After these things the Word of God came to Adam, and said to him:—
2"O Adam, as to the fruit on the Tree of Life that you have asked for, I will not give it to you now, but only when the
3years are fulfilled. At that time I will give you fruit from the Tree of Life, and you will eat, and live forever, you, and Eve, and your righteous descendants.
4But these forty-three days cannot make amends for the hour in which you transgressed My commandment.
5O Adam, I gave you the fruit of the fig-tree to eat in which you hid yourself. Go and eat of it, you and Eve.
6I will not deny your request, neither will I disappoint your hope; therefore, endure until the fulfillment of the covenant I made with you."
7And God withdrew His Word from Adam.