And instantly he hung himself from the wall of paradise, and when the angels ascended to worship God, then Satan appeared in the form of an angel and sang hymns like the angels. And I bent over the wall and saw him, like an angel. But he saith to me: "Art thou Eve" And I said to him, "I am." 'What art thou doing in paradise" And I said to him, "God set us to guard and to eat of it." The devil answered through the mouth of the serpent: 'Ye do well but ye do not eat of every plant." And I said: "Yea, we eat of all. save one only, which is in the midst of paradise, concerning which, God charged us not to eat of it: for, He said to us, on the day on which ye eat of it, ye shall die the death."
Apocrypha · Chapter 17 of 43
Apocalypse of Moses 17
Life of Adam and Eve
About Apocalypse of Moses
An apocryphal or pseudepigraphal text — outside the canon of the Western churches, yet widely circulated among ancient Jews and Christians. English text: Apocalypsis Mosis, in The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament (Clarendon Press, 1913), R. H. Charles, 1913 (public domain). Portuguese and Spanish: Lux Veritas translations from this edition.
Source: Apocalypsis Mosis, in The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament (Clarendon Press, 1913), R. H. Charles (1913) · public domain