Twelfth apparition of Satan to Adam and
Eve, while Adam was praying over the offering
upon the altar; when Satan smote him.
Book I. Chapter LXIX.
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Then Satan, the hater of all
good, envious of Adam and of his offering through which he found favor
with God, hastened and took a sharp stone from among sharp
iron-stones; appeared in the form of a man, and went and stood by Adam
and Eve.
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Adam was then offering on the
altar, and had begun to pray, with his hands spread unto God.
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Then Satan hastened with the
sharp iron-stone he had with him, and with it pierced Adam on the
right side, when flowed blood and water, then Adam fell upon the altar
like a corpse. And Satan fled.
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Then Eve came, and took Adam
and placed him below the altar. And there she stayed, weeping
over him; while a stream of blood flowed from Adam's side upon his
offering.
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But God looked upon the death
of Adam. He then sent His Word, and raised him up and said unto
him, "Fulfill thy offering, for indeed, Adam, it is worth much,
and there is no shortcoming in it."
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God said further unto Adam,
"Thus will it also happen to Me, on the earth, when I shall be
pierced and blood shall flow blood and water from My side and run over
My body, which is the true offering; and which shall be offered on the
altar as a perfect offering."
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Then God commanded Adam to
finish his offering, and when he had ended it he worshiped before God,
and praised Him for the signs He had showed him.
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And God healed Adam in one
day, which is the end of the seven weeks; and that is the fiftieth
day.
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Then Adam and Eve returned
from the mountain, and went into the Cave of Treasures, as they were
used to do. This completed for Adam and Eve, one hundred and
forty days since their coming out of the garden.
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Then they both stood up that
night and prayed to God. And when it was morning, they went out,
and went down westward of the cave, to the place where their corn was,
and there rested under the shadow of a tree, as they were wont.
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But when there a multitude of
beasts came all round them. It was Satan's doing, in his
wickedness; in order to wage war against Adam through marriage.
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