THE FIRST BOOK OF ADAM AND EVE [1 Adam+Eve]
Chapter 38

When 5500 Years are Fulfilled


*1* "AFTER these things the Word of God came to Adam, and said to him:--

*2* "O Adam, as to the fruit of the Tree of Life, for which you asked, I will not give it to you now, but when the 5500 years are fulfilled. Then will I give you of the fruit of the Tree of Life, and you shall eat, and live for ever, you, and Eve, and your righteous seed.

*3* "But these forty-three days cannot make amends for the hour in which you did transgress My commandment.

*4* "O Adam, I gave you to eat of the fig-tree in which you did hide yourself. Go and eat of it, you and Eve.

*5* "I will not deny your request, neither will I disappoint your hope; therefore, bear up unto the fulfilment of the covenant I made with you."

*6* And God withdrew His Word from Adam.