Adam and Eve the new world is as sinful as the old, God has resolved never again to destroy the world by flood, and the History ends with Terah, the father of Abraham, from whom will descend God's chosen people, the Israelites. Adam and Eve are the Bible's first man and first woman. Adam's name appears first in Genesis 1 with a collective sense, as "mankind"; subsequently in Genesis 2-3 it carries the definite article "ha", equivalent to English "the", indicating that this is "the man". In these chapters God fashions "the man" ("ha adam") from earth ("adamah"), breathes life into his nostrils,
Life of Adam and Eve 30–49, 51 is in common with that of the "Apocalypse of Moses", though with great differences in details. Chapters 15–30 ("Eve's Tale") of the "Apocalypse of Moses" have no parallel in the "Latin Life of Adam and Eve". The penance of Adam and Eve in the water can be found also in the later Conflict of Adam and Eve with Satan. The Slavonic Adam book was published by Jagic along with a Latin translation in 1893. This version agrees for the most part with the Greek Apocalypse of Moses. It has, moreover, a section, §§ 28–39, which, though not found