The First Book of Adam and Eve · Restored Names Edition · first paragraph
1When Adam and Eve went down to the land of black mud and came near to the wheat Elohim (God) had showed them and saw that it was ripe and ready for reaping, they did not have a sickle to reap it with. So they readied themselves, and began to pull up the wheat by hand, until it was all done.
2Then they heaped it into a pile; and, faint from heat and from thirst, they went under a shady tree, where the breeze fanned them to sleep.
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