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First Book of Adam and Eve 4

The Life of Adam and Eve

But Adam and Eve wept because they had to leave the garden, their first dwelling.

2When Adam looked at his altered flesh, he wept bitterly, he and Eve.

3And they walked and went down to the Cave of Treasures.

4Adam lamented: 'Look at this cave that will be our prison in this world!'

5'What is this narrowness compared to the space of the garden? What is the darkness compared to the light?'

6'What is this slab of rock compared to the mercy of the Lord who sheltered us?'

7Adam said: 'Look at our eyes that once saw angels in heaven. Now we do not see as we saw.'

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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. Published here from a public-domain translation, edited for continuous reading.