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is able to be saved and, having obtained the resurrection, to inherit incorruption. But Adam, having been cast out of paradise, thus knew Eve his wife, whom God had made for him as a wife from his rib. and this was not as if He was unable to form his wife separately, but God knew beforehand that men would name a multitude of gods. Therefore, being prescient and knowing that error was about to name a multitude of non-existent gods through the serpent (for though there is one God, from that time error was already practicing to sow secretly a multitude of gods and to say: "You will be as gods"), lest, therefore, it should be supposed that this god made the man, but another the woman, for this reason He made them both; not only so, but He also <formed the man alone from the earth so that> through this might be shown the mystery of the monarchy which is according to God, and at the same time God made his wife <from his rib> so that there might be greater affection towards her. Therefore Adam, speaking to Eve, said: "This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh," and he also prophesied, saying: "For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh"; which very thing is shown to be fulfilled in our own selves. For who that lawfully marries does not disregard mother and father and all kindred and all his household, cleaving to and being united with his own wife, favoring her more? Wherefore even until death some often become responsible on account of their own wives. This Eve, because she was deceived by the serpent from the beginning and became the author of sin, the evil-doing demon, who is also called Satan, who then spoke to her through the serpent, working even to this day in men possessed by him, invokes Eva. And he is called a demon and a dragon because he has run away from God; for he was an angel at first. And the account concerning this is long; wherefore for now I pass over the narrative concerning them; for we have made an account of him in other places. When, therefore, Adam knew his wife Eve, she conceived and bore a son, whose name was Cain. And she said: "I have gotten a man through God." And she again bore a second, whose name was Abel. He became a keeper of sheep; but Cain worked the land. The story concerning them is longer, but it also contains the economy of the explanation; wherefore the book itself which is entitled Genesis of the World can teach the lovers of learning the historical details more accurately. When, therefore, Satan saw not only Adam and his wife alive, but also that they had made children, over whom he had not prevailed to kill them, being moved by envy, when he saw Abel pleasing God, he worked in his brother who was called Cain and made him kill his brother Abel. And

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δύναται σωθῆναι καὶ τῆς ἀναστάσεως τυχὼν κληρονομῆσαι τὴν ἀφθαρσίαν. Ἐκβληθεὶς δὲ Ἀδὰμ ἐκ τοῦ παραδείσου, οὕτως ἔγνω Eὔαν τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ, ἣν ὁ θεὸς ἐποίησεν αὐτῷ εἰς γυναῖκα ἐκ τῆς πλευρᾶς αὐτοῦ. καὶ τοῦτο δὲ οὐχ ὡς μὴ δυνάμενος κατ' ἰδίαν πλάσαι τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ, ἀλλὰ προηπίστατο ὁ θεὸς ὅτι ἤμελλον οἱ ἄνθρωποι πληθὺν θεῶν ὀνομάζειν. προγνώστης οὖν ὢν καὶ εἰδὼς ὅτι ἡ πλάνη ἤμελλεν διὰ τοῦ ὄφεως ὀνομάζειν πληθὺν θεῶν τῶν οὐκ ὄντων (ἑνὸς γὰρ ὄντος θεοῦ, ἔκτοτε ἤδη ἐμελέτα ἡ πλάνη πληθὺν θεῶν ὑπο- σπείρειν καὶ λέγειν· "Ἔσεσθε ὡς θεοί"), μήπως οὖν ὑπολημφθῇ ὡς ὅτι ὅδε μὲν ὁ θεὸς ἐποίησεν τὸν ἄνδρα, ἕτερος δὲ τὴν γυναῖκα, διὰ τοῦτο ἐποίησεν τοὺς δύο ἄμφω· οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ καὶ <ἔπλασεν τὸν ἄνδρα μόνον ἐκ γῆς ἵνα> διὰ τούτου δειχθῇ τὸ μυστήριον τῆς μοναρχίας τῆς κατὰ τὸν θεόν, ἅμα δ' ἐποίησεν ὁ θεὸς τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ <ἐκ τῆς πλευρᾶς αὐτοῦ> ἵνα πλείων ᾖ ἡ εὔνοια εἰς αὐτήν. Πρὸς μὲν οὖν τὴν Eὔαν ὁ Ἀδὰμ εἰπών· "Τοῦτο νῦν ὀστοῦν ἐκ τῶν ὀστῶν μου καὶ σὰρξ ἐκ τῆς σαρκός μου", ἔτι καὶ ἐπροφήτευσεν λέγων· "Τούτου ἕνεκεν καταλείψει ἄνθρωπος τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν μητέρα καὶ προσκολληθήσεται πρὸς τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔσονται οἱ δύο εἰς σάρκα μίαν"· ὃ δὴ καὶ αὐτὸ δείκνυται τελειού- μενον ἐν ἡμῖν αὐτοῖς. τίς γὰρ ὁ νομίμως γαμῶν οὐ καταφρονεῖ μητρὸς καὶ πατρὸς καὶ πάσης συγγενείας καὶ πάντων τῶν οἰκείων, προσκολλώμενος καὶ ἑνούμενος τῇ ἑαυτοῦ γυναικί, εὐνοῶν μᾶλλον αὐτῇ; διὸ καὶ μέχρι θανάτου πολλάκις ὑπεύθυνοι γίνονταί τινες διὰ τὰς ἑαυτῶν γαμετάς. Ταύτην τὴν Eὔαν, διὰ τὸ ἀρχῆθεν πλανηθῆναι ὑπὸ τοῦ ὄφεως καὶ ἀρχηγὸν ἁμαρτίας γεγονέναι, ὁ κακοποιὸς δαίμων, ὁ καὶ σατὰν καλούμενος, ὁ τότε διὰ τοῦ ὄφεως λαλήσας αὐτῇ, ἕως καὶ τοῦ δεῦρο ἐνεργῶν ἐν τοῖς ἐνθουσιαζομένοις ὑπ' αὐτοῦ ἀνθρώποις, Eὐὰν ἐκκαλεῖται. δαίμων δὲ καὶ δράκων καλεῖται διὰ τὸ ἀποδεδρακέναι αὐτὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ· ἄγγελος γὰρ ἦν ἐν πρώτοις. καὶ τὰ μὲν περὶ τούτου πολὺς ὁ λόγος· διὸ τανῦν παραπέμπομαι τὴν περὶ αὐτῶν διήγησιν· καὶ γὰρ ἐν ἑτέροις ἡμῖν γεγένηται ὁ περὶ αὐτοῦ λόγος. Ἐν τῷ οὖν γνῶναι τὸν Ἀδὰμ τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ Eὔαν συλλαβοῦσα ἔτεκεν υἱόν, ᾧ τοὔνομα Κάϊν. καὶ εἶπεν· "Ἐκτησάμην ἄνθρωπον διὰ τοῦ θεοῦ." καὶ προσέθετο ἔτι τεκεῖν δεύτερον, ᾧ ὄνομα Ἄβελ. ἤρξατο ποιμὴν εἶναι προ- βάτων· Κάϊν δὲ εἰργάζετο τὴν γῆν. τὰ μὲν οὖν κατ' αὐτοὺς πλείω ἔχει τὴν ἱστορίαν, οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν οἰκονομίαν τῆς ἐξ- ηγήσεως· διὸ τὰ τῆς ἱστορίας τοὺς φιλομαθεῖς δύναται ἀκριβέστερον διδάξαι αὐτὴ ἡ βίβλος ἥτις ἐπιγράφεται Γένεσις κόσμου. Ὁπότε οὖν ἐθεάσατο ὁ σατανᾶς οὐ μόνον τὸν Ἀδὰμ καὶ τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ ζῶντας, ἀλλὰ καὶ τέκνα πεποιηκότας, ἐφ' ὧν οὐκ ἴσχυσεν θανατῶσαι αὐτοὺς φθόνῳ φερόμενος, ἡνίκα ἑώρα τὸν Ἄβελ εὐαρεστοῦντα τῷ θεῷ, ἐνεργήσας εἰς τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ τὸν καλού- μενον Κάϊν ἐποίησεν ἀποκτεῖναι τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ τὸν Ἄβελ. καὶ