The Devil pretends to lead Adam
and Eve to the water to bathe.
Book I. Chapter XXVIII.
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But when the wily Satan saw
them, that they were going to the garden, he gathered together his
host, and came in appearance upon a cloud, intent on deceiving them.
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But when Adam and Eve saw him
thus in a vision, they thought they were angels of God come to comfort
them about their having left the garden, or to bring them back again
into it.
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And Adam spread his hands
unto God, beseeching Him, to make him understand what they were.
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Then Satan, the hater of all
good, said unto Adam, "O Adam, I am an angel of the great God;
and, behold the hosts that surround me.
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"God has sent me and
them to take thee and bring thee to the border of the garden
northwards; to the shore of the clear sea, and bathe thee and Eve in
it, and raise you to your former gladness, that ye return again to the
garden."
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These words sank into the
heart of Adam and Eve.
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Yet God withheld His Word
from Adam, and did not make him understand at once, but waited to see
his strength; whether he would be overcome as Eve was when in the
garden, or whether he would prevail.
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Then Satan called to Adam and
Eve, and said, "Behold, we go to the sea of water," and they
began to go.
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And Adam and Eve followed
them at some little distance.
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But when they came tot he
mountain to the north of the garden, a very high mountain, without any
steps to the top of it, the Devil drew near to Adam and Eve, and made
them go up to the top in reality, and not in a vision; wishing, as he
did, to throw them down and kill them, and to wipe off their name from
the earth; so that this earth should remain to him and his hosts
alone.
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