Reading Notes From Adam and Eve, Part B

 Reading Notes: Adam and Eve, Part B

A dark cave. Very much like the one Adam and Eve could've been banished to, except less light. (Source: Tysmiha on Pixabay) 

-God created the garden of Eden on the third day of creation 

-there are clear distinctions of the garden's borders and what is on each side 

-"God created the sea of His own good pleasure.."

-"Lest the transgression they had committed.." repeated often 

-Cave of Treasures- Where God made Adam and Eve dwell after having to leave the garden

-"similitude"?- semblance or image 

-"One would come and save him and his seed..." (a reference to the Messiah?)

- covenant- an agreement, usually formal, between two or more people to do or not do something 

-"Strengthen thy heart, therefore, and abide in the Cave of Treasures."

-Adam's comparison of the Cave of Treasures to the Garden of Eden is very dramatic and descriptive

-"he wept and smote heavily upon his breast" Adam and Eve consistently committed suicide because of their sorrow 

-Eve pleads with God very poetically to restore Adam and bring him back to life. 

-The word "transgressed" is used many times in all parts of the story

-thou, thee, thy, and other language like it used is the main form of the language, most like the Old King James Version of the Bible

-God continued to raise Adam and Eve back to life after they committed suicide

-The still continued to drink from the water from the Tree of Life

-Adam repeats "O Eve!" very often when lamenting his sorrows about how he misses the garden

-When night falls, Adam and Eve are both very afraid of what the darkness could mean. God tells Adam that he created the day for Adam and his seed to work and the night for the beast and man to rest. 

-Every time that God stopped talking to Adam the story says "And God ceased to commune with Adam. 

-The serpent is just as was described right after having received punishment. The description sounds like a cobra when coming after Eve. 

-The serpent was swept up by the wind and taken to India. 

-"merciful God, good and lover of men...."

-"He smelt the sweet savour of their offering, and showed them mercy."

-They built an altar to God and made a burnt offering of the blood they had shed during their attempted suicides. 

Story Source

The Forgotten Books of Eden, edited by Rutherford H. Platt, Jr. (1926).