Adam and Eve gird themselves and make the first altar ever built.
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Chapter XXIII: verse 6 :: Then Adam and Eve stood under the altar and wept, thus entreating God, "Forgive us our trespass [1] and our sin, and look upon us with Thine eye of mercy. For when we were in the garden our praises and our hymns went up before Thee without ceasing.
Chapter XXIII: verse 7 :: " ... "But when we came into this strange land, pure praise was no longer ours, nor righteous prayer, nor understanding hearts, nor sweet thoughts, nor just counsels, nor long discernment, nor upright feelings, neither is our bright nature left us. But our body is changed from the similitude in which it was at first, when we were created. ... "
Chapter XXIV: verse 7 :: " ... "Now, therefore, strengthen thy heart; and when sorrow comes upon thee, make Me an offering, and I will be favourable to thee." ... "
Chapter XXXV: [GOD's Reply] " ... THEN God looked again upon Adam and his weeping and groaning, and the Word of God came to him, and said unto him:--
verse 2 :: "O Adam, when thou wast in My garden, thou knewest neither eating nor drinking; neither faintness nor suffering; neither leanness of flesh, nor change; neither did sleep depart from thine eyes. But since thou transgressedst, and camest into this strange land, all these trials are come upon thee." ... "
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Footnote(s)
The Forgotten Books of Eden, by Rutherford H. Platt, Jr., [1926], at sacred-texts.com
verse 6: [1] ORIGINAL OF THE LORD'S PRAYER SAID TO BE USED ABOUT 150 YEARS BEFORE OUR LORD: Our Father, Who art in Heaven, be gracious unto us, O Lord our God, hallowed be Thy Name, and let the remembrance of Thee be glorified in Heaven above and upon earth here below.
Let Thy kingdom reign over us now and forever. The Holy Men of old said remit and forgive unto all men whatsoever they have done unto me. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil thing; for Thine is the kingdom and Thou shalt reign in glory forever and forevermore, AMEN.
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