I personally don't know why the forgotten books of Eden weren't put it the bible because it answered a lot of questions especially for those who had questions concerning Genesis.
its actually eye opening but saddens me because a lot of souls who would have believed or who fell by the way in their belief in God was because of some of the unanswered questions in the beginning of the Bible
so I thought it best to share the scriptures I
of the book to you all.

Translated and compiled in 1926 by esteemed
scholar Rutherford Hayes Platt, The Forgotten
Books of Eden is a beautiful collection of
apocrypha and pseudepigrapha that is sure to
enrich and deepen your appreciation of the
Biblical canon. Though these stories, for
whatever reason, were excluded from The Bible
by its original compilers, they were written
alongside the texts we’ve come to know and
love so well.
The stories in this book expand on canonical
Bible chapters and fill in some gaps that
inquisitive Bible readers may have wondered
about since they were children. Among the
many books included in this collection are:
The First and Second Books of Adam and Eve
The Secrets of Enoch
The Psalms of Solomon
The Odes of Solomon
The Letter of Aristeas
The Fourth Book of Maccabees
And numerous others

Although it’s certainly no substitute for The
Word itself, The Forgotten Books of Eden
enhances and expands on The Old Testament
and will lead you to new insights and a deeper
understanding of your faith.

for those that keep asking "Why didn't God prevent Adam and Eve from eaten the forbidden Fruit ?" the answers from God himself is there


happy reading & feel free to ask questions and discuss.
also if you missed the previous chapters I
shared before starting from Chapter 1 you can check the topics I shared.

Chapter VI

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


BUT God looked upon them; for they had
killed themselves through great grief.
2 But He would raise them and comfort
them.
3 He, therefore, sent His Word unto them;
that they should stand and be raised
forthwith.
4 And the Lord said unto Adam and Eve,
"You transgressed of your own free will,
until you came out of the garden in which I
had placed you.
5 "Of your own free will have you
transgressed through your desire for
divinity, greatness, and an exalted state,
such as I have; so that I deprived you of
the bright nature in which you then were,
and I made you come out of the garden to
this land, rough and full of trouble.
6 "If only you had not transgressed My
commandment and had kept My law, and
had not eaten of the fruit of the tree, near
which I told you not to come! And there
were fruit trees in the garden better than
that one.
7 "But the wicked Satan who continued not
in his first estate, nor kept his faith; in
whom was no good intent towards Me,
and who though I had created him, yet set
Me at naught, and sought the Godhead, so
that I hurled him down from heaven,--he it
is who made the tree appear pleasant in
your eyes, until you ate of it, by hearkening
to him.
8 "Thus have you transgressed My
commandment, and therefore have I
brought upon you all these sorrows.
9 "For I am God the Creator, who, when I
created My creatures, did not intend to
destroy them. But after they had sorely
roused My anger, I punished them with
grievous plagues, until they repent.
10 "But, if on the contrary, they still
continue hardened in their transgression,
they shall be under a curse for ever."


Next: Chapter VII

Chap. VII.

The beasts are reconciled .

WHEN Adam and Eve heard these words
from God, they wept and sobbed yet more;
but they strengthened their hearts in God,
because they now felt that the Lord was to
them like a father and a mother; and for
this very reason, they wept before Him,
and sought mercy from Him.
2 Then God had pity on them, and said: "O
Adam, I have made My covenant with thee,
and I will not turn from it; neither will I let
thee return to the garden, until My
covenant of the great five days and a half
is fulfilled."
3 Then Adam said unto God, "O Lord,
Thou didst create us, and make us fit to
be in the garden; and before I
transgressed, Thou madest all beasts
come to me, that I should name them.
4 "Thy grace was then on me; and I named
every one according to Thy mind; and
Thou madest them all subject unto me.
5 "But now, O Lord God, that I have
transgressed Thy commandment,
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all beasts will rise against me and will
devour me, and Eve Thy handmaid; and
will cut off our life from the face of the
earth.
6 "I therefore beseech Thee, O God, that,
since Thou hast made us come out of the
garden, and hast made us be in a strange
land, Thou wilt not let the beasts hurt us."
7 When the Lord heard these words from
Adam, He had pity on him, and felt that he
had truly said that the beasts of the field
would rise and devour him and Eve,
because He, the Lord, was angry with them
two on account of their transgression.
8 Then God commanded the beasts, and
the birds, and all that moves upon the
earth, to come to Adam and to be familiar
with him, and not to trouble him and Eve;
nor yet any of the good and righteous
among their posterity.
9 Then the beasts did obeisance to Adam,
according to the commandment of God;
except the serpent, against which God was
wroth. It did not come to Adam, with the
beasts.


Next: Chapter VIII

CHAP. VIII.

The "Bright Nature" of man is taken away .


THEN Adam wept and said, "O God, when
we dwelt in the garden, and our hearts
were lifted up, we saw the angels that sang
praises in heaven, but now we do not see
as we were used to do; nay, when we
entered the cave, all creation became
hidden from us."
2 Then God the Lord said unto Adam,
"When thou wast under subjection to Me,
thou hadst a bright nature within thee, and
for that reason couldst thou see things afar
off. But after thy transgression thy bright
nature was withdrawn from thee; and it
was not left to thee to see things afar off,
but only near at hand; after the ability of
the flesh; for it is brutish."
3 When Adam and Eve had heard these
words from God, they went their way;
praising and worshipping Him with a
sorrowful heart.
4 And God ceased to commune with them.


Next: Chapter IX

CHAP. IX.

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


THEN Adam and Eve came out of the Cave
of Treasures, and drew near to the garden
gate, and there they stood to look at it,
and wept for having come away from it.
2 And Adam and Eve went from before the
gate of the garden to the southern side of
it, and found there the water that watered
the garden, from the root of the Tree of
Life, and that parted itself from thence into
four rivers over the earth.
3 Then they came and drew near to that
water, and looked at it; and saw that it was
the water that came forth from under the
root of the Tree of Life in the garden.
4 And Adam wept and wailed, and smote
upon his breast, for being severed from the
garden; and said to Eve:--
5 "Why hast thou brought upon me, upon
thyself, and upon our seed, so many of
these plagues and punishments?"
6 And Eve said unto him, "What is it thou
hast seen, to weep and to speak to me in
this wise?"
7 And he said to Eve, "Seest thou not this
water that was with us in the garden, that
watered the trees of the garden, and flowed
out thence?
8 "And we, when we were in
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the garden, did not care about it; but since
we came to this strange land, we love it,
and turn it to use for our body."
9 But when Eve heard these words from
him, she wept; and from the soreness of
their weeping, they fell into that water; and
would have put an end to themselves in it,
so as never again to return and behold the
creation; for when they looked upon the
work of creation, they felt they must put
an end to themselves.


Next: Chapter X

CHAP. X.

Their bodies need water after they leave
the Garden.


THEN God, merciful and gracious, looked
upon them thus lying in the water, and
nigh unto death, and sent an angel, who
brought them out of the water, and laid
them on the seashore as dead.
2 Then the angel went up to God, was
welcome, and said, "O God, Thy creatures
have breathed their last."
3 Then God sent His Word unto Adam and
Eve, who raised them from their death.
4 And Adam said, after he was raised, "O
God, while we were in the garden we did
not require, or care for this water; but
since we came to this land we cannot do
without it."
5 Then God said to Adam, "While thou
wast under My command and wast a
bright angel, thou knewest not this water.
6 "But after that thou hast transgressed
My commandment, thou canst not do
without water, wherein to wash thy body
and make it grow; for it is now like that of
beasts, and is in want of water."
7 When Adam and Eve heard these words
from God, they wept a bitter cry; and
Adam entreated God to let him return into
the garden, and look at it a second time.
8 But God said unto Adam, "I have made
thee a promise; when that promise is
fulfilled, I will bring thee back into the
garden, thee and thy righteous seed."
9 And God ceased to commune with
Adam.

Where did you get this? Just been curious

Anwons:
Where did you get this? Just been curious

Research The Forgotten Books of Eden edited by
Rutherford H. Platt, Jr. [1926]