Chapter X

 Their bodies need water after they leave the garden.

 

 

1 Then God, merciful and gracious, looked at them thus lying in the water, and close to death, and sent an angel, who brought them out of the water, and laid them on the seashore as dead.

 

2 Then the angel went up to God, was welcome, and said, "O God, Your creatures have breathed their last."

 

3 Then God sent His Word to Adam and Eve, who raised them from their death.

 

4 And Adam said, after he was raised, "O God, while we were in the garden we did not require, or care for this water; but since we came to this land we cannot do without it."

 

5 Then God said to Adam, "While you were under My command and were a bright angel, you knew not this water.

 

6 But now that you have transgressed¹ My commandment, you can not do without water, wherein to wash your body and make it grow; for it is now like that of beasts, and is in want of water."

 

7 When Adam and Eve heard these words from God, they cried a bitter cry; and Adam entreated² God to let him return into the garden, and look at it a second time.

 

8 But God said to Adam, "I have made you a promise; when that promise is fulfilled, I will bring you back into the garden, you and your righteous descendants."

 

9 And God ceased to commune with Adam.

1 transgressed   

v.超越( transgress的过去式和过去分词 )；越过；违反；违背

参考例句：

• You transgressed against the law. 你犯法了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• His behavior transgressed the unwritten rules of social conduct. 他的行为违反了不成文的社交规范。 来自辞典例句

2 entreated   

恳求，乞求( entreat的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• They entreated and threatened, but all this seemed of no avail. 他们时而恳求，时而威胁，但这一切看来都没有用。
• 'One word,' the Doctor entreated. 'Will you tell me who denounced him?' “还有一个问题，”医生请求道，“你可否告诉我是谁告发他的？” 来自英汉文学 - 双城记