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The 2nd Book Of Adam and Eve Part 4 · Gil I Am

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Speaker 1: Chapter eighteen. The children of Jared were in the habit
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Speaker 1: of visiting him hour after hour to receive his blessing
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Speaker 1: and to ask his advice for everything they did, and
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Speaker 1: when he had work to do, they did it for him.
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Speaker 1: But this time when they went into the cave, they
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Speaker 1: did not find Jared. But they found the lamp put out,
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Speaker 1: and the bodies of the fathers thrown about, And voices
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Speaker 1: came from them by the power of God, that said, Satan,
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Speaker 1: in an apparition, has deceived our son, wishing to destroy
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Speaker 1: him as he destroyed our son kin. They also said, Lord,
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Speaker 1: God of Heaven and Earth, deliver our son from the
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Speaker 1: hand of Satan, who produced such a great and false
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Speaker 1: specter before him. They also spoke of other matters by
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Speaker 1: the power of God. But when the children of Jared
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Speaker 1: heard these voices, they feared and stood weeping for their
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Speaker 1: father because they did not know what had happened to him.
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Speaker 1: And they wept for him that day until the setting
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Speaker 1: of the sun. Then Jared come with a mournful expression,
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Speaker 1: miserable in mind and body, and sorrowful at having been
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Speaker 1: separated from the boy his father's. But as he came
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Speaker 1: near the cave, his children saw him and ran to
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Speaker 1: the cave and hugged his neck, crying and saying to him, Oh, Father,
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Speaker 1: where have you been and why have you left us?
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Speaker 1: Because we know you did not want to. And they
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Speaker 1: spoke again, saying, Father, when you disappeared, the lamp over
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Speaker 1: the bodies of our fathers went out, and the bodies
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Speaker 1: were thrown about, and voices came from them. When Jared
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Speaker 1: heard this, he was sorry and went into the cave,
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Speaker 1: and there found the bodies thrown about, the lamp put out,
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Speaker 1: and the fathers themselves praying for his deliverance from the
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Speaker 1: hand of Satan. Then Jared fell upon the bodies and
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Speaker 1: embraced them and said, my father's, through your intercession, God
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Speaker 1: delivered me from the hand of Satan. I beg you
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Speaker 1: to ask God to keep me and to hide me
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Speaker 1: from him to the day of my death. Then all
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Speaker 1: the voices ceased except the voice of our father Adam,
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Speaker 1: who spoke to Jared by the power of God, just
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Speaker 1: as one would speak to his friend, saying, Jared, my son,
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Speaker 1: all forgifts to God for having delivered you from the
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Speaker 1: hand of Satan. And when you bring those offerings, offered
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Speaker 1: them on the same altar on which I gave offerings.
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Speaker 1: Even then, you must beware of Satan, for he deluded
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Speaker 1: me many a time, with his specters wishing to destroy me.
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Speaker 1: But God delivered me out of his hand. Command your
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Speaker 1: people that they be on guard against him, and never
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Speaker 1: ceased to offer up gifts to God. Then the voice
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Speaker 1: of Adam also became silent, and Jared and his children
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Speaker 1: wondered at this. Then they laid the bodies as they
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Speaker 1: were at first, and Jared and his children stood praying
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Speaker 1: the entire night until break of day. Then Jared made
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Speaker 1: an offering and offered it up on the altar as
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Speaker 1: Adam had commanded him. And as he went up to
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Speaker 1: the altar, he prayed to God for mercy and for
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Speaker 1: forgiveness of his sin concerning the lamp going out. Then
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Speaker 1: God appeared to Jared on the altar and blessed him
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Speaker 1: and his children and accepted their offerings, and commanded Jared
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Speaker 1: to take up the sacred fire from the altar and
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Speaker 1: light the lamp that shed light on the body of
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Speaker 1: Adam Chapter nineteen. Then God again revealed to him the
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Speaker 1: promise he had made to Adam. He explained to him
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Speaker 1: the five thy five hundred years and revealed to him
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Speaker 1: the mystery of his coming to the earth. And God
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Speaker 1: said to Jared, let that fire you have taken from
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Speaker 1: the altar to light the lamp. Abide with you to
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Speaker 1: give light to the bodies. Do not let it come
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Speaker 1: out of the cave until the body of Adam comes out.
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Speaker 1: But Jared, take care of the fire so that it
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Speaker 1: burns brightly in the lamp. Do not go out of
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Speaker 1: the cave again until you received an order through a
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Speaker 1: vision and not in an apparition. You see author's note.
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Speaker 1: The distinction here is that a vision is internal and
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Speaker 1: an apparition is external. Only God can guide us internally.
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Speaker 1: Satan must entice in trick through external plois. Then command
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Speaker 1: your people again not to have relations with the children
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Speaker 1: of Cain and not to learn their ways, for I
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Speaker 1: am God who does not love hatred and works of iniquity.
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Speaker 1: God also gave many other commandments to Jared, and he
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Speaker 1: blessed him and then withdrew his word from him. Then
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Speaker 1: Ared came near to his children, took some fire, and
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Speaker 1: came down to the cave and lighted the lamp in
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Speaker 1: front of the body of Adam. Then he gave his
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Speaker 1: people the commandments, just as God had told him to do.
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Speaker 1: This sign happened to Jared at the end of his
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Speaker 1: four hundred and fiftieth year, as did many other wonders
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Speaker 1: we did not record, but we record only this one
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Speaker 1: for the sake of brevity, to shorten oar written account.
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Speaker 1: And Jared continued to teach his children eighty years. But
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Speaker 1: after that they began to break the commandments he had
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Speaker 1: given them, and to do many things without his permission.
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Speaker 1: They began to go down from the Holy Mountain one
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Speaker 1: after another, and mixed with the children of Cain in
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Speaker 1: obscene association. Now the reason the children of Jared went
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Speaker 1: down the Holy Mountain will now be revealed to you
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Speaker 1: Chapter twenty. After Cain had gone to the land of
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Speaker 1: dark soil and his children had multiplied, there was one
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Speaker 1: of them whose name was Ginnon, son of Lamik, the blind,
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Speaker 1: who slew Cain. Satan came to Ginan and his childhood
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Speaker 1: and made of variety of trumpets and horns and string instruments,
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Speaker 1: symbols and sawtrees, and lyres and harps and flutes, and
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Speaker 1: Genin played them at all times and at every hour,
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Speaker 1: and when he played them Satan came to them, so
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Speaker 1: that from among them were heard beautiful and sweet sounds
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Speaker 1: that seized the heart with delight. And then he gathered
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Speaker 1: many crowds to play on them. And when they played,
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Speaker 1: it greatly pleased the children of Kan, who fanned themselves
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Speaker 1: to flames of sin among themselves, and they burned with
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Speaker 1: fire while satan inflamed their hearts with one another, and
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Speaker 1: lust increased among them. Satan also taught Genin to make
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Speaker 1: strong drink out of corn. Genin used this to bring
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Speaker 1: together crowd upon crowd and houses of drink, and brought
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Speaker 1: into their hands all kinds of fruits and flowers, and
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Speaker 1: they drank together. Genin did this to multiply sin greatly.
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Speaker 1: He also acted with pride and taught the children of
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Speaker 1: kin to commit all manner of the gross's wickedness, which
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Speaker 1: they did not know until then, And he put them
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Speaker 1: up to all kinds of deeds which they did not
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Speaker 1: know of before. Then. When Satan saw that they obeyed
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Speaker 1: Genin and listened to him in everything he told them,
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Speaker 1: he rejoiced greatly, and he increased Genin's understanding until he
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Speaker 1: took iron and with it made weapons of war. Then
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Speaker 1: when they were drunk. Hatred and murder increased among them.
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Speaker 1: One man would use violence against another, and Satan would
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Speaker 1: teach him evil, and that one man would take the
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Speaker 1: other man's children and defool them before him. And when
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Speaker 1: men saw they were vanquished, and saw that others were
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Speaker 1: not beaten, those who were beaten came to Genin and
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Speaker 1: took refuge with him, and he made them part of
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Speaker 1: his group. Then sin increased among them greatly, until a
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Speaker 1: man married his own sister or daughter or mother and others,
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Speaker 1: or the daughter of his father's sister first cousin, so
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Speaker 1: that there was no more distinction of relationship, and they
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Speaker 1: could no longer discern what was sin and what was not.
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Speaker 1: But always were wicked, and the earth was defiled with sin,
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Speaker 1: and they angered God, the judge who had created them.
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Speaker 1: But Genin gathered together groups and groups that played on
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Speaker 1: horns and on old the other instruments we have already
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Speaker 1: mentioned at the foot of the Holy mountain. They did
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Speaker 1: that so the children of Seth, who were on the
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Speaker 1: Holy Mountain would hear it. But when the children of
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Speaker 1: Seth heard the noise, they wondered and came by companies
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Speaker 1: and stood on the top of the mountain to look
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Speaker 1: at those below. This went on an entire year. At
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Speaker 1: the end of that year, Gendon saw that they were
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Speaker 1: being won over to him. Little by little, Satan entered
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Speaker 1: into him and taught him to make the elements for
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Speaker 1: dying garments of various patterns, and made him understand how
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Speaker 1: to die crimson and purple and whatnot. And the sons
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Speaker 1: of kin, who worked at all of this, shone in
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Speaker 1: beauty and gorgeous apparel. And they gathered together at the
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Speaker 1: foot of the mountain and splendor with horns and gorgeous
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Speaker 1: dresses and horse races. And they were committing all manner
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Speaker 1: of disgusting acts. Meanwhile, the children of Seth, who were
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Speaker 1: on the holy mountain, prayed and praised God in the
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Speaker 1: place of the host of angels who had fallen. God
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Speaker 1: had called them angels because he rejoiced over them greatly.
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Speaker 1: But after this time they no longer kept his commandment,
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Speaker 1: nor were held by the promise he had made to
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Speaker 1: their fathers. But they relaxed from there, fasting and praying,
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Speaker 1: and from the council of Jarrett, their father, and they
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Speaker 1: kept on gathering together on the top of the mountain
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Speaker 1: to watch the children of Kin from morning until evening,
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Speaker 1: and they watched what they did, and they looked at
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Speaker 1: their beautiful dresses and ornaments. Then the children of Kin
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Speaker 1: looked up from below and saw the children of Seth
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Speaker 1: standing in numbers on the top of the mountain, and
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Speaker 1: they called to them to come down to them. But
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Speaker 1: from above them the children of Seth said, we don't
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Speaker 1: know the way. Then Gennon, the son of Laymik, heard
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Speaker 1: them say they did not know the way, and he
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Speaker 1: began to think to himself of ways he might bring
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Speaker 1: them down. Then Satan appeared to him by night, saying,
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Speaker 1: there is no way for them to come down from
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Speaker 1: the part of the mountain on which they live. But
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Speaker 1: when they come out tomorrow to watch, say to them,
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Speaker 1: come to the western side of the mountain. There you
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Speaker 1: will find a stream of water that comes down to
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Speaker 1: the foot of the mountain between two hills, that marks
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Speaker 1: the way. Come down that way to us. Then, when
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Speaker 1: it was day, Genin blew the horns and beat the
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Speaker 1: drums below the mountain, as he was accustomed to do.
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Speaker 1: The children of Seth heard it and came as they
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Speaker 1: used to. Then Gennon said to them, from down below
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Speaker 1: go to the western side of the mountain. There you
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Speaker 1: will find the way to come down. But when the
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Speaker 1: children of Seth heard these words from him, they went
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Speaker 1: back into the cave to Jared to tell him all
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Speaker 1: they had heard. Then, when Jared heard it, he was
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Speaker 1: grieved because he knew that they would defy his wishes.
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Speaker 1: After this, a hundred men of the children of Seth
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Speaker 1: gathered together and set among themselves, come, let us go
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Speaker 1: down to the children of Cain and see what they do,
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Speaker 1: and enjoy ourselves with them. But when Jared heard this
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Speaker 1: of the hundred men, his very soul was moved and
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Speaker 1: his heart was grieved. He then stood with great emotion
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Speaker 1: in the middle of them and earnestly compelled them by
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Speaker 1: the blood of Able to just and said, let no
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Speaker 1: one of you go down from this holy, impure mountain
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Speaker 1: in which our fathers have ordered us to live. But
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Speaker 1: when Jared saw that they did not listen to his words,
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Speaker 1: he said to them, my good, innocent and holy children,
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Speaker 1: you must understand that once you go down from this
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Speaker 1: holy mountain, God will not allow you to return to
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Speaker 1: it again. He again asured them, saying, I plead with
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Speaker 1: you by the death of our father Adam, and by
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Speaker 1: the blood of Abel, of Seth, of Enos, of Canaan,
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Speaker 1: and of Mahalalel to listen to me. Do not go
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Speaker 1: down from this holy mountain, because the moment you leave it,
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Speaker 1: life and mercy will be taken from you, and you
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Speaker 1: shall no longer be called children of God, but children
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Speaker 1: of the devil. But they would not listen to his words.
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Speaker 1: Enoch was already grown up at that time, and in
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Speaker 1: his zeal for God, he stood and said, hear me, you,
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Speaker 1: large and small, young and old sons of Seth, when
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Speaker 1: you transgress the commandment of our fathers and go down
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Speaker 1: from this holy mountain, you shall not come up here
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Speaker 1: again forever. But they rose up against Enoch and would
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Speaker 1: not listen to his words. But they went down from
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Speaker 1: the holy mountain. And when they looked at the daughters
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Speaker 1: of Cain, at their beautiful fears, and at their hands
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Speaker 1: and feet dyed with color, and the tattoos on their
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Speaker 1: faces that ornamented them, the fire of sin was set
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Speaker 1: ablazing them. Then Satan made them look most beautiful before
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Speaker 1: the sons of Seth. As he also made the sons
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Speaker 1: of Seth appear the most handsome in the eyes of
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Speaker 1: the daughters of Cain, so that the daughters of Cain
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Speaker 1: lusted after the sons of Seth like ravenous beasts, and
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Speaker 1: the sons of Seth lusted after the daughters of Cain
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Speaker 1: until they committed disgusting and disgraceful acts with them. But
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Speaker 1: after they had fallen into this defilement, they returned by
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Speaker 1: the way they had come and tried to ascend the
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Speaker 1: Holy Mountain, but they could not because the stones of
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Speaker 1: that holy mountain were on fire flashing before them and
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Speaker 1: prevented them, so that they could not go up again.
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Speaker 1: And God was angry with them and turned from them
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Speaker 1: because they had come down from glory and because of
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Speaker 1: this had lost and forsaken their own purity and innocence,
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Speaker 1: and were fallen and to the defilement of sin. Then
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Speaker 1: God sent his word to Jared, saying, these of your children,
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Speaker 1: whom you once called mia children, have broken my commandment
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Speaker 1: and have gone down to the house of damnation and sin.
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Speaker 1: Send a messenger to those that are left, so that
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Speaker 1: they will not go down and be lost. Then Jared
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Speaker 1: wept before the Lord and asked him for mercy and forgiveness.
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Speaker 1: But he wished that his soul might depart from his
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Speaker 1: body rather than hear these words from God about his
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Speaker 1: children that went down from the holy mountain. But he
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Speaker 1: followed God's order and preached to them not to go
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Speaker 1: down from that holy mountain and not to hold relations
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Speaker 1: with the children of Cain. But they did not listen
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Speaker 1: to his message, and they would not obey his advice
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Speaker 1: Chapter twenty one. After this, another group gathered together and
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Speaker 1: went to look after their brothers. But they perished with
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Speaker 1: them as well, and so it was company after company,
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Speaker 1: until only a few of them remained. Then Jared was
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Speaker 1: sickened with grief, and his sickness was such that the
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Speaker 1: day of his death was near. Then he called Enoch,
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Speaker 1: his eldest son, and Methuselah, Enoch's son, Lamik, the son
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Speaker 1: of Methuselah, and Noah, the son of Lamik. When they
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Speaker 1: came to him, he prayed over them and blessed them,
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Speaker 1: and said to them, you are righteous, innocent sons. Do
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Speaker 1: not go down from this holy mountain, because you have
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Speaker 1: seen your children and your children's children have gone down
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Speaker 1: from this holy mountain and have alienated themselves from this
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Speaker 1: holy mountain through their reprehensible lust and transgression from God's commandment.
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Speaker 1: But I know through the power of God that He
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Speaker 1: will not leave you on this holy mountain. Your children
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Speaker 1: have transgressed His commandment and that of our fathers, which
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Speaker 1: He had received from them. But my sons, God will
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Speaker 1: take you to a strange land, and you never shall
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Speaker 1: return to see this garden and this holy mountain with
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Speaker 1: your own eyes once again. Therefore, my sons, set your
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Speaker 1: hearts on your own selves, and keep the commandment of
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Speaker 1: God which is with you. And when you go from
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Speaker 1: this holy mountain into a strange land which you do
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Speaker 1: not know, take the body of our father Adam with you,
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Speaker 1: and with it take these three precious gifts and offerings,
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Speaker 1: the gold, the incense, and the mirh and let them
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Speaker 1: be in the place where the body of our father
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Speaker 1: Adam shall lay. And let them be in the place
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Speaker 1: where the body of our father Adam shall lay. And
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Speaker 1: my sons of you who are left, the Word of
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Speaker 1: God will come. And when he goes out of this land,
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Speaker 1: he shall take with him the body of our father
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Speaker 1: Adam and shall lay it in the middle of the earth,
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Speaker 1: the place in which salvation shall be worked out. Then
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Speaker 1: Noah said to him who is he of us that
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Speaker 1: shall be left? And Jared answered, you are he that
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Speaker 1: shall be left, And you shall take the body of
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Speaker 1: our father Adam from the cave and place it with
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Speaker 1: you in the ark when the flood comes, and your
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Speaker 1: son Shem, who shall come out of your loins, it
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Speaker 1: is he who shall lay the body of our father
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Speaker 1: Adam in the middle of the earth and the place
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Speaker 1: where salvation shall come. Then Jared turned to his son
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Speaker 1: Enoch and said to him, my son, abide in this
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Speaker 1: cave and ministered diligently before the body of our father Adam,
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Speaker 1: all the days of your life and feature people in
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Speaker 1: righteousness and innocence. Jared said no more. His hands went limp,
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Speaker 1: his eyes closed, and he entered into rest like his father's.
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Speaker 1: His death took place in the three hundred and sixtieth
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Speaker 1: year of Noah and in the nine hundred and eighty
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Speaker 1: ninth year of his own life, on the twelfth of Toxis,
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Speaker 1: on a Friday. Author's note. In this year, the month
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Speaker 1: of Toxis was likely to be December. But as Jared died,
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Speaker 1: tears streamed down his face by reason of his great
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Speaker 1: sorrow for the children of Seth, who had fallen in
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Speaker 1: his days. Then Enoch, Mathusalah, Leamik, and Noah. These four
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Speaker 1: wept over him, embalmed him carefully, and then laid him
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Speaker 1: in the Cave of Treasures. Then they rose and mourned
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Speaker 1: for him forty days. And when these days of mourning
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Speaker 1: were ended, Enoch, Methuselah, Lemik, and Noah remained in sorrow
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Speaker 1: of heart because their father had departed from them and
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Speaker 1: could not see him again.