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Confusion in the Cave of Treasures. Miraculous speech of the dead Adam.

The children of Jared are led astray.

Ravishing music; strong drink loosed among the sons of Cain. They don colorful clothing. The children of Seth look on with longing eyes. They revolt from wise counsel; they descend the mountain into the valley of iniquity. They can not ascend the mountain again.

Jared dies in sorrow for his sons who had gone astray. A prediction of the Flood.

Only three righteous men left in the world. The evil conditions of men prior to the Flood.

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“Adam was the first….“

Seth becomes head of the most happy and just tribe of people who ever lived.

Seth’s family affairs. His death. The headship of Enos. How the outcast branch of Adam’s family fared.

“Among the children of Cain there was much robbery, murder and sin.”

Time, like an ever-rolling stream, bears away another generation of men.

The offspring of Adam continue to keep the Cave of Treasures as a family shrine.

The good branch of the family is still afraid of the children of Cain.

Jared turns martinet. He is lured away to the land of Cain where he sees many voluptuous sights. Jared barely escapes with a clean heart.

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The grief stricken family. Cain marries Luluwa and they move away.

A third son is born to Adam and Eve.

Satan appears as a beautiful woman tempting Adam, telling him he is still a youth. “Spend thy youth in mirth and pleasure.” (12) The different forms which Satan takes (15).

Adam sees the Devil in his true colors.

Seth’s conscience helps him. He returns to Adam and Eve.

Seth marries Aklia. Adam lives to see grand children and great-grand-children.

Adam’s remarkable last words. He predicts the Flood. He exhorts his offspring to good. He reveals certain mysteries of life.

The death of Adam.

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CHAPTER LXI.

They begin to follow Satan.

Two fruit trees.

The first joy of trees.

Adam and Eve partake of the first earthly food.

Adam and Eve acquire digestive organs. Final hope of returning to the Garden is quenched.

Adam does his first day’s work.

“Then Satan began to lead astray Adam and Eve. . . .”

How destruction and trouble is of Satan when he is the master. Adam and Eve establish the custom of worship.

Twelfth apparition of Satan to Adam and Eve, while Adam was praying over the offering upon the altar; when Satan smote him.

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Thirteenth apparition of Satan to Adam and Eve, to make war against him, through his marriage with Eve.

Adam is troubled by his wedding with Eve.

Adam’s heart is set on fire.

The betrothal of Adam and Eve.

The birth of Cain and Luluwa. Why they received those names.

The family revisits the Cave of Treasures. Birth of Abel and Aklemia.

Cain becomes jealous because of his sisters.

Cain, 15 years old, and Abel 12 years old, grow apart.

Jealousy overcomes Cain. He makes trouble in the family. How the first murder was planned.

A wicked plan is carried to a tragic conclusion. Cain is frightened. “Am I my brother’s keeper?” The seven punishments. Peace is shattered.

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“How many times have I delivered thee out of his hand . . .”

The Devil’s own Scheming.

Fifth apparition of Satan to Adam and Eve.

The first prophecy of the Resurrection.

Adam and Eve seek to cover their nakedness.

Adam and Eve sew the first shirt.

The prophecy of the Western Lands.

Adam and Eve go exploring.

The Conflict of Satan.

A chapter of divine comfort.

“Therefore did I fall. . .

“About sunset on the 53rd day . . . .”

Eighth apparition of Satan to Adam and Eve.

The Devil appears like an old man. He offers “a place of rest.”

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They make themselves more comfortable in the Cave of Treasures on the third day.

Adam and Eve go into the water to pray.

Satan falsely promises the “bright light!’

Adam recalls the creation of Eve. He eloquently appeals for food and drink.

God’s reply.

Figs.

Forty-three days of penance do not redeem one hour of sin (v. 6).

“When 5500 years are fulfilled . . . .”

Adam is cautious–but too late.

The first Human hunger.

The first Human thirst.

A promise of the Water of Life. The third prophecy of the coming of Christ.

The Devil attempts arson.

The power of fire over man.

Why Satan didn’t fulfil his promises.

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The first sunrise. Adam and Eve think it is a fire coming to burn them.

The Chapter of the Serpent.

The mortal combat with the serpent.

Beasts made subject to Adam.

Adam wishes to protect Eve.

Adam and Eve attempt suicide.

Adam in a chivalrous mood.

Adam and Eve gird themselves and make the first altar ever built.

A vivid prophecy of the life and death of Christ.

God represented as merciful and loving. The establishing of worship.

A beautiful prophecy of eternal life and joy (v. 15). The fall of night.

The second tempting of Adam and Eve. The devil takes on the form of a beguiling light.

The Devil pretends to lead Adam and Eve to the water to bathe.

God tells Adam of the Devil’s purpose. (v. 4).

Adam receives the first worldly goods.

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The familiar version in Genesis is not the source of this fundamental legend, it is not a spontaneous, Heaven-born account that sprang into place in the Old Testament. It is simply a version, unexcelled perhaps, but a version of a myth or belief or account handed down by word of mouth from generation to generation of mankind-through the incoherent, unrecorded ages of man it came--like an inextinguishable ray of light that ties the time when human life began, with the time when the human mind could express itself and the human hand could write.

This is the most ancient story in the world--it has survived because it embodies the basic fact of human life. A fact that has not changed one iota; amid all the superficial changes of civilization's vivid array, this fact remains: the conflict of Good and Evil; the fight between Man and the Devil; the eternal struggle of human nature against sin,

That the Adam and Eve story pervaded the thoughts of ancient writers is seen in the large number of versions that exist, or whose existence may be traced, through the writings of Greeks, Syrians, Egyptians, Abyssinians, Hebrews, and other ancient peoples. As a lawyer might say who examines so much apparently unrelated evidence--there must be something back of it.

The version which we give here is the work of unknown Egyptians (the lack of historical allusion makes it impossible to date the writing). Parts of this version are found in the Talmud, the Koran, and elsewhere, showing what a vital rôle it played in the original literature of human wisdom. The Egyptian author first wrote in Arabic (which may be taken as the original manuscript) and that found its way farther south and was translated into Ethiopic. For the present English translation we are indebted to Dr. S. C. Malan, Vicar of Broadwindsor, who worked from the Ethiopic edition edited by Dr. E. Trumpp, Professor at the University of Munich. Dr. Trumpp had the advantage of the Arabic original, which makes our bridge over the gap of many centuries a direct one.

The crystal sea. God commands Adam, expelled from Eden, to dwell in the Cave of Treasures

Adam and Eve faint upon leaving the Garden. God sends His word to encourage them.

Concerning the promise of the great five days and a half.

Adam laments the changed conditions. Adam and Eve enter the Cave of Treasures.

In which Eve makes a noble and emotionable intercession, taking the blame on herself.

God’s admonition to Adam and Eve in which he points out how and why they sinned.

The beasts are reconciled.

The “Bright Nature” of man is taken away.

Water from the Tree of Life. Adam and Eve near drowning.

Their bodies need water after they leave the Garden.

A recollection of the glorious days in the Garden.

How darkness came between Adam and Eve.

The fall of Adam. Why night and day were created.

The earliest prophecy of the coming of Christ.

CHAPTER XV.

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Chapter 181

The eleven apostles make choice of Matthias to fill the place made vacant by the deflection of Judas. The Christines are glad. Miriam sings a song of praise. Apostolic roster.

Events of the day of Pentecost. Endowment of the apostles. The Christine Church is established. Peter preaches the introductory sermon. The sermon. Three thousand people are baptised and become members of the church.