8 O Adam, he wished to take from you this earthly
garment of sheep-skins, and to destroy it, and not let you
be covered with it.
9 What, then, is his beauty that you should have
followed him? And what have you gained by obeying him?
See his evil works and then look at Me; at Me, your
Creator, and at the good deeds I do you.
10 See, I bound him until you came and saw him and
beheld his weakness, that no power is left with him."
11 And God released him from his bonds.
Chapter LII - Adam and Eve sew the first shirt.
1 After this Adam and Eve said no more, but cried
before God on account of their creation, and of their
bodies that required an earthly covering.
2 Then Adam said to Eve, "O Eve, this is the skin of
beasts with which we shall be covered, but when we put it
on, behold, we shall be wearing a token of death on our
bodies. Just as the owners of these skins have died and
have wasted away, so also shall we die and pass away."
3 Then Adam and Eve took the skins, and went back to
the Cave of Treasures; and when in it, they stood and
prayed as they were accustomed.
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