Adam quotes
The best-known lines of Adam from The Life of Adam and Eve, The Testament of Adam, The Apocalypse of Moses, each with the book and section it comes from, so you can read it in context.
- 1
“At the seventh hour, the earth fell into silence, and every creature upon it grew still, and the waters slept.”
- 2
“And besides this, God spoke to me, saying, ‘Do not grieve, O Adam, because you wished to become a god and transgressed my command. I will restore you — not now, but after a few days.’”
- 3
“And God was angry with us, and the Lord came into paradise and called to me in a terrible voice and said: 'Adam, where are you? Why do you hide yourself from my face? Can a house conceal itself from its builder?'”
- 4
“And God called to Adam, saying, ‘Adam, where are you? Can a house be hidden from the presence of its builder?’”
- 5
“For God will not forget me, but will seek out his own creature.”
- 6
“Do not leave me alone in this dungeon, for I cannot endure this world by myself — only with him beside me.”
- 7
“Thus, O Adam, has this night deceived you. It is not to last forever, but is only twelve hours long; when it is over, daylight will return.”
- 8
“Strengthen your heart and do not be afraid. This darkness is not a punishment.”
- 9
“Then Adam and Eve rose to their feet, and Adam said to Eve, ‘Take courage, and I will take courage as well.’”
- 10
“And God said again to Adam, ‘Be patient, and go into the cave. The darkness you fear will last only twelve hours, and when it is ended, light will come again.’”
- 11
“Then You drew a rib from my side and formed it into one like me, after my own likeness and image. When I awoke and saw her and understood who she was, I said, 'This is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; from this day she shall be called woman.'”
- 12
“And the blood of Abel cried out silently to God, calling for justice against his murderer.”
- 13
“Cain answered with a proud heart and a surly voice, ‘How should I know, O God? Am I my brother's keeper?’”
- 14
“Adam answered: ‘Stop, Eve, say no more such words, lest God bring some other curse upon us. How could I possibly raise my hand against my own flesh? No — let us get up and look for something to live on, so that we do not perish.’”
- 15
“When God had formed me out of the soil, together with Eve your mother, I walked beside her in a splendor she had once beheld in the undying realm from which we descended. She taught me the knowledge of the eternal God.”
- 16
“And Adam said to Eve: You cannot do as much as I, so do only as much as you have strength for.”
- 17
“We became two separate beings, and the splendor that had lived in our hearts left Eve your mother and me, along with the primal knowledge that had once breathed within us.”
- 18
“When those days had passed, the eternal knowledge of the God of truth withdrew from Eve your mother and me, and from that time on we have known only mortal things, the way all mortals do.”
- 19
“Gather to me all the swimming creatures that are in you, and let them surround me and mourn together with me. Let them not lament for themselves, but for me — for it is not they who have sinned, but I.”
- 20
“And Eve wept and said: ‘My lord Adam, rise up and give me half of your trouble and I will bear it, for it is on my account that this has happened to you — on my account you are beset with toils and troubles.’”
- 21
“But when our father Adam and Eve went out of the garden, they walked along the ground on their feet, not knowing where they were walking.”
- 22
“The devil replied, Adam, what are you telling me? It is for your sake that I was hurled from that place. When you were formed, I was cast out from the presence of God and banished from the company of the angels.”
- 23
“And they shall no longer sin before his face, for the evil heart shall be taken from them and there shall be given to them a heart that understands the good and serves God only.”
- 24
“And Adam said to Eve: ‘Eve, what have you done to us? You have brought upon us great wrath, which is death.’”
- 25
“And again, when Adam stood at the gate of the garden and saw the cherub with a sword of flashing fire in his hand, and the cherub grew angry and frowned at him, both Adam and Eve were terrified and believed he meant to put them to death.”
- 26
“I saw a chariot like the wind, its wheels made of fire, and I was caught up into the Paradise of righteousness. I saw the Lord seated there, and his face was a flaming fire that no one could endure.”
- 27
“Our eyes have become eyes of flesh, and they cannot see as they once could.”
- 28
“You do not think the way those you wounded think. What they bear as fruit never withers. Rather, they will be recognized all the way to the great unending realms.”
- 29
“When five thousand five hundred years have been fulfilled, then the most beloved king Christ, the Son of God, will come upon earth to revive the body of Adam and with him to revive the bodies of all the dead.”
- 30
“Then the angel Michael appeared and stood at the head of Adam and said to Seth: ‘Rise up from the body of your father and come to me, and see what the Lord God has decreed concerning him. He is God's own creature, and God has had pity on him.’”
- 31
“All the heavenly powers marched before Adam, and the sleep of the dead was made holy.”
- 32
“And Adam said to God, ‘While I was in the garden I knew neither heat nor weariness, neither restless wandering nor trembling nor fear. But now, since I came to this land, all these afflictions have fallen upon me.’”
- 33
“Yet of Your goodness, O God, do not abandon me altogether, but be favorable to me every time I die, and bring me back to life.”
- 34
“Rather, be patient and calm your soul through the days and nights, until the appointed time is complete and the day of my covenant arrives.”
- 35
“But God said to Cain, ‘Why do you look downcast? Be righteous, and I will accept your offering. It is not against Me that you have murmured, but against yourself.’”
- 36
“Then God said to Cain, ‘Whoever finds you will not kill you.’ For God had already declared that he would lay seven punishments on anyone who killed Cain. When God had asked Cain, ‘Where is your brother?’ he had asked it in mercy, hoping to move Cain to repentance.”
- 37
“And after the Flood, and after many ages, the last days shall come, and all things shall be brought to completion, and the appointed time shall arrive, and fire shall consume everything that stands before God, and the earth shall be sanctified, and the Lord of Lords shall walk upon it.”
- 38
“What you do stands far from the truth, and still your paths overflow with merriment and laughing.”
- 39
“O God, I beg You — if You know that these trees carry death or any other evil, as the fruit did before, then uproot them from beside our cave.”
- 40
“He commanded him to lead his people in righteousness, in justice, and in purity all the days of his life.”
- 41
“The fifth order is that of the powers, who restrain the demons, lest in their fury they destroy the creation of God; for if the powers gave them leave, no flesh would remain alive.”
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