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Chapter 4 ⇦****⇨
Eve is created from Adam’s side—They dwell in Paradise as virgins—Satan tempts Eve through the serpent—Adam and Eve fall and become mortal—God foretells the coming of Christ and His atonement to redeem mankind.
1 And My Father made them take Adam into Paradise, and a multitude of angels sang hymns before him, and they left him there, and he continued to ascribe blessing unto God.
2 And Adam lived alone in Paradise for one hundred years.
3 And when he had completed the period of one hundred years, (now Adam lived in the Paradise of Delight, and remained there alone, and the angels used to come to him every day,) My Father said: It is not good to allow the man to live by himself, but let Us make for him an helper like unto himself.
4 And he brought a slumber upon Adam, who fell into a deep sleep, and he took out one of his ribs and filled up the place thereof with flesh, and He made a woman according to the form of Adam.
5 And when Adam woke up out of his sleep he saw her, and he said, This now is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called woman, because she was taken out of her male.
6 Now it was Adam who gave names to all the cattle, and to the wild beasts and to the birds, and to every living creature which moveth upon the earth, and even to those which are in the waters; unto all of them did Adam give names, according to the command of My Good Father.
7 And Adam lived in the Paradise of Delight, he and Eve his wife, for two hundred years; and they were virgins, and they were even as the angels of God.
8 And when they had been living in the Paradise of Delight for two hundred years, Eve came forth and passed through the northern part of Paradise, close by the wall, in order to obtain fruit for the cattle and for all the other creatures, because My Father had told Adam and Eve to feed them according to His command, and they received their food from the hand of Adam and Eve.
9 And the serpent himself came at the hour of evening to receive his food according to his wont, for the serpent was like unto all the other beasts, and he walked upon his feet just as did they.
10 And the Devil lived nigh unto Paradise, and he lay in wait for Adam and Eve by day and by night, and when he saw Eve by herself he went into the serpent, and said within himself: Behold, I have found my opportunity.
11 I will speak into her ear, and I will make her to eat of the tree, and I will cause them to be expelled from paradise, for I myself was expelled from Paradise for their sakes.
12 And the Devil spake unto Eve through the mouth of the serpent, saying: Why do ye not eat of the tree which is in the middle of Paradise, as ye do of all the other trees, for the fruit thereof is good?
13 And Eve said, God said unto us, Ye may certainly eat of every tree which is in Paradise with the exception of the tree of knowledge of the good and of the evil; for in the day wherein ye eat thereof ye shall surely die.
14 And the serpent said unto her, Ye shall not surely die, but ye shall be like unto these gods; ye shall know the good and the evil, and ye shall be able to separate the sweet from the bitter.
15 God spake unto you in this manner because that when ye have eaten thereof ye shall become as gods.
16 And the Devil ceased not to speak into her ear until he had beguiled her and she ate of the tree.
17 And straightway Eve became naked, and she knew that she was naked, and she took some leaves of the fig-tree, and covered her nakedness.
18 And she went to Adam, and when Adam saw her, and saw that she was naked, he was exceedingly grieved, and he became very sorrowful in heart, and shed tears in great abundance.
19 And he said unto her, Wherefore hast thou acted in this wise?
20 Behold, from this day forward we shall die, and God will be wroth with us, and he will cast us forth from Paradise.
21 And Eve said unto him: Come thou and eat. If God shall blame thee, I will take everything upon myself before God.
22 And in this way Adam took, and ate, and he became naked, and he knew immediately that he was naked; and he covered his nakedness with fig-leaves.
23 And straightway the voice of My Father came to him in Paradise, saying: Adam, where art thou?
24 And he said, My Lord, I heard Thy voice, and I was afraid, and I hid myself because I was naked.
25 And My Father said unto him: Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree until thou hast become naked?
26 And Adam said, My Lord, the woman whom Thou didst give unto me as a helper made me eat, and I became naked.
27 And My Father said unto her: Wherefore hast thou done this thing?
28 She said unto Him: My Lord, the serpent beguiled me, and I did eat, and I became like the gods.
29 And My Father said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this thing, cursed art thou among all the beasts of the earth.
30 Thou shalt walk upon thy belly all the days of thy life, and all thy seed shall be accursed throughout all generations on the earth.
31 Thou shalt eat earth and ashes all thy time, and so shall all those that shall come forth from thee.
32 It was in this way that the serpent came to walk upon his belly, according to what My Father decreed for him.
33 And He said unto the woman also: Because thou hast done this thing, thou shalt bring forth children in sorrow and sighing, and thou shalt turn to thy husband.
34 And similarly He turned to Adam, and said unto him, Cursed be the earth because of thy deeds.
35 Thou shalt eat thy bread by the sweat of thy face, and all those who shall come out of thee shall do likewise.
36 Behold, thou shalt die from this day onwards, because thou art earth, and thou shalt return again to the earth.
37 Thou shalt live in the world a life of nine hundred and thirty years, and when death cometh upon thee thou shalt turn to the earth again.
38 Thy soul shall abide in Hell, and thou shalt sit in black darkness for four and a half thousand of years.
39 And when five and a half thousand of years are fulfilled I will send My beloved son into the world, and He shall abide in a virgin's womb, and her name shall be Mary.
40 She shall give Him birth on the earth in lowliness and humility, and he shall pass thirty-three and a half years in the world, and He shall receive every attribute of humanity, sin alone excepted.
41 And He shall perform innumerable mighty deeds and wonders.
42 He shall raise the dead, yea, He shall drive out the devils.
43 He shall heal those who are sick of the palsy, and He shall make the lame to walk, the deaf He shall make to hear, and the dumb He shall make to speak.
44 He shall cleanse the lepers, and restore the arms that are withered, and He shall open the eyes of the blind by the word of His power.
45 And in fine, there shall be no limit to the miracles which He shall perform.
46 But in spite of all these things, men will not believe on Him.
47 And at length, after all these things, they shall rise up against Him, and they shall deliver Him over unto death, and they shall give Him into the hand of the Governor, that is to say, Pilate, and he shall judge Him for thy sake.
48 He shall be in the form of a servant for thy sake.
49 They shall smite Him in the face for thy sake, and they shall treat Him with contempt and vilify him for thy sake.
50 They shall pass sentence of condemnation upon Him as if He were a sacrilegious person, and they shall mount Him upon the wood of the Cross, between two thieves, for thy sake.
51 They shall set a crown of thorns upon His head for thy sake, and they shall make Him drink vinegar and gall for thy sake.
52 They shall drive nails into His hands and feet for thy sake, and He shall yield up His Spirit on the Cross, and they shall pierce his side with a spear so that water and blood shall flow forth therefrom, and it is these which shall cleanse the sins of the world.
53 They shall lay Him in a new tomb, and He shall rise from the dead on the third day.
54 He shall go down into Hell, and He shall shatter the gate of brass, and break in pieces the bolts of iron, and shall bring thee up therefrom together with all those who shall be held there in captivity with thee.
55 For thy sake, O Adam, the son of God shall suffer all these things until He hath redeemed thee, and restored thee to Paradise, unto the place whence thou didst come.
56 For He made Himself to be thy advocate, when thou wast clay, before He put spirit into thee.
57 It was I, the Son of God, Who suffered all these things until I delivered man from the hand of the Devil.
58 And you have seen all these things with your eyes, O my holy Apostles.
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