Eve quotes
The best-known lines of Eve from The Life of Adam and Eve, The Apocalypse of Moses, The Conflict of Adam and Eve with Satan, each with the book and section it comes from, so you can read it in context.
- 1
“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.’”
- 2
“Do not leave me alone in this dungeon, for I cannot endure this world by myself — only with him beside me.”
- 3
“Just as in our transgression we were led astray together and broke your commandment, yet were not separated from each other — so now, Lord, do not separate us.”
- 4
“Strengthen your heart and do not be afraid. This darkness is not a punishment.”
- 5
“And the blood of Abel cried out silently to God, calling for justice against his murderer.”
- 6
“Cain answered with a proud heart and a surly voice, ‘How should I know, O God? Am I my brother's keeper?’”
- 7
“And Eve said to Adam: ‘Will you kill me? Let me die, and perhaps God the Lord will bring you back into paradise, for it is on my account that you were driven out.’”
- 8
“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.’”
- 9
“Let us not lay too great a burden on ourselves, one we cannot endure, so that the Lord will not listen to our prayers and will turn his face away from us because we have not fulfilled what we promised.”
- 10
“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.”
- 11
“In his wrath, God, the ruler of the realms and the powers, divided us. 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.”
- 12
“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.”
- 13
“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?'”
- 14
“When Adam saw her, and saw the devil with her, he wept and cried out and said: ‘O Eve, Eve, where is the labor of your penitence? How have you been ensnared again by our adversary, through whom we were driven from our home in paradise and from all its spiritual joy?’”
- 15
“Then the beast cried out and said: It is not our concern, Eve, your greed and your wailing — it is your own concern. For it is from you that the rule of the beasts has arisen. How was your mouth opened to eat of the tree concerning which God commanded you not to eat?”
- 16
“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.”
- 17
“But I have erred and been led astray, because I did not keep the commandment of God. Now send me away from the light of your life, and I will go toward the west and remain there until I die.”
- 18
“Eve said to Adam: ‘My lord, while I slept I saw a vision — it seemed as though the blood of our son Abel was in the hand of Cain, who was gulping it down into his mouth. Because of this I am filled with dread.’”
- 19
“For when he came, I opened my mouth, and the devil was speaking through me, and I began to urge him and said, ‘Come here, my lord Adam, listen to me and eat of the fruit of the tree of which God told us not to eat, and you shall be as a god.’”
- 20
“Adam and Eve wept as they left the garden, their first home.”
- 21
“Therefore the Lord will repel the wicked from himself, and the just will shine like the sun in the sight of God.”
- 22
“For it was I alone who caused your servant to fall from the garden into this cursed land, from light into this darkness, and from the house of joy into this prison.”
- 23
“You took me, that bone, and made me a woman, radiant as he was, with a heart, a mind, and a voice, with flesh like his own flesh, formed in the likeness of his image by your mercy and your power.”
- 24
“Of your own free will you transgressed, driven by your desire for divinity, greatness, and an exalted state such as mine. Because of this I stripped away the radiant nature in which you then existed, and I sent you out of the garden into this land, harsh and full of hardship.”
- 25
“And Seth in his grief lay over the body of his father, and Eve looked down at the ground with her hands folded over her head, and all her children wept most bitterly.”
- 26
“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.’”
- 27
“Then Adam and Eve rose to their feet, and Adam said to Eve, ‘Take courage, and I will take courage as well.’ And she strengthened herself, as Adam urged her.”
- 28
“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.”
- 29
“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.’”
- 30
“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.'”
- 31
“Satan then departed, but the devil stayed behind in Cain's heart, and from that time on Cain harbored a growing desire to kill his brother.”
- 32
“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.’”
- 33
“When God had asked Cain, ‘Where is your brother?’ he had asked it in mercy, hoping to move Cain to repentance.”
- 34
“Michael stood on her right side, and he stroked her face down to her breast and said to her: ‘Blessed are you, Eve, for Adam's sake. Because his prayers and intercessions are great, I have been sent so that you may receive our help. Rise now and make yourself ready to give birth.’”
- 35
“What you do stands far from the truth, and still your paths overflow with merriment and laughing.”
- 36
“I am accursed, for I have not kept the commandment of God.”
- 37
“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 from their work, and for the beasts of the field to go forth by night and seek their food.”
- 38
“But now, O God, because we transgressed Your commandment and broke Your law, You have brought us out into a strange land and caused suffering and faintness, hunger and thirst to come upon us.”
- 39
“And yet, O God, we dare not gather any fruit from the trees without Your leave. For when we first transgressed, You spared us and did not put us to death.”
- 40
“When Adam and Eve looked up and saw his aged beard and heard his gentle words, their hearts softened toward him. They believed he was telling the truth, and so they obeyed him.”
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