The insights of these book syncs well with Genesis


The First Book of Adam and Eve
The Second Book of Adam and Eve
The Book of the Secrets of Enoch
The Psalms of Solomon
The Odes of Solomon
The Letter of Aristeas
Fourth Book of Maccabees
The Story of Ahikar
The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs
Testament of Reuben
Testament of Simeon
Testament of Levi
The Testament of Judah
The Testament of Issachar
The Testament of Zebulun
The Testament of Dan
The Testament of Naphtali
The Testament Of Gad
The Testament of Asher
The Testament of Joseph
The Testament of Benjamin



The First Book of Adam and Eve

Chapter I

The crystal sea. God commands Adam,
expelled from Eden, to dwell in the Cave of
Treasures .
ON the third day, God planted the garden
in the east of the earth, on the border of
the world eastward, beyond which, towards
the sun-rising, one finds nothing but
water, that encompasses the whole world,
and reaches unto the borders of heaven.
2 And to the north of the garden there is a
sea of wafer, clear and pure to the taste,
like unto nothing else; so that, through the
clearness thereof, one may
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look into the depths of the earth.
3 And when a man washes himself in it,
becomes clean of the cleanness thereof,
and white of its whiteness--even if he
were dark.
4 And God created that sea of His own
good pleasure, for He knew what would
come of the man He should make; so that
after he had left the garden, on account of
his transgression, men should be born in
the earth, from among whom righteous
ones should die, whose souls God would
raise at the last day; when they should
return to their flesh; should bathe in the
water of that sea, and all of them repent of
their sins.
5 But when God made Adam go out of the
garden, He did not place him on the border
of it northward, lest he should draw near to
the sea of water, and he and Eve wash
themselves in it, be cleansed from their
sins, forget the transgression they had
committed, and he no longer reminded of
it in the thought of their punishment.
6 Then, again, as to the southern side of
the garden, God was not pleased to let
Adam dwell there; because, when the wind
blew from the north, it would bring him, on
that southern side, the delicious smell of
the trees of the garden.
7 Wherefore God did not put Adam there,
lest he should smell the sweet smell of
those trees forget his transgression, and
find consolation for what he had done, take
delight in the smell of the trees, and not be
cleansed from his transgression.
8 Again, also, because God is merciful and
of great pity, and governs all things in a
way He alone knows--He made our father
Adam dwell in the western border of the
garden, because on that side the earth is
very broad.
9 And God commanded him to dwell there
in a cave in a rock--the Cave of Treasures
below the garden.


To be continued
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