And it came to pass that after I, the Lord God, had driven them out, that Adam began to till the earth, and to have ^adominion over all the beasts of the field, and to eat his bread by the sweat of his ^bbrow, as I the Lord had commanded him. And Eve, also, his wife, did ^clabor with him.

 2 And ^aAdam knew his wife, and she bare unto him ^bsons and ^cdaughters, and they began to ^dmultiply and to replenish the earth.

 3 And from that time forth, the sons and ^adaughters of Adam began to divide two and two in the land, and to till the land, and to tend flocks, and they also begat sons and daughters.

 4 And Adam and Eve, his wife, ^acalled upon the name of the Lord, and they heard the voice of the Lord from the way toward the Garden of ^bEden, speaking unto them, and they saw him not; for they were shut out from his ^cpresence.

 5 And he gave unto them commandments, that they should ^aworship the Lord their God, and should offer the ^bfirstlings of their ^cflocks, for an offering unto the Lord. And Adam was ^dobedient unto the commandments of the Lord.

 6 And after many days an ^aangel of the Lord appeared unto Adam, saying: Why dost thou offer ^bsacrifices unto the Lord? And Adam said unto him: I know not, save the Lord commanded me.

 7 And then the angel spake, saying: This thing is a ^asimilitude of the ^bsacrifice of the Only Begotten of the Father, which is full of ^cgrace and ^dtruth.

 8 Wherefore, thou shalt do all that thou doest in the ^aname of the Son, and thou shalt ^brepent and ^ccall upon God in the name of the Son forevermore.

 9 And in that day the ^aHoly Ghost fell upon Adam, which beareth record of the Father and the Son, saying: I am the ^bOnly Begotten of the Father from the beginning, henceforth and forever, that as thou hast ^cfallen thou mayest be ^dredeemed, and all mankind, even as many as will.

 10 And in that day Adam blessed God and was ^afilled, and began to ^bprophesy concerning all the families of the earth, saying: Blessed be the name of God, for because of my ^ctransgression my ^deyes are opened, and in this life I shall have ^ejoy, and again in the ^fflesh I shall see God.

 11 And Eve, his wife, heard all these things and was glad, saying: Were it not for our transgression we never should have had ^aseed, and never should have ^bknown good and evil, and the joy of our redemption, and the eternal life which God giveth unto all the obedient.

 12 And Adam and ^aEve blessed the name of God, and they made all things ^bknown unto their sons and their daughters.

 13 And ^aSatan came among them, saying: I am also a son of God; and he commanded them, saying: ^bBelieve it not; and they believed it not, and they ^cloved Satan more than God. And men began from that time forth to be ^dcarnal, sensual, and devilish.

 14 And the Lord God called upon men by the ^aHoly Ghost everywhere and commanded them that they should repent;

 15 And as many as ^abelieved in the Son, and repented of their sins, should be ^bsaved; and as many as believed not and repented not, should be ^cdamned; and the words went forth out of the mouth of God in a firm decree; wherefore they must be fulfilled.

 16 And Adam and Eve, his wife, ceased not to call upon God. And Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bare ^aCain, and said: I have gotten a man from the Lord; wherefore he may not reject his words. But behold, Cain ^bhearkened not, saying: Who is the Lord that I should ^cknow him?

 17 And she again conceived and bare his brother Abel. And Abel ^ahearkened unto the voice of the Lord. And ^bAbel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

 18 And Cain ^aloved Satan more than God. And Satan commanded him, saying: ^bMake an offering unto the Lord.

 19 And in process of time it came to pass that Cain brought of the ^afruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord.

 20 And Abel, he also brought of the ^afirstlings of his flock, and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had ^brespect unto Abel, and to his ^coffering;

 21 But unto Cain, and to his ^aoffering, he had not respect. Now Satan knew this, and it ^bpleased him. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.

 22 And the Lord said unto Cain: Why art thou wroth? Why is thy countenance fallen?

 23 If thou doest well, thou shalt be ^aaccepted. And if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door, and Satan ^bdesireth to have thee; and except thou shalt hearken unto my commandments, I will ^cdeliver thee up, and it shall be unto thee according to his desire. And thou shalt ^drule over him;

 24 For from this time forth thou shalt be the father of his ^alies; thou shalt be called ^bPerdition; for thou wast also ^cbefore the world.

 25 And it shall be said in time to come—That these abominations were had from ^aCain; for he rejected the greater counsel which was had from God; and this is a ^bcursing which I will put upon thee, except thou repent.

 26 And Cain was wroth, and listened not any more to the voice of the Lord, neither to Abel, his brother, who walked in holiness before the Lord.