The Life of Adam and Eve 8
The Sentence and the Promise
Eve is told she must confess, forsake the sin of the flesh, and turn again to her husband as her lord. Themes: Divine Judgment and the Flood
1nd thou shalt confess, and say, Lord, Lord, save me; and I shall not return to the sin of the flesh. And on this account in thine own words I shall judge thee, on account of the enmity which the enemy hath put in thee; and thou shalt turn again to thy husband, and he shall be thy lord.
2 And after speaking thus to me, He spoke to the serpent in great wrath, saying to him, Since thou hast done this, and hast become an ungracious instrument until thou shouldst deceive those that were remiss in heart, cursed art thou of all the beasts.
3 Thou shalt be deprived of the food which thou eatest; and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life; upon thy breast and belly shalt thou go, and thou shalt be deprived both of thy hands and feet; there shall not be granted thee ear, nor wing, nor one limb of all which those have whom thou hast enticed by thy wickedness, and hast caused them to be cast out of paradise.
4 And I shall put enmity between thee and between his seed. He shall lie in wait for thy head, and thou for his heel, until the day of judgment. And having thus said, He commands His angels that we be cast out of paradise.
5 And as we were being driven along, and were lamenting, your father Adam entreated the angels, saying, Allow me a little, that I may entreat God, and that He may have compassion upon me, and pity me, for I only have sinned.
6 And they stopped driving him. And Adam cried out with weeping, saying, Pardon me, Lord, what I have done. Then says the Lord to His angels, Why have you stopped driving Adam out of paradise? It is not that the sin is mine, or that I have judged ill?
7 Then the angels, falling to the ground, worshipped the Lord, saying, Just art Thou, Lord, and judgest what is right. And turning to Adam, the Lord said, I will not permit thee henceforth to be in paradise. And Adam answered and said, Lord, give me of the tree of life, that I may eat before I am cast out.
Did You Know?
Eve is told she must confess, forsake the sin of the flesh, and turn again to her husband as her lord.
Cursed of all beasts, the serpent must eat dust, crawl on breast and belly, and lose hands, feet, ear, and wing.
Enmity is placed between the serpent and the seed until judgment, one lying in wait for the head, the other the heel.
Adam begged the angels driving him from paradise to pause, claiming he alone had sinned and seeking compassion.
Before final expulsion, Adam asked to receive fruit from the tree of life so he might eat of it.
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