ter
where they once fasted.

2 But as they were going on their way, and before they got there,
Satan, the wicked one, had heard the Word of God communing with Adam
respecting his covering.

3 It grieved him, and he hastened to the place where the sheep-skins
were, with the intention of taking them and throwing them into the sea,
or of burning them with fire, so that Adam and Eve would not find them.

4 But as he was about to take them, the Word of God came from heaven,
and bound him by the side of those skins until Adam and Eve came near
him. But as they got closer to him they were afraid of him, and of his
hideous look.

5 Then came the Word of God to Adam and Eve, and said to them, "This is
he who was hidden in the serpent, and who deceived you, and stripped
you of the garment of light and glory in which you were.

6 This is he who promised you majesty and divinity. Where, then, is
the beauty that was on him? Where is his divinity? Where is his
light? Where is the glory that rested on him?

7 Now his figure is hideous; he is become abominable among angels; and
he has come to be called Satan.

8 O Adam, he wished to take from you this earthly garment of
sheep-skins, and to destroy it, and not let you be covered with it.

9 What, then, is his beauty that you should have followed him? And
what have you gained by obeying him? See his evil works and then look
at Me; at Me, your Creator, and at the good deeds I do you.

10 See, I bound him until you came and saw him and beheld his weakness,
that no power is left with him."

11 And God released him from his bonds.

Chapter LII - Adam and Eve sew the first shirt.

1 After this Adam and Eve said no more, but cried before God on account
of their creation, and of their bodies that required an earthly
covering.

2 Then Adam said to Eve, "O Eve, this is the skin of beasts with which
we shall be covered, but when we put it on, behold, we shall be
wearing a token of death on our bodies. Just as the owners of these
skins have died and have wasted away, so also shall we die and pass
away."

3 Then Adam and Eve took the skins, and went back to the Cave of
Treasures; and when in it, they stood and prayed as they were
accustomed.

4 And they thought how they could make garments of those skins; for
they had no skill for it.

5 Then God sent to them His angel to show them how to work it out. And
the angel said to Adam, "Go forth, and bring some palm-t