Adam and Eve go into the water to pray.
Book I. Chapter XXXII.
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And Adam and Eve remained in
the Cave of Treasures until the seventh day; they neither ate of the
fruit of the earth, nor drank water.
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And when it dawned on the
eighth day, Adam said to Eve, "O Eve, we prayed God to give us
somewhat from the garden, and He sent His angels who brought us what
we had desired.
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"But now, arise, let us
go to the sea of water we saw at first, and let us stand in it,
praying that God will again be favorable to us and take us back to the
garden; or give us something; or that He will give us comfort in some
other land than this in which we are."
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Then Adam and Eve came out of
the cave, went and stood on the border of the sea in which they had
before thrown themselves, and Adam said to Eve:—
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"Come, go down into this
place, and come not out of it until the end of thirty days, when I
shall come to thee. And pray to God with fervent heart and a
sweet voice, to forgive us.
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"And I will go to
another place, and go down into it, and do like thee."
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Then Eve went down into the
water, as Adam had commanded her. Adam also went down into the
water; and they stood praying; and besought the Lord to forgive them
their offence, and to restore them to their former state.
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And they stood thus praying,
unto the end of the five-and-thirty days.
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