Apocrypha
2 Adam and Eve
Conflict with Satan
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Reading note
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.
Chapters
Dossier
The continuation: the generations after Adam, the separation between the sons of Seth on the mountain and the sons of Cain on the plain, and the corruption that prepares the flood.
Where this text comes from
The second part of the Conflict of Adam and Eve with Satan, transmitted alongside the first in Ge'ez and Arabic, 5th to 6th centuries AD.
Why it is not in the Bible
Outside every canon, as is the first part.
What you will find
- The descent of the sons of Seth from the holy mountain, drawn by the music of the sons of Cain — the narrative explanation of what Genesis 6 sums up in two lines.
- Adam's body carried by Noah into the ark.
- Instructions passed from father to son across generations, always with the same warning.
Frequently asked questions
- Does 2 Adam and Eve tell the story of the flood?
- It tells the road to it: the corruption of the generations and the reason the flood came, ending at the moment Noah enters the ark.