God told Enoch how He built the world in six days — and how it all went wrong.
On the third day, He planted paradise and enclosed it with flaming angel-guards. On the fourth, He set the great lights in the heavenly circles — stars on the uppermost ring, sun and moon below, each constellation in its appointed station. On the fifth, He commanded the sea to bring forth fish and birds and every creeping thing.
On the sixth day, He created Adam.
Not from one substance. From seven.
His flesh — from the earth. His blood — from dew. His eyes — from the sun. His bones — from stone. His intelligence — from the swiftness of angels and from cloud. His veins and hair — from the grass of the earth. His soul — from God's own breath and from the wind.
Seven natures He gave him: hearing to the flesh, sight to the eyes, smell to the soul, touch to the veins, taste to the blood, endurance to the bones, and enjoyment to the intelligence. Adam was small in greatness and great in smallness — a creature made from both the visible and the invisible, bearing within him both death and life. God placed him on earth as a second angel — honorable, glorious, appointed to rule over all creation.
God named him from the four directions: east, west, south, north — Adam. He showed him two paths: light and darkness. Good and evil. "This is good, and that is bad," God said, "so that I may learn whether he loves Me or hates Me."
Then God put Adam to sleep and took a rib from his body and created Eve — and death entered the world through her.
God placed them in the Garden of Eden. He opened the heavens so Adam could see the angels singing. But Satanael — the angel who had been cast from heaven — understood what God was doing. He saw that Adam was lord of the earth. He conceived a plan against him. He entered the garden and seduced Eve, though he did not touch Adam.
And God's response was measured. He cursed not the man. Not the earth. Not the creatures. He cursed only ignorance — only the evil fruit of man's works. And He said to Adam: "Earth you are, and to the earth you shall return. But I will not destroy you. I will take you back."
Adam spent only five and a half hours in paradise before everything changed. Then God blessed the seventh day — the Sabbath — and rested from all His works (Genesis 2:2-3).
1 On the third day I commanded the earth to make grow great and fruitful trees, and hills, and seed to sow, and I planted Paradise, and enclosed it, and placed as armed (guardians) flaming angels, and thus I created renewal.
2 Then came evening, and came morning the fourth day.
3 [Wednesday]. On the fourth day I commanded that there should be great lights on the heavenly circles.
4 On the first uppermost circle I placed the stars, Kruno, and on the second Aphrodit, on the third Aris, on the fifth Zoues, on the sixth Ermis, on the seventh lesser the moon, and adorned it with the lesser stars.
5 And on the lower I placed the sun for the illumination of day, and the moon and stars for the illumination of night.
6 The sun that it should go according to each constellation, twelve, and I appointed the succession of the months and their names and lives, their thunderings, and their hour-markings, how they should succeed.
7 Then evening came and morning came the fifth day.
8 [Thursday]. On the fifth day I commanded the sea, that it should bring forth fishes, and feathered birds of many varieties, and all animals creeping over the earth, going forth over the earth on four legs, and soaring in the air, male sex and female, and every soul breathing the spirit of life.
9 And there came evening, and there came morning the sixth day.
10 [Friday]. On the sixth day I commanded my wisdom to create man from seven consistencies: one, his flesh from the earth; two, his blood from the dew; three, his eyes from the sun; four, his bones from stone; five, his intelligence from the swiftness of the angels and from cloud; six, his veins and his hair from the grass of the earth; seven, his soul from my breath and from the wind.
11 And I gave him seven natures: to the flesh hearing, the eyes for sight, to the soul smell, the veins for touch, the blood for taste, the bones for endurance, to the intelligence sweetness [enjoyment].
12 I conceived a cunning saying to say, I created man from invisible (spiritual) and from visible (physical) nature, of both are his death and life and image, he knows speech like some created thing, small in greatness and again great in smallness, and I placed him on earth, a second angel, honourable, great and glorious, and I appointed him as ruler to rule on earth and to have my wisdom, and there was none like him of earth of all my existing creatures.
13 And I appointed him a name, from the four component parts, from east, from west, from south, from north, and I appointed for him four special stars, and I called his name Adam, and showed him the two ways, the light and the darkness, and I told him:
14 This is good, and that bad, that I should learn whether he has love towards me, or hatred, that it be clear which in his race love me.
15 For I have seen his nature, but he has not seen his own nature, therefore (through) not seeing he will sin worse, and I said After sin (what is there) but death?
16 And I put sleep into him and he fell asleep. And I took from him A rib, and created him a wife, that death should come to him by his wife, and I took his last word and called her name mother, that is to say, Eva (Eve).
1 Adam has life on earth, and I created a garden in Eden in the east, that he should observe the testament and keep the command.
2 I made the heavens open to him, that he should see the angels singing the song of victory, and the gloomless light.
3 And he was continuously in paradise, and the devil understood that I wanted to create another world, because Adam was lord on earth, to rule and control it.
4 The devil is the evil spirit of the lower places, as a fugitive he made Sotona from the heavens as his name was Satanail (Satan), thus he became different from the angels, (but his nature) did not change (his) intelligence as far as (his) understanding of righteous and sinful (things).
5 And he understood his condemnation and the sin which he had sinned before, therefore he conceived thought against Adam, in such form he entered and seduced Eva (Eve), but did not touch Adam.
6 But I cursed ignorance, but what I had blessed previously, those I did not curse, I cursed not man, nor the earth, nor other creatures, but mans evil fruit, and his works.
1 I said to him: Earth you are, and into the earth whence I took you you shalt go, and I will not ruin you, but send you whence I took you.
2 Then I can again receive you at My second presence.
3 And I blessed all my creatures visible (physical) and invisible (spiritual). And Adam was five and half hours in paradise.
4 And I blessed the seventh day, which is the Sabbath, on which he rested from all his works.
