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The Forgotten Books of Eden · 10 of 293
First Adam and Eve: Chapter VII
The beasts are reconciled.
1.WHEN Adam and Eve heard these words from God, they wept and sobbed yet more; but they strengthened their hearts in God, because they now felt that the Lord was to them like a father and a mother; and for this very reason, they wept before Him, and sought mercy from Him.
2.Then God had pity on them, and said: “O Adam, I have made My covenant with thee, and I will not turn from it; neither will I let thee return to the garden, until My covenant of the great five days and a half is fulfilled.”
3.Then Adam said unto God, “O Lord, Thou didst create us, and make us fit to be in the garden; and before I transgressed, Thou madest all beasts come to me, that I should name them.
4.“Thy grace was then on me; and I named every one according to Thy mind; and Thou madest them all subject unto me.
5.“But now, O Lord God, that I have transgressed Thy commandment, all beasts will rise against me and will devour me, and Eve Thy handmaid; and will cut off our life from the face of the earth.
6.“I therefore beseech Thee, O God, that, since Thou hast made us come out of the garden, and hast made us be in a strange land, Thou wilt not let the beasts hurt us.”
7.When the Lord heard these words from Adam, He had pity on him, and felt that he had truly said that the beasts of the field would rise and devour him and Eve, because He, the Lord, was angry with them two on account of their transgression.
8.Then God commanded the beasts, and the birds, and all that moves upon the earth, to come to Adam and to be familiar with him, and not to trouble him and Eve; nor yet any of the good and righteous among their posterity.
9.Then the beasts did obeisance to Adam, according to the commandment of God; except the serpent, against which God was wroth. It did not come to Adam, with the beasts.
Asked of Guide
Why did God make the animals obey Adam again after the Fall?
God responds to Adam’s fear by renewing a protective order: after Adam pleads that the beasts “will rise against me and will devour me,” God commands the animals and birds to be familiar with Adam and not to trouble him or Eve. The chapter says the beasts “did obeisance to Adam, according to the commandment of God,” restoring their submissive relation except for the serpent, which alone stayed estranged.
This episode treats divine pity and covenant as practical protection: God’s covenantal word overrides the fear of hostile creation and secures human safety outdoors, but it also signals consequence—the serpent remains an exception, echoing later biblical readings like Genesis where the serpent is singled out. For a parallel on covenantal protection after exile, compare Genesis 9 where God sets order over creatures after judgment.
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