Adam and Eve attempt suicide.
Book I. Chapter XXI.
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Then Adam and Eve went in
search of the garden.
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And the heat beat like a
flame on their faces; and they sweated from the heat, and wept before
the Lord.
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But the place where they wept
was night unto a high mountain, facing the western gate of the garden.
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Then Adam threw himself down
from the top of that mountain; his face was torn and his flesh and
flayed; much blood flowed from him, and he was nigh unto death.
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Meanwhile Eve remained
standing on the mountain weeping over him, thus lying.
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And she said, "I wish
not to live after him; for all that he did to himself was through
me."
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Then she threw herself after
him; and was torn and scotched by stones; and remained lying as dead.
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But the merciful God, who
looks upon His creatures, looked upon Adam and Eve as they lay dead,
and He sent His Word unto them, and raised them.
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And said to Adam, "O
Adam, all this misery which thou hast wrought upon thyself, will not
avail against My rule, neither will it alter the covenant of the 5500
years."
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