For fear that it might find
Your handmaid Eve alone and kill her; for its eyes are
hideous and evil."
2 But God said to Adam and Eve, "From now on, don't be
afraid, I will not let it come near you; I have driven it
away from you, from this mountain; neither will I leave in
it the ability to hurt you."
3 Then Adam and Eve worshipped before God and gave Him
thanks, and praised Him for having delivered them from death.
Chapter XXI - Adam and Eve attempt suicide.
1 Then Adam and Eve went in search of the garden.
2 And the heat beat like a flame on their faces; and
they sweated from the heat, and cried before the Lord.
3 But the place where they cried was close to a high mountain,
facing the western gate of the garden.
4 Then Adam threw himself down from the top of that
mountain; his face was torn and his flesh was ripped; he
lost a lot of blood and was close to death.
5 Meanwhile Eve remained standing on the mountain
crying over him, thus lying.
6 And she said, "I don't wish to live after him; for
all that he did to himself was through me.
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