Revelation by God to His servant Moses...
when he received from the hand of the Lord the Tables of the Law of the Covenant...
instructed by the archangel Michael.
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This is the account of Adam and Eve.
After they went forth out of paradise...
Adam took Eve his wife, and went up into the east.
And he remained there eighteen years and two months.
And Eve conceived and brought forth two sons, Diaphotus/Cain, and Amilabes/Abel.
And when they were grown, they were sent to tend the flocks at a place called Cyrene [in Libya].
And when fourteen years had passed...
...Adam and Eve were with one another.
And when they lay down, Eve said to Adam her lord:
´My lord, I have seen in a dream this night the blood of my son Amilabes, who is called Abel...
thrown into the mouth of Cain his brother, and he drank it without pity.
And he entreated [smeekte] him to grant him a little of it, but he did not listen to him, but drank it all up.
And it did not remain in his belly, but came forth out of his mouth.´
And Adam said to Eve:
´Let us arise, and go and see what has happened to them...
lest perchance the enemy should be in any way warring against them.´
And having both gone, they found Abel killed by the hand of Cain his brother.
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And God says to the archangel Michael:
´Say to Adam:
Do not relate the mystery which you know to your son Cain.
For he is a son of wrath [toorn].
But grieve yourself not.
For I will give you instead of him another son.
Who shall show you all things, as many as you shall do to him.
But tell him nothing.´
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This God said to His angel.
And Adam kept the word in his heart, and with him Eve also, having grief about Abel their son.
And after this, Adam knew his wife Eve, and she conceived and brought forth Seth.
And Adam says to Eve:
´Behold, we have brought forth a son instead of Abel whom Cain slew.
Let us give glory and sacrifice to God.´
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