Chapter
1 Adam and Eve 52

Book of 1 Adam and Eve - Chapter 52

1 Adam and Eve 52:1

After this Adam and Eve said no more, but cried before God on account of their creation, and of their bodies that required an earthly covering.

1 Adam and Eve 52:2

Then Adam said to Eve, "O Eve, this is the skin of beasts with which we shall be covered, but when we put it on, behold, we shall be wearing a token of death on our bodies. Just as the owners of these skins have died and have wasted away, so also shall we die and pass away."

1 Adam and Eve 52:3

Then Adam and Eve took the skins, and went back to the Cave of Treasures; and when in it, they stood and prayed as they were accustomed.

1 Adam and Eve 52:4

And they thought how they could make garments of those skins; for they had no skill for it.

1 Adam and Eve 52:5

Then God sent to them His angel to show them how to work it out. And the angel said to Adam, "Go forth, and bring some palm-thorns." Then Adam went out, and brought some, as the angel had commanded him.

1 Adam and Eve 52:6

Then the angel began before them to work out the skins, after the manner of one who prepares a shirt. And he took the thorns and stuck them into the skins, before their eyes.

1 Adam and Eve 52:7

Then the angel again stood up and prayed God that the thorns in those skins should be hidden, so as to be, as it were, sewn with one thread.

1 Adam and Eve 52:8

And so it was, by God's order; they became garments for Adam and Eve, and He clothed them therewith.

1 Adam and Eve 52:9

From that time the nakedness of their bodies was covered from the sight of each other's eyes.

1 Adam and Eve 52:10

And this happened at the end of the fifty-first day.

1 Adam and Eve 52:11

Then when Adam's and Eve's bodies were covered, they stood and prayed, and sought mercy of the Lord, and forgiveness, and gave Him thanks for that He had had mercy on them, and had covered their nakedness. And they ceased not from prayer the whole of that night.

1 Adam and Eve 52:12

Then when the morning dawned at the rising of the sun, they said their prayers after their custom; and then went out of the cave.

1 Adam and Eve 52:13

And Adam said to Eve, "Since we don't know what there is to the west of this cave, let us go out and see it today." Then they came forth and went toward the western border.

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