FIRST BOOK OF AḎAM AND ḤAWWAH 49

1 Then the Word of Elohim came and said:

2 “O Aḏam, who counseled you when you came out of the cave to come to this place?”

3 And Aḏam said to Elohim, “𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, we came to this place because of the heat of the fire that came over us inside the cave.”

4 Then 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 Elohim said to Aḏam, “Aḏam, you dread the heat of fire for one night, but how will it be when you live in Gĕy-Hinnom?

5 But Aḏam, do not be afraid and do not believe that I have placed this covering of rock over you to plague you.

6 It came from Satan, who had promised you the Almighty and majesty. It is he who threw down this rock to kill you under it, and Ḥawwah with you, and in this way to prevent you from living on the earth.

7 But, as that rock was falling down on you I was merciful. I Commanded it to form a tent over you, and the rock under you to lower itself.

8 And this sign, O Aḏam, will happen to My Bĕn at His coming on earth: Satan will raise the people of the Yahuḏim to put My Bĕn to death and they will lay Him in a rock, and seal a large stone over Him, and He shall remain within that rock three days and three nights.

9 But on the third day He shall rise again, and it shall be deliverance to you, O Aḏam, and to your descendants, so that you will believe in Me. But, Aḏam, I will not bring you from under this rock until three days and three nights have passed.”

10 And Elohim withdrew His Word from Aḏam.

11 But Aḏam and Ḥawwah lived under the rock three days and three nights, as Elohim had told them.

12 And Elohim did so to them because they had left their cave and had come to this same place without Elohim’s permission.

13 But, after three days and three nights, Elohim created an opening in the covering of rock and allowed them to get out from under it. Their flesh was dried up, and their eyes and hearts were troubled from crying and sorrow.