Moses
Chapter 5
(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 bread 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 to 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 had
seed, and 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 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 shalt
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 thy 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 thy 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 free; surely the
flocks of my brother falleth into my 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 was 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 me 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 on him sevenfold. And I the Lord set a
mark upon Cain, 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 she 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 daughters. 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 bare 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, she 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 things 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 whom 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, from 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.
