CHAP. XXXI.

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


AFTER these things God said unto Adam,
"Thou didst ask of Me something from the
garden, to be comforted therewith, and I
have given thee these three tokens as a
consolation to thee; that thou trust in Me
and in My covenant with thee.
2 "For I will come and save thee; and
kings shall bring me when in the flesh,
gold, incense and myrrh; gold as a token
of My kingdom; incense as a token of My
divinity; and myrrh as a token of My
suffering and of My death.
3 "But, O Adam, put these by thee in the
cave; the gold that it may shed light over
thee by night; the incense, that thou smell
its sweet savour; and the myrrh, to
comfort thee in thy sorrow."
4 When Adam heard these words from
God, he worshipped
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before Him. He and Eve worshipped Him
and gave Him thanks, because He had
dealt mercifully with them.
5 Then God commanded the three angels,
Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, each to
bring what he had brought, and give it to
Adam. And they did so, one by one.
6 And God commanded Suriyel and
Salathiel to bear up Adam and Eve, and
bring them down from the top of the high
mountain, and to take them to the Cave of
Treasures.
7 There they laid the gold on the south
side of the cave, the incense on the eastern
side, and the myrrh on the western side.
For the mouth of the cave was on the north
side.
8 The angels then comforted Adam and
Eve, and departed.
9 The gold was seventy rods; the incense,
twelve pounds; and the myrrh, three
pounds.
10 These remained by Adam in the House
of Treasures; therefore was it called "of
concealment." But other interpreters say it
was called the "Cave of Treasures," by
reason of the bodies of righteous men that
were in it.
11 These three things did God give to
Adam, on the third day after he had come
out of the garden, in token of the three
days the Lord should remain in the heart of
the earth.
12 And these three things, as they
continued with Adam in the cave, gave him
light by night; and by day they gave him a
little relief from his sorrow.


Next: Chapter XXXII

CHAP. XXXII.

Adam and Eve go into the water to pray.


AND Adam and Eve remained in the Cave
of Treasures until the seventh day; they
neither ate of the fruit of the earth, nor
drank water.
2 And when it dawned on the eighth day,
Adam said to Eve, "O Eve, we prayed God
to give us somewhat from the garden, and
He sent His angels who brought us what
we had desired.
3 "But now, arise, let us go to the sea of
water we saw at first, and let us stand in it,
praying that God will again be favourable
to us and take us back to the garden; or
give us something; or that He will give us
comfort in some other land than this in
which we are."
4 Then Adam and Eve came out of the
cave, went and stood on the border of the
sea in which they had before thrown
themselves, and Adam said to Eve:--
5 "Come, go down into this place, and
come not out of it until the end of thirty
days, when I shall come to thee. And pray
to God with fervent heart and a sweet
voice, to forgive us.
6 "And I will go to another place, and go
down into it, and do like thee."
7 Then Eve went down into the water, as
Adam had commanded her. Adam also
went down into the water; and they stood
praying; and besought the Lord to forgive
them their offence, and to restore them to
their former state.
8 And they stood thus praying, unto the
end of the five-and-thirty days.

Next: Chapter XXXIII

CHAP. XXXIII.

Satan falsely promises the "bright light!'


BUT Satan, the hater of all good, sought
them in the cave, but found them not,
although he searched diligently for them.
2 But he found them standing in the water
praying and thought within himself, "Adam
and Eve are thus standing in that water
beseeching God to forgive them their
transgression,
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and to restore them to their former estate,
and to take them from under my hand.
3 "But I will deceive them so that they
shall come out of the water, and not fulfil
their vow."
4 Then the hater of all good, went not to
Adam, but be went to Eve, and took the
form of an angel of God, praising and
rejoicing, and said to her--
5 "Peace be unto thee! Be glad and
rejoice! God is favourable unto you, and
He sent me to Adam. I have brought him
the glad tidings of salvation, and of his
being filled with bright light as he was at
first.
6 "And Adam, in his joy for his restoration,
has sent me to thee, that thou come to
me, in order that I crown thee with light
like him.
7 "And he said to me, 'Speak unto Eve; if
she does not come with thee, tell her of
the sign when we were on the top of the
mountain; how God sent His angels who
took us and brought us to the Cave of
Treasures; and laid the gold on the
southern side; incense, on the eastern
side; and myrrh on the western side.' Now
come to him."
8 When Eve heard these words from him,
she rejoiced greatly. And thinking that
Satan's appearance was real, she came
out of the sea.
9 He went before, and she followed him
until they came to Adam. Then Satan hid
himself from her, and she saw him no
more.
10 She then came and stood before Adam,
who was standing by the water and
rejoicing in God's forgiveness.
11 And as she called to him, he turned
round, found her there and wept when he
saw her, and smote upon his breast; and
from the bitterness of his grief, he sank
into the water.
12 But God looked upon him and upon his
misery, and upon his being about to
breathe his last. And the Word of God
came from heaven, raised him out of the
water, and said unto him, "Go up the high
bank to Eve." And when he came up to
Eve he said unto her, "Who said to thee
'come hither'?"
13 Then she told him the discourse of the
angel who had appeared unto her and had
given her a sign.
14 But Adam grieved, and gave her to
know it was Satan. He then took her and
they both returned to the cave.
15 These things happened to them the
second time they went down to the water,
seven days after their coming out of the
garden.
16 They fasted in the water thirty-five
days; altogether forty-two days since they
had left the garden.


Next: Chapter XXXIV

CHAP. XXXIV.

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


AND on the morning of the forty-third day,
they came out of the cave, sorrowful and
weeping. Their bodies were lean, and they
were parched from hunger and thirst, from
fasting and praying, and from their heavy
sorrow on account of their transgression.
2 And when they had come out of the cave
they went up the mountain to the west of
the garden.
3 There they stood and prayed and
besought God to grant them forgiveness of
their sins.
4 And after their prayers Adam began to
entreat 'God, saying, "O my Lord my God,
and my Creator, thou didst command the
four elements to be gathered together, and
they were gathered together by Thine
order.
5 "Then Thou spreadest Thy
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hand and didst create me out of one
element, that of dust of the earth; and
Thou didst bring me into the garden at the
third hour, on a Friday, and didst inform
me of it in the cave.
6 "Then, at first, I knew neither night nor
day, for I had a bright nature; neither did
the light in which I lived ever leave me to
know night or day.
7 "Then, again, O Lord, in that third hour in
which Thou didst create me, Thou
broughtest to me all beasts, and lions, and
ostriches, and fowls of the air, and all
things that move in the earth, which Thou
hadst created at the first hour before me of
the Friday.
8 "And Thy will was that I should name
them all, one by one, with a suitable name.
But Thou gavest me understanding and
knowledge, and a pure heart and a right
mind from Thee, that I should name them
after Thine own mind regarding the naming
of them.
9 "O God, Thou madest them obedient to
me, and didst order that not one of them
break from my sway, according to Thy
commandment, and to the dominion which
Thou hast given me over them. But now
they are all estranged from me.
10 "Then it was in that third hour of Friday,
in which Thou didst create me, and didst
command me concerning the tree, to
which I was neither to draw near, nor to
eat thereof; for Thou saidst to me in the
garden, 'When thou eatest of it, of death
thou shalt die.'
11 "And if Thou hadst punished me as
Thou saidst, with death, I should have died
that very moment.
12 "Moreover, when Thou commandedst
me regarding the tree, I was neither to
approach nor to cat thereof, Eve was not
with me; Thou hadst not Yet created her,
neither hadst Thou yet taken her out of my
side; nor had she yet heard this order from
Thee.
13 "Then, at the end of the third hour of
that Friday, O Lord, Thou didst cause a
slumber and a sleep to come over me, and
I slept, and was overwhelmed in sleep.
14 "Then Thou didst draw a rib out of my
side, and created it after my own similitude
and image. Then I awoke; and when I saw
her and knew who she was, I said, 'This is
bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh;
henceforth she shall be called woman.'
15 "It was of Thy good will, O God, that
Thou broughtest a slumber and a sleep
over me, and that Thou didst forthwith
bring Eve out of my side, until she was
out, so that I did not see how she was
made; neither could I witness, O my Lord,
how awful and great are Thy goodness and
glory.
16 "And of Thy goodwill, O Lord, Thou
madest us both with bodies of a bright
nature, and Thou madest us two, one; and
Thou gavest us Thy grace, and didst fill us
with praises of the Holy Spirit; that we
should be neither hungry nor thirsty, nor
know what sorrow is, nor yet faintness of
heart; neither suffering, fasting, nor
weariness.
17 "But now, O God, since we
transgressed Thy commandment and broke
Thy law, Thou hast brought us out into a
strange land, and has caused suffering,
and faintness, hunger and thirst to come
upon us.
1S "Now, therefore, O God, we pray Thee,
give us something to eat from the garden,
to satisfy our hunger with it; and
something wherewith to quench our thirst.
19 "For, behold, many days, O God, we
have tasted nothing and drunk nothing,
and our flesh is dried up, and our
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strength is wasted, and sleep is gone from
our eyes from faintness and weeping.
20 "Then, O God, we dare not gather aught
of the fruit of trees, from fear of Thee. For
when we transgressed at first Thou didst
spare us, and didst not make us die.
21 "But now, we thought in our hearts, if
we eat of the fruit of trees, without God's
order, He will destroy us this time, and will
wipe us off from the face of the earth.
22 "And if we drink of this water, without
God's order, He will make an end of us,
and root us up at once.
23 "Now, therefore, O God, that I am come
to this place with Eve, we beg Thou wilt
give us of the fruit of the garden, that we
may be satisfied with it.
24 "For we desire the fruit that is on the
earth, and all else that we lack in it."


Next: Chapter XXXV

CHAP. XXXV.

God's reply.


THEN God looked again upon Adam and
his weeping and groaning, and the Word of
God came to him, and said unto him:--
2 "O Adam, when thou wast in My garden,
thou knewest neither eating nor drinking;
neither faintness nor suffering; neither
leanness of flesh, nor change; neither did
sleep depart from thine eyes. But since
thou transgressedst, and camest into this
strange land, all these trials are come
upon thee."

To be continued tomorrow

Lies lies lies and lies.

Story of lies.

God said, when God did not say

Ezekiel 22:28
And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken.

mrZENographer:
Lies lies lies and lies.

Story of lies.

God said, when God did not say

Ezekiel 22:28
And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken.

please ur evidence that its false u ignorant fellow.
if the book is lies pls take the forum and answer all
questions related to Genesis.
ur reasoning is whack I suspect u aren't open
minded and you don't want people to be further
enlightened.
if its lies provide evidence and if u can't pls
explain some raised questions in Genesis
and if u can't shut up.

quoting and twisting verse doesn't make u right and I wrong

Inteltower:


please ur evidence that its false u ignorant fellow.
if the book is lies pls take the forum and answer all
questions related to Genesis.
ur reasoning is whack I suspect u aren't open
minded and you don't want people to be further
enlightened.
if its lies provide evidence and if u can't pls
explain some raised questions in Genesis
and if u can't shut up.

quoting and twisting verse doesn't make u right and I wrong

I know the Bible has been the Christian standard for thousands of years and a solid history behind it.
*Who wrote this book you advertise?
I can't be open-minded to false doctrines.

God said! Adam said!
*How does this person know what God said or did outside of the bible? Was it a revelation, vision?
*Are you expecting Christians to take this as another valid Bible scripture?

mrZENographer:


I know the Bible has been the Christian standard for thousands of years and a solid history behind it.
*Who wrote this book you advertise?
I can't be open-minded to false doctrines.

God said! Adam said!
*How does this person know what God said or did outside of the bible? Was it a revelation, vision?
*Are you expecting Christians to take this as another valid Bible scripture?

if you can believe Hero's said, Samson said, Daniel said, Jonah said, etc how much more books that were deliberately left out from the Bible ?

we know not everything
and the Holy Spirit to reveal what is true
not our sense because Satan capitalizes in deceiving us when we want to seek truth with our senses