The Book of the Secrets of Enoch 31
["The heavens opened for Adam so he could watch angels sing the song of victory and behold the gloomless light.","The devil realized another world would be created because Adam was made lord on earth to rule and control it.","Satanail fled the heavens as a fugitive and became known as Sotona, differing from the angels yet keeping his understanding of righteousness and sin.","Though he entered paradise and seduced Eve, the devil never touched Adam himself.","Ignorance was cursed along with man\'s evil fruit and works, yet man, the earth, and other creatures remained uncursed."]
1dam has life on earth, and I created a garden in Eden in the east, that he should observe the testament and keep the command.
2 I made the heavens open to him, that he should see the angels singing the song of victory, and the gloomless light.
3 And he was continuously in paradise, and the devil understood that I wanted to create another world, because Adam was lord on earth, to rule and control it.
4 The devil is the evil spirit of the lower places, as a fugitive he made Sotona from the heavens as his name was Satanail (Satan), thus he became different from the angels, (but his nature) did not change (his) intelligence as far as (his) understanding of righteous and sinful (things).
5 And he understood his condemnation and the sin which he had sinned before, therefore he conceived thought against Adam, in such form he entered and seduced Eva (Eve), but did not touch Adam.
6 But I cursed ignorance, but what I had blessed previously, those I did not curse, I cursed not man, nor the earth, nor other creatures, but man's evil fruit, and his works.
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["The heavens opened for Adam so he could watch angels sing the song of victory and behold the gloomless light.","The devil realized another world would be created because Adam was made lord on earth to rule and control it.","Satanail fled the heavens as a fugitive and became known as Sotona, differing from the angels yet keeping his understanding of righteousness and sin.","Though he entered paradise and seduced Eve, the devil never touched Adam himself.","Ignorance was cursed along with man\'s evil fruit and works, yet man, the earth, and other creatures remained uncursed."]
The heavens opened so Adam could watch angels singing the song of victory in the gloomless light.
The devil, once called Satanail, became known as Sotona after fleeing the heavens as a fugitive.
The devil seduced Eve after plotting against Adam but never touched Adam himself.
Man, the earth, and other creatures escaped the curse, which fell instead on ignorance and man's evil fruit and works.
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In brief
God creates a garden in Eden for Adam, opening the heavens so he sees the angels' victory song and gloomless light. Knowing Adam rules the earth, the devil Satanail becomes Sotona, seduces Eve but not Adam, and God curses only man's evil fruit and works.