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The Forgotten Books of Eden · 56 of 293

First Adam and Eve: Chapter LIII

The prophecy of the Western Lands.

1.THEY were not very far from the cave, when Satan came towards them, and hid himself between them and the cave, under the form of two ravenous lions three days without food, that came towards Adam and Eve, as if to break them in pieces and devour them.

2.Then Adam and Eve wept, and prayed God to deliver them from their paws.

3.Then the Word of God came to them, and drove away the lions from them.

4.And God said unto Adam, “O Adam, what seekest thou on the western border? And why hast thou left of thine own accord the eastern border, in which was thy dwelling-place?

5.“Now, then, turn back to thy cave, and remain in it, that Satan do not deceive thee, nor work his purpose upon thee.

6.“For in this western border, O Adam, there will go from thee a seed, that shall replenish it; and that will defile themselves with their sins, and with their yielding to the behests of Satan, and by following his works.

7.“Therefore will I bring upon them the waters of a flood, and overwhelm them all. But I will deliver what is left of the righteous among them; and I will bring them to a distant land, and the land in which thou dwellest now shall remain desolate and without one inhabitant in it.”

8.After God had thus discoursed to them, they went back to the Cave of Treasures. But their flesh was dried up, and their strength failed from fasting and praying, and from the sorrow they felt at having trespassed against God.

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Why did God warn Adam to return east and call the western land prone to corruption and flood?

The chapter says Adam and Eve left their eastern dwelling for the western border, where God prophesies a seed from Adam will “replenish it” but become defiled by sin and Satan’s works. God warns Adam to return to the Cave of Treasures to avoid being deceived and to preserve him from the moral decay that will bring a flood upon those western descendants.

God frames the flood as corrective and selective: He will “bring upon them the waters of a flood, and overwhelm them all,” yet spare and relocate “what is left of the righteous.” This aligns with Genesis’ flood theme where God judges widespread corruption while rescuing a righteous remnant (see Noah in Genesis).

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