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FALL AND EXPULSION FROM PARADISE
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(Eve speaks)
"How good soever thy intelligence,however favourable[1] and gracious thy counsel,to go to the tree I dare not,lest we die.
"Go thou thyself to the tree, O serpent,and bring from it one apple;but if that apple come to meI shall share it between myself and Adam.
"Before all the multitudes we shall be endowed with knowledge,if we but eat the apple,(this is) thy tale without mockery;perchance what thou sayest is true."
(The Serpent speaks)
"O Eve, untrammelled light,open before me the gate of Paradise;provided I arrive without misfortune yonderI will bring from the tree the apple."
(Eve speaks)
"Though I open before thee that thou mayest go yonder,though from the tree you bring me an apple,there will be no delay on thee here,(by) thy lingering in Paradise?"
  1. ↑ Or "full of grace."
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