4 He was her overlord, although he knew not the mystery that had transpired by means of the sacred decree, and they were afraid to accuse him, and he displayed to his angels the ignorance inside him, and he expelled them from paradise, and he clothed them in dark gloom. (APJ) 5 The chief archon also beheld the virgin who stood near Adam, and that the radiant Reflection of Life had appeared inside her, and ‹Y›aldabaoth was filled with ignorance, and when the Providence of the All saw this, she dispatched messengers, and they quickly removed Life from out of Eve. (APJ) 6 Then the chief archon polluted her, and he begot with her two sons, the first and the second: Eloim and Yave. (APJ) 7 Eloim has the face of a bear, but Yave has the face of a cat. (APJ) 8 The one is just, but the other is unjust. (APJ) 9 Yave was placed over fire and wind, but Eloim was placed over water and earth, but with intent to deceive he called these with the names Cain and Abel. (APJ) 10 Until today sexual intercourse has continued because of the chief archon, and it was he who planted sexual lust inside her who belongs to Adam, but through intercourse he made copies of the bodies, and he inspired them with his false spirit. (APJ)
Apocryphon of John 17:4–10
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