The First Book of Adam and Eve

ful and full of pity, heard A

el was obedient to Me, a bright li

mandment, I deprived him of that

vens, in the realms of light

all from the heaven onto the earth; and

My garden and obedient to Me, d

Yet, of My mercy, I did not turn you into darkness, but I made you your body of

uld have destroyed you; and had I turned you into

I drove you from the garden, and made you come forth into this land; and commanded you to liv

It is not to last forever; but is only of twel

your heart that this darkness is long and drags on wear

ishment. But, O Adam, I have made the day, and have placed the sun in i

you, nor be heard over you, nor shut up; nor doom you through your fall; nor through your co

nd I willed to bring out children

t one day; until I had finished the c

u not to eat of it. Yet I knew that Satan, w

near him. And I told you not to eat of the fruit thereof, no

ou without a commandment, and you had sinned-it would have been an offence on My p

d you fell. So that My creatures cannot bl

nd toil in it. And I have made the night for them to rest in it from their work

now remains, O Adam, and d