Das zweite Buch von Adam und Eva

Inhalt Kapitel I. Die trauernde Familie. Kain heiratet Luluwa, und sie ziehen weg. Kapitel II. Ein dritter Sohn wird Adam und Eva geboren. Kapitel III. Satan erscheint als eine schöne Frau, die Adam versucht und ihm sagt, er sei noch ein Jüngling. „Verbringe deine Jugend in Heiterkeit und Vergnügen.“ (12) Die verschiedenen Gestalten, die Satan annimmt (15). Kapitel IV. Adam sieht den Teufel in seinen wahren Farben. Kapitel V. Der Teufel malt Seth ein glänzendes Bild, an dem er seine Gedanken weiden kann. Kapitel VI. Seths Gewissen hilft ihm. Er kehrt zu Adam und Eva zurück. Kapitel VII. Seth heiratet Aklia. Adam lebt, Enkel und Urenkel zu sehen. Kapitel VIII. Adams bemerkenswerte letzte Worte. Er sagt die Sintflut voraus. Er ermahnt seine Nachkommen zum Guten. Er enthüllt gewisse Geheimnisse des Lebens. Kapitel IX. Der Tod Adams. Kapitel X. „Adam war der erste ...“ Kapitel XI. Seth wird das Haupt des glücklichsten und gerechtesten Volksstammes, der je gelebt hat. Kapitel XII. Seths Familienangelegenheiten. Sein Tod. Die Häuptlingschaft des Enosch. Wie es dem ausgestoßenen Zweig von Adams Familie erging. Kapitel XIII. „Unter den Kindern Kains gab es viel Raub, Mord und Sünde.“ Kapitel XIV. Die Zeit, wie ein immer rollender Strom, trägt eine weitere Generation von Menschen hinweg. Kapitel XV. Die Nachkommen Adams bewahren die Höhle der Schätze weiterhin als einen Familienschrein. Kapitel XVI. Der gute Zweig der Familie fürchtet sich noch vor den Kindern Kains. Kapitel XVII. Jared wird zum Zuchtmeister. Er wird in das Land Kains weggelockt, wo er viele wollüstige Anblicke sieht. Jared entkommt kaum mit einem reinen Herzen. Kapitel XVIII. Verwirrung in der Höhle der Schätze. Wunderbare Rede des toten Adam. Kapitel XIX. Die Kinder Jareds werden irregeführt. Kapitel XX. Hinreißende Musik; starkes Getränk wird unter den Söhnen Kains losgelassen. Sie tragen farbenfrohe Kleidung. Die Kinder Seths blicken mit sehnsüchtigen Augen hin. Sie empören sich gegen weisen Rat; sie steigen den Berg in das Tal der Ungerechtigkeit hinab. Sie können den Berg nicht wieder hinaufsteigen. Kapitel XXI. Jared stirbt in Kummer über seine Söhne, die irregegangen waren. Eine Vorhersage der Sintflut. Kapitel XXII. Nur drei gerechte Männer sind in der Welt übrig. Die bösen Zustände der Menschen vor der Sintflut.

KAPITEL I

Die trauernde Familie. Kain heiratet Luluwa, und sie ziehen weg. 1 ALS Luluwa Kains Worte hörte, weinte sie und ging zu ihrem Vater und ihrer Mutter und erzählte ihnen, wie Kain seinen Bruder Abel getötet hatte. 2 Da schrien sie alle laut und erhoben ihre Stimmen und schlugen ihre Angesichter und warfen Staub auf ihre Häupter und zerrissen ihre Gewänder entzwei und gingen hinaus und kamen an den Ort, wo Abel getötet worden war. 3 Und sie fanden ihn auf der Erde liegend, getötet, und Tiere um ihn herum; während sie weinten und schrien wegen dieses Gerechten. Von seinem Leib ging wegen seiner Reinheit ein Geruch süßer Gewürze aus. 4 Und Adam trug ihn, seine Tränen strömten über sein Angesicht herab; und ging zur Höhle der Schätze, wo er ihn hinlegte und ihn mit süßen Gewürzen und Myrrhe umwickelte. 5 Und Adam und Eva verharrten bei seinem Begräbnis in großer Trauer hundertvierzig Tage. Abel war fünfzehneinhalb Jahre alt und Kain siebzehneinhalb Jahre. 6 Was Kain betrifft, als die Trauer um seinen Bruder beendet war, nahm er seine Schwester Luluwa und heiratete sie, ohne Erlaubnis von seinem Vater und seiner Mutter; denn sie konnten ihn wegen ihres schweren Herzens nicht von ihr abhalten. 7 Er ging dann zum Fuß des Berges hinab, weg vom Garten, nahe an den Ort, wo er seinen Bruder getötet hatte. 8 Und an jenem Ort waren viele Fruchtbäume und Waldbäume. Seine Schwester gebar ihm Kinder, die ihrerseits nach und nach sich zu vermehren begannen, bis sie jenen Ort füllten. 9 Was aber Adam und Eva betrifft, sie kamen nach Abels Begräbnis sieben Jahre nicht zusammen. Nach diesem jedoch empfing Eva; und während sie mit einem Kind ging, sprach Adam zu ihr: „Komm, lass uns eine Opfergabe nehmen und sie Jahwe darbringen und ihn bitten, uns ein schönes Kind zu geben, in dem wir Trost finden mögen und das wir mit Abels Schwester in der Ehe verbinden mögen.“ 10 Da bereiteten sie eine Opfergabe und brachten sie zum Altar hinauf und brachten sie vor Jahwe dar und begannen, ihn anzuflehen, ihre Opfergabe anzunehmen und ihnen einen guten Nachkommen zu geben. 11 Und Jahwe hörte Adam und nahm seine Opfergabe an. Da beteten sie an, Adam, Eva und ihre Tochter, und gingen zur Höhle der Schätze hinab und stellten eine Lampe in sie, die Nacht und Tag vor dem Leib Abels brennen sollte. 12 Da fuhren Adam und Eva fort zu fasten und zu beten, bis Evas Zeit kam, da sie gebären sollte, als sie zu Adam sprach: „Ich wünsche in die Höhle im Felsen zu gehen, um in ihr zu gebären.“ 13 Und er sprach: „Geh und nimm deine Tochter mit dir, dir zu dienen; aber ich werde in dieser Höhle der Schätze vor dem Leib meines Sohnes Abel bleiben.“ 14 Da hörte Eva auf Adam und ging, sie und ihre Tochter. Aber Adam blieb allein in der Höhle der Schätze.

KAPITEL II

Ein dritter Sohn wird Adam und Eva geboren. 1 UND Eva gebar einen Sohn, vollkommen schön in Gestalt und im Antlitz. Seine Schönheit war wie die seines Vaters Adam, doch schöner. 2 Da wurde Eva getröstet, als sie ihn sah, und blieb acht Tage in der Höhle; dann sandte sie ihre Tochter zu Adam, ihm zu sagen, er solle kommen und das Kind sehen und es benennen. Aber die Tochter blieb an seinem Platz bei dem Leib ihres Bruders, bis Adam zurückkehrte. So tat sie. 3 Als aber Adam kam und die guten Züge des Kindes sah, seine Schönheit und seine vollkommene Gestalt, freute er sich über ihn und wurde für Abel getröstet. Da nannte er das Kind Seth, das bedeutet: „dass Jahwe mein Gebet gehört und mich aus meiner Bedrängnis errettet hat.“ Es bedeutet aber auch „Macht und Stärke“. 4 Nachdem Adam das Kind benannt hatte, kehrte er zur Höhle der Schätze zurück; und seine Tochter ging zu ihrer Mutter zurück. 5 Aber Eva verharrte in ihrer Höhle, bis vierzig Tage erfüllt waren, als sie zu Adam kam und das Kind und ihre Tochter mit sich brachte. 6 Und sie kamen an einen Wasserfluss, wo Adam und seine Tochter sich wuschen wegen ihrer Trauer um Abel; aber Eva und das Kind wuschen sich zur Reinigung. 7 Da kehrten sie zurück und nahmen eine Opfergabe und gingen auf den Berg und brachten sie für das Kind dar; und Jahwe nahm ihre Opfergabe an und sandte seinen Segen auf sie und auf ihren Sohn Seth; und sie kamen zur Höhle der Schätze zurück. 8 Was Adam betrifft, er erkannte seine Frau Eva nicht wieder, alle Tage seines Lebens; auch wurde ihnen kein weiterer Nachkomme geboren; sondern nur jene fünf: Kain, Luluwa, Abel, Aklia und Seth allein. 9 Aber Seth wuchs an Gestalt und an Stärke; und begann, eifrig zu fasten und zu beten.

KAPITEL III

Satan erscheint als eine schöne Frau, die Adam versucht und ihm sagt, er sei noch ein Jüngling. „Verbringe deine Jugend in Heiterkeit und Vergnügen.“ (12) Die verschiedenen Gestalten, die Satan annimmt (15). 1 WAS unseren Vater Adam betrifft, am Ende von sieben Jahren von dem Tag an, da er von seiner Frau Eva getrennt worden war, beneidete Satan ihn, als er ihn so von ihr getrennt sah; und strebte danach, ihn wieder mit ihr leben zu lassen. 2 Da erhob sich Adam und ging oberhalb der Höhle der Schätze hinauf; und fuhr fort, dort Nacht für Nacht zu schlafen. Aber sobald es jeden Tag hell war, kam er zur Höhle herab, um dort zu beten und einen Segen von ihr zu empfangen. 3 Als es aber Abend war, ging er auf das Dach der Höhle hinauf, wo er allein schlief, aus Furcht, Satan könnte ihn überwinden. Und er fuhr so getrennt neununddreißig Tage fort. 4 Da erschien Satan, der Hasser alles Guten, als er Adam so allein sah, fastend und betend, vor ihm in der Gestalt einer schönen Frau, die kam und in der Nacht des vierzigsten Tages vor ihm stand und zu ihm sprach: — 5 „O Adam, von der Zeit an, da ihr in dieser Höhle gewohnt habt, haben wir großen Frieden von dir erfahren, und deine Gebete haben uns erreicht, und wir sind deinetwegen getröstet worden. 6 „Aber nun, o Adam, da du über das Dach der Höhle hinaufgegangen bist zu schlafen, haben wir Zweifel an dir gehabt, und eine große Trauer ist über uns gekommen wegen deiner Trennung von Eva. Dann wiederum, wenn du auf dem Dach dieser Höhle bist, wird dein Gebet ausgegossen, und dein Herz wandert von Seite zu Seite. 7 „Aber als du in der Höhle warst, war dein Gebet wie zusammengesammeltes Feuer; es kam zu uns herab, und du fandest Ruhe. 8 „Da trauerte ich auch über deine Kinder, die von dir getrennt sind; und meine Trauer über den Mord an deinem Sohn Abel ist groß; denn er war gerecht; und über einen gerechten Mann wird jeder trauern. 9 „Aber ich freute mich über die Geburt deines Sohnes Seth; doch nach einer kleinen Weile trauerte ich sehr über Eva, weil sie meine Schwester ist. Denn als Jahwe einen tiefen Schlaf über dich sandte und sie aus deiner Seite herauszog, brachte er mich auch mit ihr heraus. Aber er erhob sie, indem er sie bei dir setzte, während er mich erniedrigte. 10 „Ich freute mich über meine Schwester, weil sie bei dir war. Aber Jahwe hatte mir zuvor ein Versprechen gegeben und gesagt: ‚Trauere nicht; wenn Adam auf das Dach der Höhle der Schätze hinaufgegangen ist und von Eva, seiner Frau, getrennt ist, werde ich dich zu ihm senden, du wirst dich ihm in der Ehe gesellen und ihm fünf Kinder gebären, wie Eva ihm fünf gebar.‘ 11 „Und nun, siehe! Jahwes Versprechen an mich ist erfüllt; denn er ist es, der mich zur Hochzeit zu dir gesandt hat; denn wenn du mich heiratest, werde ich dir feinere und bessere Kinder gebären als die Evas. 12 „Dann wiederum bist du bis jetzt nur ein Jüngling; beende deine Jugend nicht in dieser Welt in Trauer; sondern verbringe die Tage deiner Jugend in Heiterkeit und Vergnügen. Denn deine Tage sind wenige und deine Prüfung ist groß. Sei stark; beende deine Tage in dieser Welt in Freude. Ich werde Vergnügen an dir haben, und du wirst dich mit mir auf diese Weise und ohne Furcht freuen. 13 „Auf denn, und erfülle den Befehl deines Jahwe“, da näherte sie sich Adam und umarmte ihn. 14 Als aber Adam sah, dass er von ihr überwunden werden sollte, betete er mit inbrünstigem Herzen zu Jahwe, ihn von ihr zu erretten. 15 Da sandte Jahwe Yeshua, sein Wort, zu Adam und sprach: „O Adam, jene Gestalt ist die, die dir die Gottheit und Majestät versprach; er ist dir nicht wohlgesonnen; sondern zeigt sich dir zu einer Zeit in der Gestalt einer Frau; einen anderen Augenblick in der Ähnlichkeit eines Engels; bei einer anderen Gelegenheit in der Gestalt einer Schlange; und zu einer anderen Zeit im Anschein einer Gottheit; aber er tut all das nur, um deine Seele zu zerstören. 16 „Nun darum, o Adam, da ich dein Herz verstehe, habe ich dich manches Mal aus seinen Händen errettet; um dir zu zeigen, dass ich, Jahwe, barmherzig bin; dass ich dein Gutes wünsche und deinen Ruin nicht wünsche.“

KAPITEL IV

Adam sees the Devil in his true colors. 1 THEN Yahweh ordered Satan to show himself plainly to Adam, in his own hideous form. 2 But when Adam saw him, he feared, and trembled at the sight of him. 3 And Yahweh said to Adam, “Look at this devil, and at his hideous look, and know that he it is who made thee fall from brightness into darkness, from peace and rest to toil and misery. 4 And look, O Adam, at him, who said of himself that he is Yahweh! Can Yahweh be black? Would Yahweh take the form of a woman? Is there any one stronger than Yahweh? And can He be overpowered? 5 “See, then, O Adam, and behold him bound in thy presence, in the air, unable to flee away! Therefore, I say unto thee, be not afraid of him; henceforth take care, and beware of him, in whatever he may do to thee.” 6 Then Yahweh drove Satan away from before Adam, whom He strengthened, and whose heart He comforted, saying to him, “Go down to the Cave of Treasures, and separate not thyself from Eve; I will quell in you all animal lust.” 7 From that hour it left Adam and Eve, and they enjoyed rest by the commandment of Yahweh. But Yahweh did not the like to any one of Adam’s seed; but only to Adam and Eve. 8 Then Adam worshipped before Yahweh, for having delivered him, and for having allayed his passions. And he came down from above the cave, and dwelt with Eve as aforetime. 9 This ended the forty days of his separation from Eve.

KAPITEL V

The devil paints a brilliant picture for Seth to feast his thoughts upon. 1 AS for Seth, when he was seven years old, he knew good and evil, and was consistent in fasting and praying, and spent all his nights in entreating Yahweh for mercy and forgiveness. 2 He also fasted when bringing up his offering every day, more than his father did; for he was of a fair countenance, like unto an angel of Yahweh. He also had a good heart, preserved the finest qualities of his soul: and for this reason he brought up his offering every day. 3 And Yahweh was pleased with his offering; but He was also pleased with his purity. And he continued thus in doing the will of Yahweh, and of his father and mother, until he was seven years old. 4 After that, as he was coming down from the altar, having ended his offering, Satan appeared unto him in the form of a beautiful angel, brilliant with light; with a staff of light in his hand, himself girt about with a girdle of light. 5 He greeted Seth with a beautiful smile, and began to beguile him with fair words, saying to him, “O Seth, why abidest thou in this mountain? For it is rough, full of stones and of sand, and of trees with no good fruit on them; a wilderness without habitations and without towns; no good place to dwell in. But all is heat, weariness, and trouble.” 6 He said further, “But we dwell in beautiful places, in another world than this earth. Our world is one of light and our condition is of the best; our women are handsomer than any others; and I wish thee, O Seth, to wed one of them; because I see that thou art fair to look upon, and in this land there is not one woman good enough for thee. Besides, all those who live in this world, are only five souls. 7 “But in our world there are very many men and many maidens, all more beautiful one than another. I wish, therefore, to remove thee hence, that thou mayest see my relations and be wedded to which ever thou likest. 8 “Thou shalt then abide by me and be at peace; thou shalt be filled with splendour and light, as we are. 9 “Thou shalt remain in our world, and rest from this world and the misery of it; thou shalt never again feel faint and weary; thou shalt never bring up an offering, nor sue for mercy; for thou shalt commit no more sin, nor be swayed by passions. 10 “And if thou wilt hearken to what I say, thou shalt wed one of my daughters; for with us it is no sin so to do; neither is it reckoned animal lust. 11 “For in our world we have no Yahweh; but we all are gods; we all are of the light, heavenly, powerful, strong and glorious.”

KAPITEL VI

Seth’s conscience helps him. He returns to Adam and Eve. 1 WHEN Seth heard these words he was amazed, and inclined his heart to Satan’s treacherous speech, and said to him, “Saidst thou there is another world created than this; and other creatures more beautiful than the creatures that are in this world?” 2 And Satan said, “Yes; behold thou hast heard me; but I will yet praise them and their ways, in thy hearing.” 3 But Seth said to him, “Thy speech has amazed me; and thy beautiful description of it all. 4 “Yet I cannot go with thee to-day; not until I have gone to my father Adam and to my mother Eve, and told them all thou hast said to me. Then if they give me leave to go with thee, I will come.” 5 Again Seth said, “I am afraid of doing any thing without my father’s and mother’s leave, lest I perish like my brother Cain, and like my father Adam, who transgressed the commandment of Yahweh. But, behold, thou knowest this place; come, and meet me here to-morrow.” 6 When Satan heard this, he said to Seth, “If thou tellest thy father Adam what I have told thee, he will not let thee come with me. 7 But hearken to me; do not tell thy father and mother what I have said to thee; but come with me to-day, to our world; where thou shalt see beautiful things and enjoy thyself there, and revel this day among my children, beholding them and taking thy fill of mirth; and rejoice ever more. Then I shall bring thee back to this place to-morrow; but if thou wouldest rather abide with me, so be it.” 8 Then Seth answered, “The spirit of my father and of my mother, hangs on me; and if I hide from them one day, they will die, and Yahweh will hold me guilty of sinning against them. 9 “And except that they know I am come to this place to bring up to it my offering, they would not be separated from me one hour; neither should I go to any other place, unless they let me. But they treat me most kindly, because I come back to them quickly.” 10 Then Satan said to him, “What will happen to thee if thou hide thyself from them one night, and return to them at break of day?” 11 But Seth, when he saw how he kept on talking, and that he would not leave him, ran, and went up to the altar, and spread his hands unto Yahweh, and sought deliverance from Him. 12 Then Yahweh sent Yeshua, His Word, and cursed Satan, who fled from Him. 13 But as for Seth, he had gone up to the altar, saying thus in his heart. “The altar is the place of offering, and Yahweh is there; a divine fire shall consume it; so shall Satan be unable to hurt me, and shall not take me away thence.” 14 Then Seth came down from the altar and went to his father and mother, where he found in the way, longing to hear his voice; for he had tarried a while. 15 He then began to tell them what had befallen him from Satan, under the form of an angel. 16 But when Adam heard his account, he kissed his face, and warned him against that angel, telling him it was Satan who thus appeared to him. Then Adam took Seth, and they went to the Cave of Treasures, and rejoiced therein. 17 But from that day forth Adam and Eve never parted from him, to whatever place he might go, whether for his offering or for any thing else. 18 This sign happened to Seth, when he was nine years old.

KAPITEL VII

Seth marries Aklia. Adam lives to see grand children and great-grand-children. 1 WHEN our father Adam saw that Seth was of a perfect heart, he wished him to marry; lest the enemy should appear to him another time, and overcome him. 2 So Adam said to his son Seth, “I wish, O my son, that thou wed thy sister Aklia, Abel’s sister, that she may bear thee children, who shall replenish the earth, according to Yahweh’s promise to us. 3 “Be not afraid, O my son; there is no disgrace in it. I wish thee to marry, from fear lest the enemy overcome thee.” 4 Seth, however, did not wish to marry; but in obedience to his father and mother, he said not a word. 5 So Adam married him to Aklia. And he was fifteen years old. 6 But when he was twenty years of age, he begat a son, whom he called Enos; and then begat other children than him. 7 Then Enos grew up, married, and begat Cainan. 8 Cainan also grew up, married, and begat Mahalaleel. 9 Those fathers were born during Adam’s life-time, and dwelt by the Cave of Treasures. 10 Then were the days of Adam nine hundred and thirty years, and those of Mahalaleel one hundred. But Mahalaleel, when he was grown up, loved fasting, praying, and with hard labours, until the end of our father Adam’s days drew near.

KAPITEL VIII

Adam’s remarkable last words. He predicts the Flood. He exhorts his offspring to good. He reveals certain mysteries of life. 1 WHEN our father Adam saw that his end was near, he called his son Seth, who came to him in the Cave of Treasures, and he said unto him:-- 2 “O Seth, my son bring me thy children and thy children’s children, that I may shed my blessing on them ere I die.” 3 When Seth heard these words from his father Adam, he went from him, shed a flood of tears over his face, and gathered together his children and his children’s children, and brought them to his father Adam. 4 But when our father Adam saw them around him, he wept at having to be separated from them. 5 And when they saw him weeping, they all wept together, and fell upon his face saying, “How shalt thou be severed from us, O our father? And how shall the earth receive thee and hide thee from our eyes?” Thus did they lament much, and in like words. 6 Then our father Adam blessed them all, and said to Seth, after he had blessed them:-- 7 “O Seth, my son, thou knowest this world--that it is full of sorrow, and of weariness; and thou knowest all that has come upon us, from our trials in it. I therefore now command thee in these words: to keep innocency, to be pure and just, and trusting in Yahweh; and lean not to the discourses of Satan, nor to the apparitions in which he will show himself to thee. 8 But keep the commandments that I give thee this day; then give the same to thy son Enos; and let Enos give it to his son Cainan; and Cainan to his son Mahalaleel; so that this commandment abide firm among all your children. 9 “O Seth, my son, the moment I am dead take ye my body and wind it up with myrrh, aloes, and cassia, and leave me here in this Cave of Treasures in which are all these tokens which Yahweh gave us from the garden. 10 “O my son, hereafter shall a flood come and overwhelm all creatures, and leave out only eight souls. 11 “But, O my son, let those whom it will leave out from among your children at that time, take my body with them out of this cave; and when they have taken it with them, let the oldest among them command his children to lay my body in a ship until the flood has been assuaged, and they come out of the ship. 12 Then they shall take my body and lay it in the middle of the earth, shortly after they have been saved from the waters of the flood. 13 “For the place where my body shall be laid, is the middle of the earth; Yahweh shall come from thence and shall save all our kindred. 14 “But now, O Seth, my son, place thyself at the head of thy people; tend them and watch over them in the fear of Yahweh; and lead them in the good way, Command them to fast unto Yahweh; and make them understand they ought not to hearken to Satan, lest he destroy them. 15 “Then, again, sever thy children and thy children’s children from Cain’s children; do not let them ever mix with those, nor come near them either in their words or in their deeds.” 16 Then Adam let his blessing descend upon Seth, and upon his children, and upon all his children’s children. 17 He then turned to his son Seth, and to Eve his wife, and said to them, “Preserve this gold, this incense, and this myrrh, that Yahweh has given us for a sign; for in days that are coming, a flood will overwhelm the whole creation. But those who shall go into the ark shall take with them the gold, the incense, and the myrrh, together with my body; and will lay the gold, the incense, and the myrrh, with my body in the midst of the earth. 18 “Then, after a long time, the city in which the gold, the incense, and the myrrh are found with my body, shall be plundered. But when it is spoiled, the gold the incense, and the myrrh shall be taken care of with the spoil that is kept; and naught of them shall perish, until Yeshua, the Word of Yahweh made man, shall come; when kings shall take them, and shall offer to Him, gold in token of His being King; incense, in token of His being Yahweh of heaven and earth; and myrrh, in token of His passion. 19 “Cold also, as a token of His overcoming Satan, and all our foes; incense as a token that He will rise from the dead, and be exalted above things in heaven and things in the earth; and myrrh, in token that He will drink bitter gall; and feel the pains of hell from Satan. 20 “And now, O Seth, my son, behold I have revealed unto thee hidden mysteries, which Yahweh had revealed unto me. Keep my commandment, for thyself, and for thy people,”

KAPITEL IX

The death of Adam. 1 WHEN Adam had ended his commandment to Seth, his limbs were loosened, his hands and feet lost all power, his mouth became dumb, and his tongue ceased altogether to speak. He closed his eyes and gave up the ghost. 2 But when his children saw that he was dead, they threw themselves over him, men and women, old and young, weeping. 3 The death of Adam took place at the end of nine hundred and thirty years that be lived upon the earth; on the fifteenth day of Barmudeh, after the reckoning of an epact of the sun, at the ninth hour. 4 It was on a Friday, the very day on which be was created, and on which he rested; and the hour at which he died, was the same as that at which he came out of the garden. 5 Then Seth wound him up well, and embalmed him with plenty of sweet spices, from sacred trees and from the Holy Mountain; and be laid his body on the eastern side of the inside of the cave, the side of the incense; and placed in front of him a lamp-stand kept burning. 6 Then his children stood before him weeping and wailing over him the whole night until break of day. 7 Then Seth and big son Enos, and Cainan, the son of Enos, went out and took good offerings to present unto Yahweh, and they came to the altar upon which Adam offered gifts to Yahweh, when he did offer. 8 But Eve said to them “Wait until we have first asked Yahweh to accept our offering, and to keep by Him the Soul of Adam His servant, and to take it up to rest.” 9 And they all stood up an prayed.

KAPITEL X

“Adam was the first....” 1 AND when they had ended their prayer, Yeshua, the Word of Yahweh, came and comforted them concerning their father Adam. 2 After this, they offered their gifts for themselves and for their father. 3 And when they had ended their offering, Yeshua, the Word of Yahweh, came to Seth, the eldest among them, saying unto him, “O Seth, Seth, Seth, three times. As I was with thy father, so also shall I be with thee, until the fulfilment of the promise I made him—thy father— saying, I will send Yeshua, My Word, and save thee and thy seed. 4 But as to thy father Adam, keep thou the commandment he gave thee; and sever thy seed from that of Cain thy brother.” 5 And Yahweh caused Yeshua, His Word, to withdraw from Seth. 6 Then Seth, Eve, and their children, came down from the mountain to the Cave of Treasures. 7 But Adam was the first whose soul died in the land of Eden, in the Cave of Treasures; for no one died before him, but his son Abel, who died murdered. 8 Then all the children of Adam rose up, and wept over their father Adam, and made offerings to him, one hundred and forty days.

KAPITEL XI

Seth becomes head of the most happy and just tribe of people who ever lived. 1 AFTER the death of Adam and of Eve, Seth severed his children, and his children’s children, from Cain’s children. Cain and his seed went down and dwelt westward, below the place where he had killed his brother Abel. 2 But Seth and his children, dwelt northwards upon the mountain of the Cave of Treasures, in order to be near to their father Adam. 3 And Seth the elder, tall and good, with a fine soul, and of a strong mind, stood at the head of his people; and tended them in innocence, penitence, and meekness, and did not allow one of them to go down to Cain’s children. 4 But because of their own purity, they were named “Children of Yahweh,” and they were with Yahweh, instead of the hosts of angels who fell; for they continued in praises to Yahweh, and in singing psalms unto Him, in their cave--the Cave of Treasures. 5 Then Seth stood before the body of his father Adam, and of his mother Eve, and prayed night and day, and asked for mercy towards himself and his children; and that when he had some difficult dealing with a child, He would give him counsel. 6 But Seth and his children did not like earthly work, but gave themselves to heavenly things; for they had no other thought than praises, doxologies, and psalms unto Yahweh. 7 Therefore did they at all times hear the voices of angels, praising and glorifying Yahweh; from within the garden, or when they were sent by Yahweh on an errand, or when they were going up to heaven. 8 For Seth and his children, by reason of their own purity, heard and saw those angels. Then, again, the garden was not far above them, but only some fifteen spiritual cubits. 9 Now one spiritual cubit answers to three cubits of man, altogether forty-five cubits. 10 Seth and his children dwelt on the mountain below the garden; they sowed not, neither did they reap; they wrought no food for the body. not even wheat; but only offerings. They ate of the fruit and of trees well flavoured that grew on the mountain where they dwelt. 11 Then Seth often fasted every forty days, as did also his eldest children. For the family of Seth smelled the smell of the trees in the garden, when the wind blew that way. 12 They were happy, innocent, without sudden fear, there was no jealousy, no evil action, no hatred among them. There was no animal passion; from no mouth among them went forth either foul words or curse; neither evil counsel nor fraud. For the men of that time never swore, but under hard circumstances, when men must swear, they swore by the blood of Abel the just. 13 But they constrained their children and their women every day in the cave to fast and pray, and to worship the Most High Yahweh. They blessed themselves in the body of their father Adam, and anointed themselves with it. 14 And they did so until the end of Seth drew near.

KAPITEL XII

Seth’s family affairs. His death. The headship of Enos. How the outcast branch of Adam’s family fared. 1 THEN Seth, the just, called his son Enos, and Cainan, son of Enos, and Mahalaleel, son of Cainan, and said unto them:-- 2 “As my end is near, I wish to build a roof over the altar on which gifts are offered.” 3 They hearkened to his commandment and went out, all of them, both old and young, and worked hard at it, and built a beautiful roof over the altar. 4 And Seth’s thought in so doing, was that a blessing should come upon his children on the mountain; and that he should present an offering for them before his death. 5 Then when the building of the roof was completed, he commanded them to make offerings. They worked diligently at these, and brought them to Seth their father who took them and offered them upon the altar; and prayed Yahweh to accept their offerings, to have mercy on the souls of his children, and to keep them from the hand of Satan. 6 And Yahweh accepted his offering, and sent His blessing upon him and upon his children. And then Yahweh made a promise to Seth, saying, “At the end of the great five days and a half, concerning which I have made a promise to thee and to thy father, I will send Yeshua, My Word, and save thee and thy seed.” 7 Then Seth and his children, and his children’s children, met together, and came down from the altar, and went to the Cave of Treasures--where they prayed, and blessed themselves in the body of our father Adam, and anointed themselves with it. 8 But Seth abode in the Cave of Treasures, a few days, and then suffered--sufferings unto death. 9 Then Enos, his first-born son, came to him, with Cainan, his son, and Mahalaleel, Cainan’s son, and Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, and Enoch, Jared’s son, with their wives and children to receive a blessing from Seth. 10 Then Seth prayed over them, and blessed them, and adjured them by the blood of Abel the just, saying, “I beg of you, my children, not to let one of you go down from this Holy and pure Mountain. 11 Make no fellowship with the children of Cain the murderer and the sinner, who killed his brother; for ye know, O my children, that we flee from him, and from all his sin with all our might because he killed his brother Abel.” 12 After having said this, Seth blessed Enos, his first-born son, and commanded him habitually to minister in purity before the body of our father Adam, all the days of his life; then, also, to go at times to the altar which he Seth had built. And he commanded him to feed his people in righteousness, in judgment and purity all the days of his life. 13 Then the limbs of Seth were loosened; his hands and feet lost all power; his mouth became dumb and unable to speak; and he gave up the ghost and died the day after his nine hundred and twelfth year; on the twenty- seventh day of the month Abib; Enoch being then twenty years old. 14 Then they wound up carefully the body of Seth, and embalmed him with sweet spices, and laid him in the Cave of Treasures, on the right side of our father Adam’s body, and they mourned for him forty days. They offered gifts for him, as they had done for our father Adam. 15 After the death of Seth Enos rose at the head of his people, whom he fed in righteousness, and judgment, as his father had commanded him. 16 But by the time Enos was eight hundred and twenty years old, Cain had a large progeny; for they married frequently, being given to animal lusts; until the land below the mountain, was filled with them.

KAPITEL XIII

“Among the children of Cain there was much robbery, murder and sin.” 1 IN those days lived Lamech the blind, who was of the sons of Cain. He had a son whose name was Atun, and they two had much cattle. 2 But Lamech was in the habit of sending them to feed with a young shepherd, who tended them; and who, when coming home in the evening wept before his grandfather, and before his father Atun and his mother Hazina, and said to them, “As for me, I cannot feed those cattle alone, lest one rob me of some of them, or kill me for the sake of them.” For among the children of Cain, there was much robbery, murder, and sin. 3 Then Lamech pitied him, and he said, “Truly, he when alone, might be overpowered by the men of this place.” 4 So Lamech arose, took a bow he had kept ever since he was a youth, ere he became blind, and he took large arrows, and smooth stones, and a sling which he had, and went to the field with the young shepherd, and placed himself behind the cattle; while the young shepherd watched the cattle. Thus did Lamech many days. 5 Meanwhile Cain, ever since Yahweh had cast him off, and had cursed him with trembling and terror, could neither settle nor find rest in any one place; but wandered from place to place. 6 In his wanderings he came to Lamech’s wives, and asked them about him. They said to him, “He is in the field with the cattle.” 7 Then Cain went to look for him; and as he came into the field, the young shepherd heard the noise he made, and the cattle herding together from before him. 8 Then said he to Lamech, “O my lord, is that a wild beast or a robber?” 9 And Lamech said to him, “Make me understand which way he looks, when he comes up.” 10 Then Lamech bent his bow, placed an arrow on it, and fitted a stone in the sling, and when Cain came out from the open country, the shepherd said to Lamech, “Shoot, behold, he is coming.” 11 Then Lamech shot at Cain with his arrow and hit him in his side. And Lamech struck him with a stone from his sling, that fell upon his face, and knocked out both his eyes; then Cain fell at once and died. 12 Then Lamech and the young shepherd came up to him, and found him lying on the ground. And the young shepherd said to him, “It is Cain our grandfather, whom thou hast killed, O my lord!” 13 Then was Lamech sorry for it, and from the bitterness of his regret, he clapped his hands together, and struck with his flat palm the head of the youth, who fell as if dead; but Lamech thought it was a feint; so he took up a stone and smote him, and smashed his head until he died.

KAPITEL XIV

Time, like an ever-rolling stream, bears away another generation of men. 1 WHEN Enos was nine hundred years old, all the children of Seth, and of Cainan, and his first-born, with their wives and children, gathered around him, asking for a blessing from him. 2 He then prayed over them and blessed them, and adjured them by the blood of Abel the just saying to them, “Let not one of your children go down from this Holy Mountain, and let them make no fellowship with the children of Cain the murderer.” 3 Then Enos called his son Cainan and said to him, “See, O my son, and set thy heart on thy people, and establish them in righteousness, and in innocence; and stand ministering before the body of our father Adam, all the days of thy life.” 4 After this Enos entered into rest, aged nine hundred and eighty-five years; and Cainan wound him up, and laid him in the Cave of Treasures on the left of his father Adam; and made offerings for him, after the custom of his fathers.

KAPITEL XV

The offspring of Adam continue to keep the Cave of Treasures as a family shrine. 1 AFTER the death of Enos, Cainan stood at the head of his people in righteousness and innocence, as his father had commanded him; he also continued to minister before the body of Adam, inside the Cave of Treasures. 2 Then when he had lived nine hundred and ten years, suffering and affliction came upon him. And when he was about to enter into rest, all the fathers with their wives and children came to him, and he blessed them, and adjured them by the blood of Abel, the just, saying to them, “Let not one among you go down from this Holy Mountain; and make no fellowship with the children of Cain the murderer.” 3 Mahalaleel, his first-born son, received this commandment from his father, who blessed him and died. 4 Then Mahalaleel embalmed him with sweet spices, and laid him in the Cave of Treasures, with his fathers; and they made offerings for him, after the custom of their fathers.

KAPITEL XVI

The good branch of the family is still afraid of the children of Cain. 1 THEN Mahalaleel stood over his people, and fed them in righteousness and innocence, and watched them to see they held no intercourse with the children of Cain. 2 He also continued in the Cave of Treasures praying and ministering before the body of our father Adam, asking Yahweh for mercy on himself and on his people; until he was eight hundred and seventy years old, when he fell sick. 3 Then all his children gathered unto him, to see him, and to ask for his blessing on them all, ere he left this world. 4 Then Mahalaleel arose and sat on his bed, his tears streaming down his face, and he called his eldest son Jared, who came to him. 5 He then kissed his face, and said to him, “O Jared, my son, I adjure thee by Him who made heaven and earth, to watch over thy people, and to feed them in righteousness and in innocence; and not to let one of them go down from this Holy Mountain to the children of Cain, lest he perish with them. 6 “Hear, O my son, hereafter there shall come a great destruction upon this earth on account of them; Yahweh will be angry with the world, and will destroy them with waters. 7 “But I also know that thy children will not hearken to thee, and that they will go down from this mountain and hold intercourse with the children of Cain, and that they shall perish with them. 8 “O my son! teach them, and watch over them, that no guilt attach to thee on their account.” 9 Mahalaleel said, moreover, to his son Jared, “When I die, embalm my body and lay it in the Cave of Treasures, by the bodies of my fathers; then stand thou by my body and pray to Yahweh; and take care of them, and fulfil thy ministry before them, until thou enterest into rest thyself.” 10 Mahalaleel then blessed all his children; and then lay down on his bed, and entered into rest like his fathers. 11 But when Jared saw that his father Mahalaleel was dead, he wept, and sorrowed, and embraced and kissed his hands and his feet; and so did all his children. 12 And his children embalmed him carefully, and laid him by the bodies of his fathers. Then they arose, and mourned for him forty days.

KAPITEL XVII

Jared turns martinet. He is lured away to the land of Cain where he sees many voluptuous sights. Jared barely escapes with a clean heart. 1 THEN Jared kept his father’s commandment, and arose like a lion over his people. He fed them in righteousness and innocence, and commanded them to do nothing without his counsel. For he was afraid concerning them, lest they should go to the children of Cain. 2 Wherefore did he give them orders repeatedly; and continued to do so until the end of the four hundred and eighty-fifth year of his life. 3 At the end of these said years, there came unto him this sign. As Jared was standing like a lion before the bodies of his fathers, praying and warning his people, Satan envied him, and wrought a beautiful apparition, because Jared would not let his children do aught without his counsel. 4 Satan then appeared to him with thirty men of his hosts, in the form of handsome men; Satan himself being the elder and tallest among them, with a fine beard. 5 They stood at the mouth of the cave, and called out Jared, from within it. 6 He came out to them, and found them looking like fine men, full of light, and of great beauty. He wondered at their beauty and at their looks; and thought within himself whether they might not be of the children of Cain. 7 He said also in his heart, “As the children of Cain cannot come up to the height of this mountain, and none of them is so handsome as these appear to be; and among these men there is not one of my kindred--they must be strangers.” 8 Then Jared and they exchanged a greeting and he said to the elder among them, “O my father, explain to me the wonder that is in thee, and tell me who these are, with thee; for they look to me like strange men.” 9 Then the elder began to weep, and the rest wept with him; and he said to Jared: “I am Adam whom Yahweh made first; and this is Abel my son, who was killed by his brother Cain, into whose heart Satan put to murder him. 10 “Then this is my son Seth, whom I asked of Yahweh, who gave him to me, to comfort me instead of Abel. 11 “Then this one is my son Enos, son of Seth, and that other one is Cainan, son of Enos, and that other one is Mahalaleel, son of Cainan, thy father.” 12 But Jared remained wondering at their appearance, and at the speech of the elder to him. 13 Then the elder said to him, “Marvel not, O my son; we live in the land north of the garden, which Yahweh created before the world. He would not let us live there, but placed us inside the garden, below which ye are now dwelling. 14 “But after that I transgressed, He made me come out of it, and I was left to dwell in this cave; great and sore troubles came upon me; and when my death drew near, I commanded my son Seth to tend his people well; and this my commandment is to be handed from one to another, unto the end of the generations to come. 15 “But, O Jared, my son, we live in beautiful regions, while you live here in misery, as this thy father Mahalaleel informed me; telling me that a great flood will come and overwhelm the whole earth. 16 “Therefore, O my son, fearing for your sakes, I rose and took my children with me, and came hither for us to visit thee and thy children; but I found thee standing in this cave weeping, and thy children scattered about this mountain, in the heat and in misery. 17 “But, O my son, as we missed our way, and came as far as this, we found other men below this mountain; who inhabit a beautiful country, full of trees and of fruits, and of all manner of verdure; it is like a garden; so that when we found them we thought they were you; until thy father Mahalaleel told me they were no such thing. 18 “Now, therefore, O my son, hearken to my counsel, and go down to them, thou and thy children. Ye will rest from all this suffering in which ye are. But if thou wilt not go down to them, then, arise, take thy children, and come with us to our garden; ye shall live in our beautiful land, and ye shall rest from all this trouble, which thou and thy children are now bearing.” 19 But Jared when he heard this discourse from the elder, wondered; and went hither and thither, but at that moment he found not one of his children. 20 Then he answered and said to the elder, “Why have you hidden yourselves until this day?” 21 And the elder replied, “If thy father had not told us, we should not have known it.” 22 Then Jared believed his words were true. 23 So that elder said to Jared, “Wherefore didst thou turn about, so and so?” And he said, “I was seeking one of my children, to tell him about my going with you, and about their coming down to those about whom thou hast spoken to me.” 24 When the elder heard Jared’s intention, he said to him, “Let alone that purpose at present, and come with us; thou shalt see our country; if the land in which we dwell pleases thee, we and thou shall return hither and take thy family with us. But if our country does not please thee, thou shalt come back to thine own place.” 25 And the elder urged Jared, to go before one of his children came to counsel him otherwise. 26 Jared, then, came out of the cave and went with them, and among them. And they comforted him, until they came to the top of the mountain of the sons of Cain. 27 Then said the elder to one of his companions, “We have forgotten something by the mouth of the cave, and that is the chosen garment we had brought to clothe Jared withal.” 28 He then said to one of them, “Go back, thou, some one; and we will wait for thee here, until thou come back. Then will we clothe Jared and he shall be like us, good, handsome, and fit to come with us into our country.” 29 Then that one went back. 30 But when he was a short distance off, the elder called to him and said to him, “Tarry thou, until I come up and speak to thee.” 31 Then he stood still, and the elder went up to him and said to him, “One thing we forgot at the cave, it is this-- to put out the lamp that burns inside it, above the bodies that are therein. Then come back to us, quick.” 32 That one went, and the elder came back to his fellows and to Jared. And they came down from the mountain, and Jared with them; and they stayed by a fountain of water, near the houses of the children of Cain, and waited for their companion until he brought the garment for Jared. 33 He, then, who went, back to the cave, put out the lamp, and came to them and brought a phantom with him and showed it them. And when Jared saw it he wondered at the beauty and grace thereof, and rejoiced in his heart believing it was all true. 34 But while they were staying there, three of them went into houses of the sons of Cain, and said to them, “Bring us to-day some food by the fountain of water, for us and our companions to eat.” 35 But when the sons of Cain saw them, they wondered at them and thought: “These are beautiful to look at, and such as we never saw before.” So they rose and came with them to the fountain of water, to see their companions. 36 They found them so very handsome, that they cried aloud about their places for others to gather together and come and look at these beautiful beings. Then they gathered around them both men and women. 37 Then the elder said to them, “We are strangers in your land, bring us some good food and drink you and your women, to refresh ourselves with you.” 38 When those men heard these words of the elder, every one of Cain’s sons brought his wife, and another brought his daughter, and so, many women came to them; every one addressing Jared either for himself or for his wife; all alike. 39 But when Jared saw what they did, his very soul wrenched itself from them; neither would he taste of their food or of their drink. 40 The elder saw hint as he wrenched himself from them, and said to him, “Be not sad; I am the great elder, as thou shalt see me do, do thyself in like manner.” 41 Then he spread his hands and took one of the women, and five of his companions did the same before Jared, that he should do as they did. 42 But when Jared saw them working infamy he wept, and said in his mind,--My fathers never did the like. 43 He then spread his hands and prayed with a fervent heart, and with much weeping, and entreated Yahweh to deliver him from their hands. 44 No sooner did Jared begin to pray than the elder fled with his companions; for they could not abide in a place of prayer. 45 Then Jared turned round but could not see them, but found himself standing in the midst of the children of Cain. 46 He then wept and said, “O Yahweh, destroy me not with this race, concerning which my fathers have warned me; for now, O Yahweh, I was thinking that those who appeared unto me were my fathers; but I have found them out to be devils, who allured me by this beautiful apparition, until I believed them. 47 “But now I ask Thee, O Yahweh, to deliver me from this race, among whom I am now staying, as Thou didst deliver me from those devils. Send Thy angel to draw me out of the midst of them; for I have not myself power to escape from among them.” 48 When Jared had ended his prayer, Yahweh sent His angel in the midst of them, who took Jared and set him upon the mountain, and showed him the way, gave him counsel, and then departed from him.

KAPITEL XVIII

Confusion in the Cave of Treasures. Miraculous speech of the dead Adam. 1 THE children of Jared were in the habit of visiting him hour after hour, to receive his blessing and to ask his advice for every thing they did; and when he had a work to do, they did it for him. 2 But this time when they went into the cave they found not Jared, but they found the lamp put out, and the bodies of the fathers thrown about, and voices came from them by the power of Yahweh, that said, “Satan in an apparition has deceived our son, wishing to destroy him, as he destroyed our son Cain.” 3 They said also, “Yahweh of heaven and earth, deliver our son from the hand of Satan, who wrought a great and false apparition before him,” They also spake of other matters, by the power of Yahweh. 4 But when the children of Jared heard these voices they feared, and stood weeping for their father; for they knew not what had befallen him. 5 And they wept for him that day until the setting of the sun. 6 Then came Jared with a woeful countenance, wretched in mind and body, and sorrowful at having been separated from the bodies of his fathers. 7 But as he was drawing near to the cave, his children saw him, and hastened to the cave, and hung upon his neck, crying, and saying to him, “O father, where hast thou been, and why hast thou left us, as thou wast not wont to do?” And again, “O father, when thou didst disappear, the lamp over the bodies of our fathers went out, the bodies were thrown about, and voices came from them.” 8 When Jared heard this he was sorry, and went into the cave; and there found the bodies thrown about, the lamp put out, and the fathers themselves praying for his deliverance from the hand of Satan. 9 Then Jared fell upon the bodies and embraced them, and said, “O my fathers, through your intercession, let Yahweh deliver me from the hand of Satan! And I beg you will ask Yahweh to keep me and to bide me from him unto the day of my death.” 10 Then all the voices ceased save the voice of our father Adam, who spake to Jared by the power of Yahweh, just as one would speak to his fellow, saying, “O Jared, my son, offer gifts to Yahweh for having delivered thee from the hand of Satan; and when thou bringest those offerings, so be it that thou offerest them on the altar on which I did offer. Then also, beware of Satan; for he deluded me many a time with his apparitions, wishing to destroy me, but Yahweh delivered me out of his hand. 11 “Command thy people that they be on their guard against him; and never cease to offer up gifts to Yahweh.” 12 Then the voice of Adam also became silent; and Jared and his children wondered at this. Then they laid the bodies as they were it first; and Jared and his children stood praying the whole of that night, until break of day. 13 Then Jared made an offering and offered it up on the altar, as Adam had commanded him. And as he went up to the altar, he prayed to Yahweh for mercy and for forgiveness of his sin, concerning the lamp going out. 14 Then Yahweh appeared unto Jared on the altar and blessed him and his children, and accepted their offerings; and commanded Jared to take of the sacred fire from the altar, and with it to light the lamp that shed light on the body of Adam.

KAPITEL XIX

The children of Jared are led astray. 1 THEN Yahweh revealed to him again the promise He had made to Adam; He explained to him the 5500 years, and revealed unto him the mystery of His coming upon the earth. 2 And Yahweh said to Jared, “As to that fire which thou hast taken from the altar to light the lamp withal, let it abide with you to give light to the bodies; and let it not come out of the cave, until the body of Adam comes out of it. 3 But, O Jared, take care of the fire, that it burn bright in the lamp; neither go thou again out of the cave, until thou receivest an order through a vision, and not in an apparition, when seen by thee. 4 “Then command again thy people not to hold intercourse with the children of Cain, and not to learn their ways; for I am Yahweh who loves not hatred and works of iniquity.” 5 Yahweh gave also many other commandments to Jared, and blessed him. And then caused Yeshua, His Word, to withdraw from him. 6 Then Jared drew near with his children, took some fire, and came down to the cave, and lighted the lamp before the body of Adam; and he gave his people commandments as Yahweh had told him to do. 7 This sign happened to Jared at the end of his four hundred and fiftieth year; as did also many other wonders, we do not record. But we record only this one for shortness sake, and in order not to lengthen our narrative. 8 And Jared continued to teach his children eighty years; but after that they began to transgress the commandments he had given them, and to do many things without his counsel. They began to go down from the Holy Mountain one after another, and to mix with the children of Cain, in foul fellowships. 9 Now the reason for which the children of Jared went down the Holy Mountain, is this, that we will now reveal unto you.

KAPITEL XX

Ravishing music; strong drink loosed among the sons of Cain. They don colorful clothing. The children of Seth look on with longing eyes. They revolt from wise counsel; they descend the mountain into the valley of iniquity. They can not ascend the mountain again. 1 AFTER Cain had gone down to the land of dark soil, and his children had multiplied therein, there was one of them, whose name was Genun, son of Lamech the blind who slew Cain. 2 But as to this Genun, Satan came into him in his childhood; and he made sundry trumpets and horns, and string instruments, cymbals and psalteries, and lyres and harps, and flutes; and he played on them at all times and at every hour. 3 And when he played on them, Satan came into them, so that from among them were heard beautiful and sweet sounds, that ravished the heart. 4 Then he gathered companies upon companies to play on them; and when they played, it pleased well the children of Cain, who inflamed themselves with sin among themselves, and burnt as with fire; while Satan inflamed their hearts, one with another, and increased lust among them. 5 Satan also taught Genun to bring strong drink out of com; and this Genun used to bring together companies upon companies in drink-houses; and brought into their hands all manner of fruits and flowers; and they drank together. 6 Thus did this Genun multiply sin exceedingly; he also acted with pride, and taught the children of Cain to commit all manner of the grossest wickedness, which they knew not; and put them up to manifold doings which they knew not before. 7 Then Satan, when he saw that they yielded to Genun and hearkened to him in every thing he told them, rejoiced greatly, increased Genun’s understanding, until he took iron and with it made weapons of war. 8 Then when they were drunk, hatred and murder increased among them; one man used violence against another to teach him evil taking his children and defiling them before him. 9 And when men saw they were overcome, and saw others that were not overpowered, those who were beaten came to Genun, took refuge with him, and he made them his confederates. 10 Then sin increased among them greatly; until a man married his own sister, or daughter, or mother, and others; or the daughter of his father’s sister, so that there was no more distinction of relationship, and they no longer knew what is iniquity; but did wickedly, and the earth was defiled with sin, and they angered Yahweh the Judge, who had created them. 11 But Genun gathered together companies upon companies, that played on horns and on all the other instruments we have already mentioned, at the foot of the Holy Mountain; and they did so in order that the children of Seth who were on the Holy Mountain should hear it. 12 But when the children of Seth heard the noise, they wondered, and came by companies, and stood on the top of the mountain to look at those below; and they did thus a whole year. 13 When, at the end of that year, Genun saw that they were being won over to him little by little, Satan entered into him, and taught him to make dyeing-stuffs for garments of divers patterns, and made him understand how to dye crimson and purple and what not. 14 And the sons of Cain who wrought all this, and shone in beauty and gorgeous apparel, gathered together at the foot of the mountain in splendour, with horns and gorgeous dresses, and horse races, committing all manner of abominations. 15 Meanwhile the children of Seth, who were on the Holy Mountain, prayed and praised Yahweh, in the place of the hosts of angels who had fallen; wherefore Yahweh had called them “angels,” because He rejoiced over them greatly. 16 But after this, they no longer kept His commandment, nor held by the promise He had made to their fathers; but they relaxed from their fasting and praying, and from the counsel of Jared their father. And they kept on gathering together on the top of the mountain, to look upon the children of Cain, from morning until evening, and upon what they did, upon their beautiful dresses and ornaments. 17 Then the children of Cain looked up from below, and saw the children of Seth, standing in troops on the top of the mountain; and they called to them to come down to them. 18 But the children of Seth said to them from above, “We don’t know the way.” Then Genun, the son of Lamech, heard them say they did not know the way, and he bethought himself how he might bring them down. 19 Then Satan appeared to him by night, saying, “There is no way for them to come down from the mountain on which they dwell; but when they come to-morrow, say to them, ‘Come ye to the western side of the mountain; there you will find the way of a stream of water, that comes down to the foot of the mountain, between two hills; come down that way to us.’” 20 Then when it was day, Genun blew the horns and beat the drums below the mountain, as he was wont. The children of Seth heard it, and came as they used to do. 21 Then Genun said to them from down below, “Go to the western side of the mountain, there you will find the way to come down.” 22 But when the children of Seth heard these words from him, they went back into the cave to Jared, to tell him all they had heard. 23 Then when Jared heard it, he was grieved; for he knew that they would transgress his counsel. 24 After this a hundred men of the children of Seth gathered together, and said among themselves, “Come, let us go down to the children of Cain, and see what they do, and enjoy ourselves with them.” 25 But when Jared heard this of the hundred men, his very soul was moved, and his heart was grieved. He then arose with great fervour, and stood in the midst of them, and adjured them by the blood of Abel the just, “Let not one of you go down from this holy and pure mountain, in which our fathers have ordered its to dwell.” 26 But when Jared saw that they did not receive his words, he said unto them, “O my good and innocent and holy children, know that when once you go down from this holy mountain, Yahweh will not allow you to return again to it.” 27 He again adjured them, saying, “I adjure by the death of our father Adam, and by the blood of Abel, of Seth, of Enos, of Cainan, and of Mahalaleel, to hearken to me, and not to go down from this holy mountain; for the moment you leave it, you will be reft of life and of mercy; and you shall no longer be called ‘children of Yahweh,’ but ‘children of the devil.’” 28 But they would not hearken to his words. 29 Enoch at that time was already grown up, and in his zeal for Yahweh, he arose and said, “Hear me, O ye sons of Seth, small and great--when ye transgress the commandment of our fathers, and go down from this holy mountain--ye shall not come up hither again for ever.” 30 But they rose up against Enoch, and would not hearken to his words, but went down from the Holy Mountain. 31 And when they looked at the daughters of Cain, at their beautiful figures, and at their hands and feet dyed with colour, and tattooed in ornaments on their faces, the fire of sin was kindled in them. 32 Then Satan made them look most beautiful before the sons of Seth, as he also made the sons of Seth appear of the fairest in the eyes of the daughters of Cain, so that the daughters of Cain lusted after the sons of Seth like ravenous beasts, and the sons of Seth after the daughters of Cain, until they committed abomination with them. 33 But after they had thus fallen into this defilement, they returned by the way they had come, and tried to ascend the Holy Mountain. But they could not, because the stones of that holy mountain were of fire flashing before them, by reason of which they could not go up again. 34 And Yahweh was angry with them, and repented of them because they had come down from glory, and had thereby lost or forsaken their own purity or innocence, and were fallen into the defilement of sin. 35 Then Yahweh sent Yeshua, His Word, to Jared, saying, “These thy children, whom thou didst call ‘My children,’--behold they have transgressed My commandment, and have gone down to the abode of perdition, and of sin. Send a messenger to those that are left, that they may not go down, and be lost.” 36 Then Jared wept before Yahweh, and asked of Him mercy and forgiveness. But he wished that his soul might depart from his body, rather than hear these words from Yahweh about the going down of his children from the Holy Mountain. 37 But he followed Yahweh’s order, and preached unto them not to go down from that holy mountain, and not to hold intercourse with the children of Cain. 38 But they heeded not his message, and would not obey his counsel.

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Jared dies in sorrow for his sons who had gone astray. A prediction of the Flood. 1 AFTER this another company gathered together, and they went to look after their brethren; but they perished as well as they. And so it was, company after company, until only a few of them were left. 2 Then Jared sickened from grief, and his sickness was such that the day of his death drew near. 3 Then he called Enoch his eldest son, and Methuselah Enoch’s son, and Lamech the son of Methuselah, and Noah the son of Lamech. 4 And when they were come to him he prayed over them and blessed them, and said to them, “Ye are righteous, innocent sons; go ye not down from this holy mountain; for behold, your children and your children’s children have gone down from this holy mountain, and have estranged themselves from this holy mountain, through their abominable lust and transgression of Yahweh’s commandment. 5 “But I know, through the power of Yahweh, that He will not leave you on this holy mountain, because your children have transgressed His commandment and that of our fathers, which we had received from them. 6 “But, O my sons, Yahweh will take you to a strange land, and ye never shall again return to behold with your eyes this garden and this holy mountain. 7 “Therefore, O my sons, set your hearts on your own selves, and keep the commandment of Yahweh which is with you. And when you go from this holy mountain, into a strange land which ye know not, take with you the body of our father Adam, and with it these three precious, gifts and offerings, namely, the gold, the incense, and the myrrh; and let them be in the place where the body of our father Adam shall lay. 8 “And unto him of you who shall be left, O my sons, shall Yeshua, the Word of Yahweh, come, and when he goes out of this land he shall take with him the body of our father Adam, and shall lay it in the middle of the earth the place in which salvation shall be wrought.” 9 Then Noah said unto him, “Who is he of us that shall be left?” 10 And Jared answered, “Thou art he that shall be left. And thou shalt take the body of our father Adam from the cave, and place it with thee in the ark when the flood comes. 11 “And thy son Shem, who shall come out of thy loins, he it is who shall lay the body of our father Adam in the middle of the earth, in the place whence salvation shall come.” 12 Then Jared turned to his son Enoch, and said unto him, “Thou, my son, abide in this cave, and minister diligently before the body of our father Adam all the days of thy life; and feed thy people in righteousness and innocence.” 13 And Jared said no more. His hands were loosened, his eyes closed, and he entered into rest like his fathers. His death took place in the three hundred and sixtieth year of Noah, and in the nine hundred and eighty-ninth year of his own life; on the twelfth of Takhsas on a Friday. 14 But as Jared died, tears streamed down his face by reason of his great sorrow, for the children of Seth, who had fallen in his days. 15 Then Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech and Noah, these four, wept over him; embalmed him carefully, and then laid him in the Cave of Treasures. Then they rose and mourned for him forty days. 16 And when these days of mourning were ended, Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech and Noah remained in sorrow of heart, because their father had departed from them, and they saw him no more.

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Only three righteous men left in the world. The evil conditions of men prior to the Flood. 1 BUT Enoch kept the commandment of Jared his father, and continued to minister in the cave. 2 It is this Enoch to whom many wonders happened, and who also wrote a celebrated book; but those wonders may not be told in this place. 3 Then after this, the children of Seth went astray and fell, they, their children and their wives. And when Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech and Noah saw them, their hearts suffered by reason of their fall into doubt full of unbelief; and they wept and sought of Yahweh mercy, to preserve them, and to bring them out of that wicked generation. 4 Enoch continued in his ministry before Yahweh three hundred and eighty-five years, and at the end of that time he became aware through the grace of Yahweh, that Yahweh intended to remove him from the earth. 5 He then said to his son, “O my son, I know that Yahweh intends to bring the waters of the Flood upon the earth, and to destroy our creation. 6 “And ye are the last rulers over this people on this mountain; for I know that not one will be left you to beget children on this holy mountain; neither shall any one of you rule over the children of his people; neither shall any great company be left of you, on this mountain.” 7 Enoch said also to them, “Watch over your souls, and hold fast by your fear of Yahweh and by your service of Him, and worship Him in upright faith, and serve Him in righteousness, innocence and judgment, in repentance and also in purity.” 8 When Enoch had ended his commandments to them, Yahweh transported him from that mountain to the land of life, to the mansions of the righteous and of the chosen, the abode of Paradise of joy, in light that reaches up to heaven; light that is outside the light of this world; for it is the light of Yahweh, that fills the whole world, but which no place can contain. 9 Thus, because Enoch was in the light of Yahweh, he found himself out of the reach of death; until Yahweh would have him die. 10 Altogether, not one of our fathers or of their children, remained on that holy mountain, except those three, Methuselah, Lamech, and Noah. For all the rest went down from the mountain and fell into sin with the children of Cain. Therefore were they forbidden that mountain, and none remained on it but those three men. Textual-Integrity and Alteration Record Check Result Status Chapters 22 PASS - I through XXII, complete and ordered Numbered verses 322 PASS - sequential within every chapter Source notes 0 PASS - none present in numbered base Altered locations 90 PASS - sacred names, context, and copy reviewed Residual reading-text tokens of the superseded conventions 0 PASS - source-history discussion remains separately identified Governing alteration policy Declared sacred-name substitutions are systematic but were applied with contextual review. Capitalized Word is identified as Yeshua only where the narrative treats the Word as an acting, speaking, saving, coming, or incarnate person. All source readings remain recoverable from the preserved downloaded sources. No chapter or verse was silently removed, combined, divided, reordered, or renumbered. Copy corrections are limited to evident transcription, grammar, and punctuation defects. Historical diction and ambiguous ancient readings are preserved rather than reconstructed. Contextual and exceptional alteration index III: III:15 (Yahweh, personified Word, copy correction) IV: IV:1 (Yahweh, copy correction); IV:8 (Yahweh, copy correction) V: V:9 (copy correction) VI: VI:5 (Yahweh, copy correction); VI:11 (Yahweh, copy correction); VI:12 (Yahweh, personified Word) VIII: VIII:18 (Yahweh, personified Word) X: X:1 (Yahweh, personified Word); X:3 (Yahweh, personified Word, copy correction); X:5 (Yahweh, personified Word) XI: XI:13 (Yahweh, copy correction) XII: XII:6 (Yahweh, personified Word) XIX: XIX:5 (Yahweh, personified Word) XX: XX:29 (Yahweh, copy correction); XX:35 (Yahweh, personified Word) XXI: XXI:8 (Yahweh, personified Word) Source and production record Primary numbered base: Rutherford H. Platt Jr., The Forgotten Books of Eden (New York: Alpha House, 1926), The Second Book of Adam and Eve; public-domain text reproduced in the Global Grey 2025 electronic edition and downloaded September 5, 2026. Historical comparator: S. C. Malan, The Book of Adam and Eve, Also Called The Conflict of Adam and Eve with Satan (London and Edinburgh: Williams and Norgate, 1882), Book II. Boundary and numbering comparator: Internet Sacred Text Archive transcription of Platt's The Forgotten Books of Eden. Territorial rights: publisher verification required before commercial release. Imprint and ISBN: to be assigned by publisher. Final printer proof: required after the printer supplies binding, paper, ink-density, and PDF/X specifications.