Apocalypse of Moses — Greek Life of Adam and Eve 24
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Work: Apocalypse of Moses — Greek Life of Adam and Eve
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1913 Charles Greek Life reviewed transcription
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God saith to Adam: 'Since thou hast disregarded my commandment and hast hearkened to thy wife, cursed is the earth in thy labours. Thou shalt work it and it shall not give its strength: thorns and thistles shall spring up for thee, and in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat thy bread. [Thou shalt be in manifold toils; thou shalt be crushed by bitterness, but of sweetness shalt thou not taste.] 3 Weary shalt thou be and shalt not rest; by heat shalt thou be tired, by cold shalt thou be straitened: abundantly shalt thou busy thyself, but thou shalt not be rich; and thou shalt grow fat, but come…
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- 1913 Charles Greek Life reviewed transcription
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- Public domain
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- English
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- Unverified edition; not Human Sealed
Recorded provenance: L. S. A. Wells English translation in R. H. Charles, editor, The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament in English, volume II (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1913)
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