8 Therefore he was afraid of the sun when flaming rays
of it reached him. He thought God meant to plague him
therewith all the days He had decreed for him.
9 For Adam also said in his thoughts, as God did not
plague us with darkness, behold, He has caused this sun to
rise and to plague us with burning heat.
10 But while he was thinking like this in his heart,
the Word of God came to him and said: --
11 "O Adam, get up on your feet. This sun is not God;
but it has been created to give light by day, of which I
spoke to you in the cave saying, 'that the dawn would come,
and there would be light by day.'
12 But I am God who comforted you in the night."
13 And God ceased to commune with Adam.
Chapter XVII - The Chapter of the Serpent.
1 The Adam and Eve came out at the mouth of the cave,
and went towards the garden.
2 But as they went near it, before the western gate,
from which Satan came when he deceived Adam and Eve, they
found the serpent that became Satan coming at the gate, and
sorrowfully licking the dust, and wiggling on its breast on
the ground, by reason of the curse that fell on it from God.
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