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The Life of Adam and Eve 6

3 min 6 verses The Greek Apocalypse of Moses, as the "Revelation of Moses" in Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. VIII (translated by Alexander Walker), public domain. Chapters and verses are this archive's own divisions.

The Eyes Are Opened

When Eve ate the fruit, leaves fell from every plant in her portion of paradise except the fig alone. Themes: Obedience and Testing

A1🔗nd in that very hour mine eyes were opened. and I knew that I was stripped of the righteousness with which I had been clothed; and I wept, saying, What is this thou hast done to me, because I have been deprived of the glory with which I was clothed?

2🔗 And I wept too about the oath. And he came down out of the tree, and went out of sight. And I sought leaves in my portion, that I might cover my shame; and I did not find them from the plants of paradise, since, at the time that I ate, the leaves of all the plants in my portion fell, except of the fig alone.

3🔗 And having taken leaves off it, I made myself a girdle, and it is from those plants of which I ate. And I cried out with a loud voice, saying, Adam, Adam, where art thou? Arise, come to me, and I shall show thee a great mystery.

4🔗 And when your father came, I said to him words of wickedness, which brought us down from great glory. For as soon as he came I opened my mouth, and the devil spoke; and I began to advise him, saying, Come hither, my lord Adam, listen to me, and eat of the fruit of the tree of which God said to us not to eat of it, and thou shalt be as God.

5🔗 And your father answered and said, I am afraid lest God be angry with me. And I said to him, Be not afraid, for as soon as thou shalt eat thou shalt know good and evil. And then I quickly persuaded him, and he ate; and his eyes were opened, and he was aware, he also, of his nakedness.

6🔗 And he says to me, O wicked woman, why hast thou wrought mischief in us? Thou hast alienated me from the glory of God. And that same hour we heard the archangel Michael sounding his trumpet, calling the angels, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Come with me to paradise, and hear the word in which I judge Adam. And when we heard the archangel sounding, we said, Behold, God is coming into paradise to judge us.

Did You Know?

1

When Eve ate the fruit, leaves fell from every plant in her portion of paradise except the fig alone.

2

Eve made herself a girdle from fig leaves after finding none elsewhere to cover her shame.

3

When Adam arrived, Eve opened her mouth and the devil spoke, urging him to eat and become as God.

4

Adam feared God would be angry if he ate, yet Eve quickly persuaded him and his eyes were opened.

5

That same hour they heard archangel Michael sounding his trumpet, summoning angels to hear Adam judged in paradise.

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