Then Adam and Eve cried and sorrowed by reason of God's word to them, that they should not return to the garden until the fulfillment of the days decreed on them; but mostly because God had told them that He should suffer for their salvation.
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First Book of Adam and Eve 15
Conflict of Adam and Eve
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About First Book of Adam and Eve
An apocryphal or pseudepigraphal text — outside the canon of the Western churches, yet widely circulated among ancient Jews and Christians. English text: The Forgotten Books of Eden, The First Book of Adam and Eve (New York: Alpha House), translated by S. C. Malan, Rutherford H. Platt Jr. (ed.), 1926 (public domain). Portuguese and Spanish: Lux Veritas translations from this edition.
Source: The Forgotten Books of Eden, The First Book of Adam and Eve (New York: Alpha House), translated by S. C. Malan, Rutherford H. Platt Jr. (ed.) (1926) · public domain