Chapter
1 Adam and Eve 62

Book of 1 Adam and Eve - Chapter 62

1 Adam and Eve 62:1

But Satan the wicked was envious, because of the consolation God had given them.

1 Adam and Eve 62:2

So he prevented them, and went into the cave and took the two figs, and buried them outside the cave, so that Adam and Eve should not find them. He also had in his thoughts to destroy them.

1 Adam and Eve 62:3

But by God's mercy, as soon as those two figs were in the ground, God defeated Satan's counsel regarding them; and made them into two fruit trees, that overshadowed the cave. For Satan had buried them on the eastern side of it.

1 Adam and Eve 62:4

Then when the two trees were grown, and were covered with fruit, Satan grieved and mourned, and said, "It would have been better to have left those figs where they were; for now, behold, they have become two fruit trees, whereof Adam will eat all the days of his life. Whereas I had in mind, when I buried them, to destroy them entirely, and to hide them forever.

1 Adam and Eve 62:5

But God has overturned my counsel; and would not that this sacred fruit should perish; and He has made plain my intention, and has defeated the counsel I had formed against His servants."

1 Adam and Eve 62:6

Then Satan went away ashamed because he hadn't thought his plans all the way through.

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