arth; and it was this darkness that came over him.

6 And on you, O Adam, while in My garden and obedient to Me, did that
bright light rest also.

7 But when I heard of your transgression, I deprived you of that bright
light. Yet, of My mercy, I did not turn you into darkness, but I made
you your body of flesh, over which I spread this skin, in order that it
may bear cold and heat.

8 If I had let My wrath fall heavily on you, I should have destroyed
you; and had I turned you into darkness, it would have been as if I had
killed you.

9 But in My mercy, I have made you as you are; when you transgressed My
commandment, O Adam, I drove you from the garden, and made you come
forth into this land; and commanded you to live in this cave; and
darkness covered you, as it did over him who transgressed My
commandment.

10 Thus, O Adam, has this night deceived you. It is not to last
forever; but is only of twelve hours; when it is over, daylight will
return.

11 Sigh not, therefore, neither be moved; and say not in your heart
that this darkness is long and drags on wearily; and say not in your
heart that I plague you with it.

12 Strengthen your heart, and be not afraid. This darkness is not a
punishment. But, O Adam, I have made the day, and have placed the sun
in it to give light; in order that you and your children should do your
work.

13 For I knew you would sin and transgress, and come out into this
land. Yet I wouldn't force you, nor be heard over you, nor shut up;
nor doom you through your fall; nor through your coming out from light
into darkness; nor yet through your coming from the garden into this
land.

14 For I made you of the light; and I willed to bring out children of
light from you and like to you.

15 But you did not keep My commandment one day; until I had finished
the creation and blessed everything in it.

16 Then, concerning the tree, I commanded you not to eat of it. Yet I
knew that Satan, who deceived himself, would also deceive you.

17 So I made known to you by means of the tree, not to come near him.
And I told you not to eat of the fruit thereof, nor to taste of it, nor
yet to sit under it, nor to yield to it.

18 Had I not been and spoken to you, O Adam, concerning the tree, and
had I left you without a commandment, and you had sinned--it would have
been an offence on My part, for not having given you any order; you
would turn around and blame Me for it.

19 But I commanded y