e of water that is by them, and empty it out, so
that they may find nothing to drink, and we kill them with hunger and
thirst.

4 Then, when they wake up from their sleep, and seek to return to the
cave, we will come to them in the way, and will lead them astray; so
that they die of hunger and thirst; when they may, perhaps, deny God,
and He destroy them. So shall we be rid of them."

5 Then Satan and his hosts set the wheat on fire and burned it up.

6 But from the heat of the flame Adam and Eve awoke from their sleep,
and saw the wheat burning, and the bucket of water by them, poured out.

7 Then they cried and went back to the cave.

8 But as they were going up from below the mountain where they were,
Satan and his hosts met them in the form of angels, praising God.

9 Then Satan said to Adam, "O Adam, why are you so pained with hunger
and thirst? It seems to me that Satan has burnt up the wheat." And
Adam said to him, "Yes."

10 Again Satan said to Adam, "Come back with us; we are angels of God.
God sent us to you, to show you another field of corn, better than
that; and beyond it is a fountain of good water, and many trees, where
you shall live near it, and work the corn field to better purpose than
that which Satan has consumed."

11 Adam thought that he was true, and that they were angels who talked
with him; and he went back with them.

12 Then Satan began to lead astray Adam and Eve eight days, until they
both fell down as if dead, from hunger, thirst, and faintness. Then he
fled with his hosts, and left them.

Chapter LXVIII - How destruction and trouble is of Satan when he is the
master. Adam and Eve establish the custom of worship.

1 Then God looked at Adam and Eve, and at what had come over them from
Satan, and how he had made them perish.

2 God, therefore, sent His Word, and raised up Adam and Eve from their
state of death.

3 Then, Adam, when he was raised, said, "O God, You have burnt and
taken from us the corn You have given us, and You have emptied out the
bucket of water. And You have sent Your angels, who have caused us to
lose our way from the corn field. Will You make us perish? If this be
from you, O God, then take away our souls; but punish us not."

4 Then God said to Adam, "I did not burn down the wheat, and I did not
pour the water out of the bucket, and I did not send My angels to lead
you astray.

5 But it is Satan, your master who did it; he to whom you hav