Chapter XXXIX

 Adam is cautious—but too late.

 

 

1 Then Adam returned to Eve, and said to her, "Get up, and take a fig¹ for yourself, and I will take another; and let us go to our cave."

 

2 Then Adam and Eve took each a fig and went towards the cave; the time was about the setting² of the sun; and their thoughts made them long to eat of the fruit.

 

3 But Adam said to Eve, "I am afraid to eat of this fig. I know not what may come over me from it."

 

4 So Adam cried, and stood praying before God, saying, "Satisfy³ my hunger, without my having to eat this fig; for after I have eaten it, what will it profit me? And what shall I desire and ask of you, O God, when it is gone?"

 

5 And he said again, "I am afraid to eat of it; for I know not what will befall me through it."

 

1 fig   

n.无花果(树)

参考例句：

• The doctor finished the fig he had been eating and selected another.这位医生吃完了嘴里的无花果，又挑了一个。
• You can't find a person who doesn't know fig in the United States.你找不到任何一个在美国的人不知道无花果的。

2 setting   

n.背景

参考例句：

• The play has its setting in Vienna.该剧以维也纳为背景。
• Where and when a story takes place is called the setting.故事发生的地点和时间称为故事背景。

3 satisfy   

v.满意；满足

参考例句：

• Her father tried his best to satisfy her demands.她的父亲想尽一切办法来满足她的要求。
• She is too poor to satisfy her family's material needs.她太穷了，无法满足家人的物质需要。