(Adam speaks)
“Let us adore the Lord together
in silence, without intercourse;
go thou into the strong river Tigris,
and I will go into the River Jordan.
“Thirty-three days
thou should'st be in the River Tigris,
myself in Jordan under correction
forty-seven clear days.
“Take with thee a firm flag of stone,
(place it) under thy sitting, under thy gentle feet,
and I shall take with me another stone
equal to it, resembling it exactly.
“Dispose the stone in the river,
bathe thyself on it;
thou wilt be chosen as thou hast strength to endure
until the water rises to thy throat.
“Thy locks spread luxuriantly on every hand,
upon the stream on every side;
be thou silent with grief and special sadness,
thy keen eyes towards the heavenly ones.
“Lift thy two hands every canonical hour[1]
towards the heavenly Lord of the nine grades;
pray . . . , even at the beginning,
forgiveness for thy transgression.
- ↑ Like the mention of “cross-vigil” later on, the mention of canonical hours is a quaint anachronism in the history of Adam and Eve.
