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. (2EN) 2 I made the heavens open to him, that he should see the angels singing the song of victory, and the gloomless light. (2EN) 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. (2EN)
2 Enoch 31:1–3
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