in the cave, until the
end of eight days; when they named the son Cain, and the daughter
Luluwa.
7 The meaning of Cain is "hater," because he hated his sister in their
mother's womb; before they came out of it. Therefore Adam named him
Cain.
8 But Luluwa means "beautiful," because she was more beautiful than her
mother.
9 Then Adam and Eve waited until Cain and his sister were forty days
old, when Adam said to Eve, "We will make an offering and offer it up
in behalf of the children."
10 And Eve said, "We will make one offering for the first-born son and
then later we shall make one for the daughter."
Chapter LXXV - The family revisits the Cave of Treasures. Birth of
Abel and Aklia.
1 Then Adam prepared an offering, and he and Eve offered it up for
their children, and brought it to the altar they had built at first.
2 And Adam offered up the offering, and asked God to accept his
offering.
3 Then God accepted Adam's offering, and sent a light from heaven that
shown on the offering. Adam and his son drew near to the offering, but
Eve and the daughter did not approach it.
4 Adam and his son were joyful as they came down from on the altar.
Adam and Eve waited until the daughter was eighty days old, then Adam
prepared an offering and took it to Eve and to the children. They went
to the altar, where Adam offered it up, as he was accustomed, asking
the Lord to accept his offering.
5 And the Lord accepted the offering of Adam and Eve. Then Adam, Eve,
and the children, drew near together, and came down from the mountain,
rejoicing.
6 But they returned not to the cave in which they were born; but came
to the Cave of Treasures, in order that the children should go around
in it, and be blessed with the tokens brought from the garden.
7 But after they had been blessed with these tokens, they went back to
the cave in which they were born.
8 However, before Eve had offered up the offering, Adam had taken her,
and had gone with her to the river of water, in which they threw
themselves at first; and there they washed themselves. Adam washed his
body and Eve hers also clean, after the suffering and distress that had
come over them.
9 But Adam and Eve, after washing themselves in the river of water,
returned every night to the Cave of Treasures, where they prayed and
were blessed; and then went back to their cave, where their children
were born.
10 Adam and Eve did this until the children had
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