perish from this world."
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