Adam does his first day's work.
Book I. Chapter LXVI.
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When it was morning, the day
after they had eaten food, Adam and Eve prayed in the cave, and Adam
said unto Eve, "Lo, we asked for food of God, and He gave
it. But now let us also ask Him to give us a drink of
water."
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Then they arose, and went, to
the bank of the stream of water, that was on the south border of the
garden, in which they had before thrown themselves. And they
stood on the bank, and prayed to God that He would command them to
drink of the water.
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Then the Word of God came to
Adam, and said unto him, "O Adam, thy body is become brutish, and
requires water to drink. Take ye, and drink, thou and Eve; give
thanks and praise."
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Adam and Eve, then drew near,
and drank of it, until their bodies felt refreshed. After having
drunk, they praised God, and then returned to their cave, after their
former custom. This happened at the end of eighty-three days.
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Then on the eighty-fourth
day, they took two figs and hung them in the cave, together with the
leaves thereof, to be to them a sign and a blessing from God.
And they placed them there until there should arise a posterity to
them, who should see the wonderful things God had done to them.
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Then Adam and Eve again stood
outside the cave, and besought God to show them some food wherewith to
nourish their bodies.
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Then the Word of God came and
said unto them, "O Adam, go down to the westward of the cave, as
far as a land of dark soil, and there thou shalt find food."
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And Adam hearkened unto the
Word of God, took Eve, and went down to a land of dark soil, and found
there wheat growing, in the ear and ripe, and figs to eat; and Adam
rejoiced over it.
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Then the Word of God came
again to Adam, and said unto him, "Take of this wheat and make
thee bread of it, to nourish thy body withal." And God gave
Adam's heart wisdom, to work out the corn until it became bread.
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Adam accomplished all that,
until he grew very faint and weary. He then returned to the
cave; rejoicing at what he had learned of what is done with wheat,
until it is made into bread for one's use.
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