The First Book of Adam and Eve Prologue The First Book of Adam and Eve details
the life and times of Adam and Eve after they were expelled from the garden to
the time that Cain kills his brother Abel. It tells of Adam and Eve's first
dwelling - the Cave of Treasures; their trials and temptations; Satan's many
apparitions to them; the birth of Cain, Abel, and their twin sisters; and Cain's
love for his beautiful twin sister, Luluwa, whom Adam and Eve wished to join to
Abel. This book is considered by many scholars to be part of the
"Pseudepigrapha" (soo-duh-pig-ruh-fuh). The "Pseudepigrapha" is a collection of
historical biblical works that are considered to be fiction. Because of that
stigma, this book was not included in the compilation of the Holy Bible. This
book is a written history of what happened in the days of Adam and Eve after
they were cast out of the garden. Although considered to be pseudepigraphic by
some, it carries significant meaning and insight into events of that time. It is
doubtful that these writings could have survived all the many centuries if there
were no substance to them. This book is simply a version of an account handed
down by word of mouth, from generation to generation, linking the time that the
first human life was created to the time when somebody finally decided to write
it down. This particular version is the work of unknown Egyptians. The lack of
historical allusion makes it difficult to precisely date the writing, however,
using other pseudepigraphical works as a reference, it was probably written a
few hundred years before the birth of Christ. Parts of this version are found in
the Jewish Talmud, and the Islamic Koran, showing what a vital role it played in
the original literature of human wisdom. The Egyptian author wrote in Arabic,
but later translations were found written in Ethiopic. The present English
translation was translated in the late 1800's by Dr. S. C. Malan and Dr. E.
Trumpp. They translated into King James English from both the Arabic version and
the Ethiopic version which was then published in The Forgotten Books of Eden in
1927 by The World Publishing Company. In 1995, the text was extracted from a
copy of The Forgotten Books of Eden and converted to electronic form by Dennis
Hawkins. It was then translated into more modern English by simply exchanging
'Thou' s for 'You's, 'Art's for 'Are's, and so forth. The text was then
carefully re-read to ensure its integrity.
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.
3 And whereas before the serpent was the most exalted of all
beasts, now it was changed and become slippery, and the meanest of them all, and
it crept on its breast and went on its belly.
4 And whereas it was the fairest
of all beasts, it had been changed, and was become the ugliest of them all.
Instead of feeding on the best food, now it turned to eat the dust. Instead of
living, as before, in the best places, now it lived in the dust.
5 And, whereas
it had been the most beautiful of all beasts, all of which stood dumb at its
beauty, it was now abhorred of them.
6 And, again, whereas it lived in one
beautiful home, to which all other animals came from elsewhere; and where it
drank, they drank also of the same; now, after it had become venomous, by reason
of God's curse, all beasts fled from its home, and would not drink of the water
it drank; but fled from it.
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