Chapter
1 Adam and Eve 28

Book of 1 Adam and Eve - Chapter 28

1 Adam and Eve 28:1

But when the crafty Satan saw them, that they were going to the garden, he gathered together his host, and came in appearance on a cloud, intent on deceiving them.

1 Adam and Eve 28:2

But when Adam and Eve saw him thus in a vision, they thought they were angels of God come to comfort them about having left the garden, or to bring them back again into it.

1 Adam and Eve 28:3

And Adam spread his hands before God, beseeching Him to make him understand what they were.

1 Adam and Eve 28:4

Then Satan, the hater of all good, said to Adam, "O Adam, I am an angel of the great God; and, behold the hosts that surround me.

1 Adam and Eve 28:5

God has sent us to take you and bring you to the border of the garden northwards; to the shore of the clear sea, and bathe you and Eve in it, and raise you to your former gladness, that you return again to the garden."

1 Adam and Eve 28:6

These words sank into the heart of Adam and Eve.

1 Adam and Eve 28:7

Yet God withheld His Word from Adam, and did not make him understand at once, but waited to see his strength; whether he would be overcome as Eve was when in the garden, or whether he would prevail.

1 Adam and Eve 28:8

Then Satan called to Adam and Eve, and said, "Behold, we go to the sea of water," and they began to go.

1 Adam and Eve 28:9

And Adam and Eve followed them at some little distance.

1 Adam and Eve 28:10

But when they came to the mountain to the north of the garden, a very high mountain, without any steps to the top of it, the Devil drew near to Adam and Eve, and made them go up to the top in reality, and not in a vision; wishing, as he did, to throw them down and kill them, and to wipe off their name from the earth; so that this earth should remain to him and his hosts alone.

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