10 But now, O Lord, behold, we have endured all these
days, and have borne sufferings. Make these forty-three
days an equivalent for the one hour in which we transgressed."
Chapter XXXVIII - "When 5500 years are fulfilled. . . ."
1 After these things the Word of God came to Adam, and said to him: --
2 "O Adam, as to the fruit on the Tree of Life that
you have asked for, I will not give it to you now, but only
when the 5500 years are fulfilled. At that time I will
give you fruit from the Tree of Life, and you will eat, and
live forever, you, and Eve, and your righteous descendants.
3 But these forty-three days cannot make amends for
the hour in which you transgressed My commandment.
4 O Adam, I gave you the fruit of the fig-tree to eat
in which you hid yourself. Go and eat of it, you and Eve.
5 I will not deny your request, neither will I
disappoint your hope; therefore, endure until the
fulfillment of the covenant I made with you."
6 And God withdrew His Word from Adam.
Chapter XXXIX - Adam is cautious -- but too late.
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