Chapter LVIII

 "About sunset on the 53rd day. . ."

 

 

1 Then Adam and Eve spread their hands before God, praying and begging Him to drive Satan away from them so that he can't harm them or force them to deny God.

 

2 Then God sent to them at once, His angel, who drove away Satan from them. This happened about sunset, on the fifty-third day after they had come out of the garden.

 

3 Then Adam and Eve went into the cave, and stood up and turned their faces to the ground, to pray to God.

 

4 But before they prayed Adam said to Eve, "Look, you have seen what temptations¹ have befallen us in this land. Come, let us get up, and ask God to forgive us the sins² we have committed; and we will not come out until the end of the day next to the fortieth. And if we die in here, He will save us."

 

5 Then Adam and Eve got up, and joined together in entreating³ God.

 

6 They continued praying like this in the cave; neither did they come out of it, by night or by day, until their prayers went up out of their mouths, like a flame of fire.

1 temptations   

n.诱惑，引诱( temptation的名词复数 )；诱惑物

参考例句：

• He succumbed to the temptations of the big city. 他受不住大城市的诱惑。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He was surrounded by temptations. 他受到各种诱惑。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 sins   

n.违背宗教[道德原则]的恶行( sin的名词复数 )；罪恶，罪孽；过错，罪过；愚蠢的事，可耻的事v.犯罪，犯过错( sin的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Greed is one of the seven deadly sins . 贪婪是七罪宗之一。
• They had confessed their sins and done their penance. 他们已经告罪并做了补赎。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 entreating   

恳求，乞求( entreat的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• We have not bound your feet with our entreating arms. 我们不曾用恳求的手臂来抱住你的双足。
• The evening has come. Weariness clings round me like the arms of entreating love. 夜来到了，困乏像爱的恳求用双臂围抱住我。