Chapter 3
1. Now the serpent was more subtle than any of the beasts of the earth which the Lord God made. And he said to the woman: Why hath God commanded you, that you should not eat of every tree of paradise?
2. And the woman answered him, saying: Of the fruit of the trees that are in paradise we do eat:
3. But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of paradise, God hath commanded us that we should not eat; and that we should not touch it, lest perhaps we die.
4. And the serpent said to the woman: No, you shall not die the death.
5. For God doth know that in what day soever you shall eat thereof, your eyes shall be opened: and you shall be as Gods, knowing good and evil.
6. And the woman saw that the tree was good to eat, and fair to the eyes, and delightful to behold: and she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave to her husband who did eat.
7. And the eyes of them both were opened: and when they perceived themselves to be naked, they sewed together fig leaves, and made themselves aprons.
8. And when they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in paradise at the afternoon air, Adam and his wife hid themselves from the face of the Lord God, amidst the trees of paradise.
9. And the Lord God called Adam, and said to him: Where art thou?
10. And he said: I heard thy voice in paradise; and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself.
11. And he said to him: And who hath told thee that thou wast naked, but that thou hast eaten of the tree whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldst not eat?
12. And Adam said: The woman, whom thou gavest me to be my companion, gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
13. And the Lord God said to the woman: Why hast thou done this? And she answered: The serpent deceived me, and I did eat.
14. And the Lord God said to the serpent: Because thou hast done this thing, thou art cursed among all cattle, and the beasts of the earth: upon thy breast shalt thou go, and earth shalt thou eat all the days of thy life.
15. I will put enmities between thee and the woman, and thy seed and her seed: she shall crush thy head, and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel.
16. To the woman also he said: I will multiply thy sorrows, and thy conceptions: in sorrow shalt thou bring forth children, and thou shalt be under thy husband's power, and he shall have dominion over thee.
17. And to Adam he said: Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldst not eat, cursed is the earth in thy work; with labour and toil shalt thou eat thereof all the days of thy life.
18. Thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou eat the herbs of the earth.
19. In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread till thou return to the earth, out of which thou wast taken: for dust thou art, and into dust thou shalt return.
20. And Adam called the name of his wife Eve: because she was the mother of all the living.
21. And the Lord God made for Adam and his wife, garments of skins, and clothed them.
22. And he said: Behold Adam is become as one of us, knowing good and evil: now, therefore, lest perhaps he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever.
23. And the Lord God sent him out of the paradise of pleasure, to till the earth from which he was taken.
24. And he cast out Adam; and placed before the paradise of pleasure Cherubims, and a flaming sword, turning every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
Chapter 4
1. And Adam knew Eve his wife: who conceived and brought forth Cain, saying: I have gotten a man through God.
2. And again she brought forth his brother Abel. And Abel was a shepherd, and Cain a husbandman.
3. And it came to pass after many days, that Cain offered, of the fruits of the earth, gifts to the Lord.
4. Abel also offered of the firstlings of his flock, and of their fat: and the Lord had respect to Abel, and to his offerings.
5. But to Cain and his offerings he had no respect: and Cain was exceedingly angry, and his countenance fell.
6. And the Lord said to him: Why art thou angry? and why is thy countenance fallen?
7. If thou do well, shalt thou not receive? but if ill, shall not sin forthwith be present at the door? but the lust thereof shall be under thee, and thou shalt have dominion over it.
8. And Cain said to Abel his brother: Let us go forth abroad. And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel, and slew him.
9. And the Lord said to Cain: Where is thy brother Abel? And he answered, I know not: am I my brother's keeper?
10. And he said to him: What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth to me from the earth.
11. Now, therefore, cursed shalt thou be upon the earth, which hath opened her mouth and received the blood of thy brother at thy hand,
12. When thou shalt till it, it shall not yield to thee its fruit: a fugitive and vagabond shalt thou be upon the earth.
13. And Cain said to the Lord: My iniquity is greater than that I may deserve pardon.
14. Behold thou dost cast me out this day from the face of the earth, and I shall be hidden from thy face, and I shall be a vagabond and a fugitive on the earth: everyone, therefore, that findeth me, shall kill me.
15. And the Lord said to him: No, it shall not be so: but whosoever shall kill Cain, shall be punished sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, that whosoever found him should not kill him.
16. And Cain went out from the face of the Lord, and dwelt as a fugitive on the earth, at the east side of Eden.
17. And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived, and brought forth Henoch: and he built a city, and called the name thereof by the name of his son Henoch.
18. And Henoch begot Irad, and Irad begot Maviael, and Maviael begot Mathusael, and Mathusael begot Lamech:
19. Who took two wives: the name of the one was Ada, and the name of the other was Sella.
20. And Ada brought forth Jabel: who was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of herdsmen.
21. And his brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of them that play upon the harp and the organs.
22. Sella also brought forth Tubalcain, who was a hammerer and artificer in every work of brass and iron. And the sister of Tubalcain was Noema.
23. And Lamech said to his wives Ada and Sell: Hear my voice, ye wives of Lamech, hearken to my speech: for I have slain a man to the wounding of myself, and a stripling to my own bruising.
24. Sevenfold vengeance shall be taken for Cain: but for Lamech seventy times sevenfold.
25. Adam also knew his wife again: and she brought forth a son, and called his name Seth, saying: God hath given me another seed, for Abel whom Cain slew.
26. But to Seth also was born a son, whom he called Enos; this man began to call upon the name of the Lord.
