Divine promise

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Myths, legends, and mystical writings about Divine promise from across Jewish tradition.

Satan Deceives Eve a Second Time at the River

Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha

A dying man asked his wife and son to walk to the edge of Paradise and beg for mercy. They came back with a prophecy -- and a death sentence. Adam lay groaning on his bed, the seve...

Adam Falls Sick and Seth Journeys to Eden for Healing Oil

Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha

God pronounced three curses. One for the man. One for the woman. One for the serpent. And with those three curses, the world as it had been ended forever. To Adam, God said: "Since...

God Promises Adam's Resurrection at the End of Days

Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha

Six days. That was how long the archangel Michael had said it would take. And on the sixth day, exactly as foretold, Adam died. When Adam felt the hour of death closing in, he gath...

Baruch's Letter to the Nine and a Half Tribes in Exile

Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha

This is the letter that Baruch son of Neriah sent across the river Euphrates to the nine and a half tribes in exile. It may be the most hopeful document ever written from the rubbl...

God Promised Triple Harvests in the Sixth Year

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Aggadah

Leviticus 25 introduces the sabbatical year and the Jubilee. The Targum Jonathan addresses the most obvious objection: if the land rests every seventh year, what will people eat? G...