And God called and said, 'Adam, Adam.' And the body answered from the earth and said: 'Here am I, Lord.' And God saith to him: 'I told thee (that) earth thou art and to earth shalt thou return. Again I promise to thee the Resurrection; I will raise thee up in the Resurrection with every man who is of thy seed.'
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Apocalypse of Moses 41
Life of Adam and Eve
About Apocalypse of Moses
An apocryphal or pseudepigraphal text — outside the canon of the Western churches, yet widely circulated among ancient Jews and Christians. English text: Apocalypsis Mosis, in The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament (Clarendon Press, 1913), R. H. Charles, 1913 (public domain). Portuguese and Spanish: Lux Veritas translations from this edition.
Source: Apocalypsis Mosis, in The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament (Clarendon Press, 1913), R. H. Charles (1913) · public domain