The First Book of Adam and Eve

for having come out of th

, he cried bitterly, he and Eve, over what they had done. And

and said to Eve, "Look at this cave that is to be

rden? What is its narrowness comp

e groves? What is the gloom of this cave

ock to shelter us, compared with the

he garden land? This earth, strewed with stones

and at mine, which before beheld angels prai

r eyes have become of flesh; they can

body today, compared to what it was in f

ter the cave, under the overhanging ro

said to himself, "Unless I enter the