thereof, nor to taste of it, nor yet to sit under it, nor
to yield to it.

18 Had I not been and spoken to you, O Adam,
concerning the tree, and had I left you without a
commandment, and you had sinned -- it would have been an
offence on My part, for not having given you any order; you
would turn around and blame Me for it.

19 But I commanded you, and warned you, and you fell.
So that My creatures cannot blame Me; but the blame rests
on them alone.

20 And, O Adam, I have made the day so that you and
your descendants can work and toil in it. And I have made
the night for them to rest in it from their work; and for
the beasts of the field to go forth by night and look for
their food.

21 But little of darkness now remains, O Adam, and
daylight will soon appear."



Chapter XIV - The earliest prophesy of the coming of Christ.


1 Then Adam said to God: "O Lord, take You my soul,
and let me not see this gloom any more; or remove me to
some place where there is no darkness."