(June-October 1830)
Adam and Eve bring
forth Children—Adam offers sacrifice and serves God—Cain and Abel are born—Cain
rebels, loves Satan more than God, and becomes Perdition—Murder and wickedness
spread—The gospel is preached from the beginning.
1. And it came to pass that after I, the Lord God, had
driven them out, that Adam began to till the earth, and to have dominion over
all the beasts of the field, and to eat his bead by the sweat of his brow, as I
the Lord had commanded him. And Eve, also, his wife, did labor with him.
2. And Adam knew his wife, and she bare unto him sons and
daughters, and they began to multiply and replenish the earth.
3. And from that time forth, the sons and daughters of Adam
began to divide two and two in the land, and to till the land, and to tend
flocks, and they also begat sons and daughters.
4. And Adam and Eve, his wife, called upon the name of the
Lord, and they heard the voice of the Lord from the way toward the Garden of
Eden, speaking unto them, and they saw him not; for they were shut out from his
presence.
5. And he gave unto them commandments, that they should
worship the Lord their God, and should offer the firstlings of their flocks,
for an offering unto the Lord. And Adam was obedient unto the commandments of
the Lord.
6. And after many days an angel of the Lord appeared unto
Adam, saying: Why dost thou offer sacrifices unto the Lord? And Adam said unto
him: I know not, save the Lord commanded me.
7. And then the angel spake, saying: This thing is a
similitude of the sacrifice of the Only Begotten of the Father, which is full
of grace and truth.
8. Wherefore, thou shalt do all that thou doest in the name
of the Son, and thou shalt repent and call upon God in the name of the Son forevermore.
9. And in that day the Holy Ghost fell upon Adam, which
beareth record of the Father and the Son, saying: I am the Only Begotten of the
Father from the beginning, henceforth and forever, that as thou hast fallen
thou mayest be redeemed, and all mankind, even as many as will.
10. And in that day Adam blessed God and was filled, and
began to prophesy concerning all the families of the earth, saying: Blessed be
the name of God, for because of my transgression my eyes are opened, and in
this life I shall have joy, and again in the flesh I shall see God.
11. And Eve, his wife, heard all these things and was glad,
saying: Were it not for our transgression we never should have known good and
evil, and the joy of our redemption and the eternal life which God giveth unto
all the obedient.
12. And Adam and Eve blessed the name of God, and they made
all things known unto their sons and their daughters.
13. And Satan came among them, saying: I am also a son of
God; and he commanded them, saying: Believe it not; and they believed it not,
and they loved Satan more than God. And men began from that time forth to be
carnal, sensual, and devilish.
14. And the Lord God called upon men by the Holy Ghost
everywhere and commanded them that they should repent;
15. And as many as believed in the Son, and repented of
their sins, should be saved; and as many as believed not and repented not, should
be damned; and the words went forth out of the mouth of God in a firm decree;
wherefore they must be fulfilled.
16. And Adam and Eve, his wife, ceased not to call upon God.
And Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bare Cain, and said: I have
gotten a man from the Lord; wherefore he may not reject his words. But behold,
Cain hearkened not, saying: Who is the Lord that I should know him?
17. And she again conceived and bare his brother Abel. And Abel
hearkened unto the voice of the Lord. And Abel was a keeper of Sheep, but Cain
was a tiller of the ground.
18. And Cain loved Satan more than God. And Satan commanded
him, saying: Make an offering unto the Lord.
19. And in the process of time it came to pass that Cain
brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord.
20. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his
flock, and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel, and to his
offering;
21. But unto Cain, and to his offering, he had not respect. Now
Satan knew this, and it pleased him. And Cain was very wroth, and his
countenance fell.
22. And the Lord said unto Cain: Why art thou wroth? Why is
thy countenance fallen?
23. If thou doest well, thou shalt be accepted. And if thou
doest not well, sin lieth at the door, and Satan desireth to have thee; and
except thou shalt hearken unto my commandments, I will deliver thee up, and it shall
be unto thee according to his desire. And thou shall rule over him;
24. For from this time forth thou shalt be the father of his
lies; thou shalt be called Perdition; for thou wast also before the world.
25. And it shall be said in time to come—That these
abominations were had from Cain; for he rejected the greater counsel which was
had from God; and this is a cursing which I will put upon thee, except thou
repent.
26. And Cain was wroth, and listened not any more to the
voice of the Lord, neither to Abel, his brother, who walked in holiness before
the Lord.
27. And Adam and his wife mourned before the Lord, because
of Cain and his brethren.
28. And it came to pass that Cain took one of his brothers’
daughters to wife, and they loved Satan more than God.
29. And Satan said unto Cain: Swear unto me by throat, and
if thou tell it thou shalt die; and swear thy brethren by their heads, and by
the living God, that they tell it not; for if they tell it, they shall surely
die; and this that they father may not know it; and this day I will deliver thy
brother Abel into thine hands.
30. And Satan sware unto Cain that he would do according to
his commands. And all these things were done in secret.
31. And Cain said: Truly I am Mahan, the master of this
great secret, that I may murder and get gain. Wherefore Cain was called Master
Mahan, and he gloried in his wickedness.
32. And Cain went into the field, and Cain talked with Abel,
his brother. And it came to pass that while they were in the field, Cain rose
up against Abel, his brother, and slew him.
33. And Cain gloried in that which he had done, saying: I am
fee; surely the flocks of my brother falleth into hands.
34. And the Lord said unto Cain: Where is Abel thy brother? And
he said: I know not. Am I my brother’s keeper?
35. And the Lord said: What hast thou done? The voice of thy
brother’s blood cries unto me from the ground.
36. And now thou shalt be cursed from the earth which hath
opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand.
37. When thou tillest the ground it shall not henceforth
yield unto thee her strength. A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the
earth.
38. And Cain said unto the Lord: Satan tempted me because of
my brother’s flocks. And I wa wroth also; for his offering thou didst accept
and not mine; my punishment is greater than I can bear.
39. Behold thou hast driven me out this day from the face of
the Lord, and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a
vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that he that findeth will
slay me, because of mine iniquities, for these things are not hid from the
Lord.
40. And I the Lord said unto him: Whosoever slayeth thee,
vengeance shall be taken o him sevenfold. And I the Lord set a mark upon ain,
lest any finding him should kill him.
41. And Cain was shut out from the presence of the Lord, and
with his wife and many of his brethren dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of
Eden.
42. And Cain knew his wife, and he conceived and bare Enoch,
and he also begat many sons and daughters. And he builded a city, and he called
the name of the city after the name of his son, Enoch.
43. And unto Enoch was born Irad, and other sons and
daughters. And Irad begat Mahujael, and other sons and daughters. And Mahujael
begat Methusael, and other sons and daughter. And Methusael begat Lamech.
44. And Lamech took unto himself two wives; the name of one
being Adah, and the name of the other, Zillah.
45. And Adah have Jabal; he was the father of such as dwell
in tents, and they were keepers of cattle; and his brother’s name was Jubal,
who was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
46. And Zillah, he also bare Tubal Cain, an instructor of
every artificer in brass and iron. And the sister of Tubal Cain was called
Naamah.
47. And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah: Hear my
voice, ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech; for I have slain a man to my
wounding, and a young man to my hurt.
48. If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech shall
be seventy and seven fold;
49. For Lamech having entered into a covenant with Satan,
after the manner of Cain, wherein he became Master Mahan, master of that great
secret which was administered unto Cain by Satan; and Irad, the son of Enoch,
having known their secret, began to reveal it unto the sons of Adam;
50. Wherefore Lamech, being angry, slew him, not like unto
Cain, his brother Abel, for the sake of getting gain, but he slew him for the
oath’s sake.
51. For, from the days of Cain, there was a secret
combination, and their works were in the dark, and they knew every man his
brother.
52. Wherefore the Lord cursed Lamech, and his house, and all
them that had covenanted with Satan; for they kept not the commandments of God,
and it displeased God, and he ministered not unto them, and their works were
abominations, and began to spread among all the sons of men. And it was among
the sons of men.
53. And among the daughters of men these were not spoken, because
that Lamech had spoken the secret unto his wives, and they rebelled against him,
and declared these things abroad, and had not compassion;
54. Wherefore Lamech was despised, and cast out, and came
not among the sons of men, lest he should die.
55. And thus the works of darkness began to prevail among
all the sons of men.
56. And God cursed the earth with a sore curse, and was
angry with the wicked, with all the sons of men whome he had made;
57. For they would not hearken unto his voice, nor believe
on his Only Begotten Son, even him whom he declared should come in the meridian
of time, who was prepared from before the foundation of the world.
58. And thus the Gospel began to be preached, form the
beginning, being declared by holy angels sent forth from the presence of God,
and by his own voice, and by the gift of the Holy Ghost.
59. And thus all things were confirmed unto Adam, by an holy
ordinance, and the Gospel preached, and a decree sent forth, that it should be
in the world, until the end thereof; and thus it was. Amen.
