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3 And God withdrew His Word for Adam.
Chapter XLI - The first Human thirst.
1 Then Adam took the fig, and laid it on the golden
rods. Eve also took her fig, and put it on the incense.
2 And the weight of each fig was that of a water-melon;
for the fruit of the garden was much larger than the
fruit of this land*.
3 But Adam and Eve remained standing and fasting the
whole of that night, until the morning dawned.
4 When the sun rose they were still praying, but after
they had finished praying, Adam said to Eve: --
5 "O Eve, come, let us go to the border of the garden
looking south; to the place from where the river flows, and
is parted into four heads. There we will pray to God, and
ask Him to give us some of the Water of Life to drink .
6 For God has not fed us with the Tree of Life, in
order that we may not live. Therefore, we will ask him to
give us some of the Water of Life, and to quench our thirst
with it, rather than with a drink of water of this land."
7 When Eve heard these words from Adam, she agreed;
and they both got up and came to the southern border of the
garden, at the edge of the river of water a short distance
from the garden.
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