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BUT when Adam heard these words from Satan, he sorrowed much, because of his oath and of his promise, and said, "Shall I commit adultery with my flesh and my bones, and shall I sin against myself, for God to destroy me, and to blot me out from off the face of the earth?

But Satan was jealous of them; and would destroy them.

"Yet again, O God, when Thou hast put us asunder from each other, the devils will deceive us with their apparitions, and destroy our hearts, and defile our thoughts towards each other. Yet if it is not each of us towards the other, it will, at all events, be through their appearance when they show themselves to us." Here Adam ended his prayer.

Then God sent His Word unto Adam, saying, "O Adam, that figure is the one that promised thee the Godhead, and majesty; he is not favourably disposed towards thee; but shows himself to thee at one time in the form of a woman; another moment, in the likeness of an angel; on another occasions, in the similitude of a serpent; and at another time, in the semblance of a god; but he does all that only to destroy thy soul.

"But now, O Seth, my son, place thyself at the head of thy people; tend them and watch over them in the fear of God; and lead them in the good way, Command them to fast unto God; and make them understand they ought not to hearken to Satan, lest he destroy them.

"Hear, O my son, hereafter there shall come a great destruction upon this earth on account of them; God will be angry with the world, and will destroy them with waters.

He then wept and said, "O God, destroy me not with this race, concerning which my fathers have warned me; for now, O my Lord God, I was thinking that those who appeared unto me were my fathers; but I have found them out to be devils, who allured me by this beautiful apparition, until I believed them.

But this time when they went into the cave they found not Jared, but they found the lamp put out, and the bodies of the fathers thrown about, and voices came from them by the power of God, that said, "Satan in an apparition has deceived our son, wishing to destroy him, as he destroyed our son Cain."

Then all the voices ceased save the voice of our father Adam, who spake to Jared by the power of God, just as one would speak to his fellow, saying, "O Jared, my son, offer gifts to God for having delivered thee from the hand of Satan; and when thou bringest those offerings, so be it that thou offerest them on the altar on which I did offer. Then also, beware of Satan; for he deluded me many a time with his apparitions, wishing to destroy me, but God delivered me out of his hand.

He then said to his son, "O my son, I know that God intends to bring the waters of the Flood upon the earth, and to destroy our creation.

And therefore I will bring down a deluge upon the earth and will destroy all men, and the whole earth will crumble together into great darkness.

And I investigated all things, and wrote the road of the thunder and of the lightning, and they showed me the keys and their guardians, their rise, the way they go; it is let out in measure (sc. gently) by a chain, lest by a heavy chain and violence it hurl down the angry clouds and destroy all things on earth.

And I set my mind against him to destroy him because the prince of deceit sent forth the spirit of jealousy and blinded my mind, so that I regarded him not as a brother, nor did I spare even Jacob my father.

For envy ruleth over the whole mind of a man, and suffereth him neither to eat nor to drink, nor to do any good thing. But it ever suggesteth to him to destroy him that he envieth; and so long as he that is envied flourisheth, he that envieth fadeth away.

Yea, ye shall bring a curse upon our race, because the light of the law which was given for to lighten every man this ye desire to destroy by teaching commandments contrary to the ordinances of God.

And He shall guard the might of my kingdom for ever; for the Lord aware to me with an oath that He would not destroy the kingdom from my seed for ever.

And do ye therefore obey them, and walk in the singleness of your father; for unto Gad hath it been given to destroy the troops that are coming upon Israel.

But upon the ungodly shall the Lord bring eternal fire, and destroy them throughout all generations.

Therefore is the enemy eager to destroy all that call upon the Lord.

Remember that if thou kill thyself, Asteho, the concubine of thy husband, thy rival, will beat thy children, and thou wilt destroy thy memorial from off the earth.

In thee shall be fulfilled the prophecy of heaven concerning the Lamb of God, and Saviour of the world, and that a blameless one shall be delivered up for lawless men, and a sinless one shall die for ungodly men in the blood of the covenant, for the salvation of the Gentiles and of Israel, and shall destroy Beliar and his servants.

And he said unto me: 'So has it been since this world was made until now, and this war (will continue) till He, whom thou shalt see will come and destroy him.

And they shall not know that Thou art with Me, till with a loud voice I have called (to) the heavens, and their angels and their lights, (even) unto the sixth heaven, in order that you mayst judge and destroy the princes and angels and gods of that world, and the world that is dominated by them:

Saying, 'O my grief! O Haiqar, who didst know the secrets and the riddles! woe is me for thee, O Haiqar! O teacher of my country and ruler of my kingdom, where shall I find thy like? O Haiqar, O teacher of my country, where shall I turn for thee? woe is me for thee! how did I destroy thee! and I listened to the talk of a stupid, ignorant boy without knowledge, without religion, without manliness.

And yet, were our Law, as you suggest, not truly divine, while we vainly believed it to be divine, not even so would it be right for us to destroy our reputation for piety.

'Why, O Eleazar, dost thou madly destroy thyself in this misery? We will bring to thee of the seethed meats, but do thou feign only to partake of the swine's flesh, and so save thyself.'

O enemy of virtue and enemy of man, for what crime dost thou destroy us in this way?

He that overthrew by my hands the dragon with seven heads: and thou hast set me over his roots that I might destroy his seed.

They sought to destroy the memorial of him who was before them.

And they sweep away their fords, and catch their bodies and destroy their lives.

What, therefore, will there be after these things? for if you destroy Your city, and deliver up Your land to those that hate us, how shall the name of Israel be again remembered?

And after these things I heard that angel saying unto those angels who held the lamps: 'Destroy, therefore, and overthrow its wall to its foundations, lest the enemy should boast and say: We have overthrown the wall of Zion, And we have burnt the place of the mighty God."'

Behold the little ones that are subject unto you, And save all that draw near unto you: And destroy not the hope of our people, And cut not short the times of our aid.

When, moreover, Hezekiah the king heard those things which the king of Assyria was devising, (i.e.) to come and seize him and destroy his people, the two and a half tribes which remained: nay, more he wished to overthrow Zion also: then Hezekiah trusted in his works, and had hope in his righteousness, and spoke with the Mighty One and said:

"Behold, for lo! Sennacherib is prepared to destroy us, and he will be boastful and uplifted when he has destroyed Zion."

Therefore, if you consider that ye have now suffered those things for your good, that you may not finally be condemned and tormented, then you will receive eternal hope; if above all you destroy from your heart vain error, on account of which you departed hence.

And their eyes (are fixed) upon any man's house that is (still) secure, That they may, like (the) Serpent, destroy the wisdom of . . . with words of transgressors,

He fills one (house) with lawlessness, And (then) his eyes (are fixed) upon the next house, To destroy it with words that give wing to (desire). (Yet) with all these his soul, like Sheol, is not sated.

Let God destroy them that insolently work all unrighteousness, For a great and mighty judge is the Lord our God in righteousness.

When it goeth forth from the face of the Lord against sinners, To destroy all the substance of sinners,

he shall thrust out sinners from (the) inheritance, He shall destroy the pride of the sinner as a potter's vessel. With a rod of iron he shall break in pieces all their substance,

He shall destroy the godless nations with the word of his mouth; At his rebuke nations shall flee before him, And he shall reprove sinners for the thoughts of their heart.

And battles did continually destroy

The whole race I will utterly destroy

From the depths scatter and their walls destroy.

And he shall fulfill God's law, not destroy,

Much gold and silver utterly destroy.

Those whom the Hebrews slew. But he'll destroy

Shall utterly destroy them from the depth.

And out of many cities shall destroy

Shall the Eternal utterly destroy.

Destroy the unknown king; and that man's offspring

Whose offspring he himself would fain destroy;

A hundred, and one shall destroy them all;

And many cities burn and men destroy,

For that they without reason shall destroy

From thoughtlessness they utterly destroy

Repentance; he will not destroy; and wrath

And destroy the whole race of men, and all

And like hail shall he all the land destroy,

And killing every man destroy all life,

He shall come, wishing to destroy the city

Sent forth from God against him shall destroy

A deluge, and it shall destroy the Persians,

Peneus, shall destroy Thessalian land,

Thee and all thine destroy, and in that land

He also shall destroy and smite thy land,

Shall utterly destroy all shameless men

And thus shall he destroy the impious ones,

God's wrath and foresight utterly destroy.

Dainty Miletus from above destroy,

The imperishable God incensed destroy

Shall he seize forthwith. And he shall destroy

And these together shall destroy all kings

That others the great city should destroy.

Shall utterly destroy the Cyprian land.

Into the Asian land and shall destroy

Shall he destroy, he shall raise up the dead,

Shall sometime thee destroy; thee, Sicily,

With false gods, which shall utterly destroy

Destroy; and thence men unexpectedly

And people with thy brine shalt thou destroy.

As flows like water, and it shall destroy

Of evil shall destroy me, when for me

Fire then shall destroy all things and give back

Destroy the haughty threatening of the Romans.

How he shall utterly destroy. . . .

The valleys and destroy the heights of hills,

Shall thy much people utterly destroy.

And shall destroy all thy men. But when he

Bring forth for Hellas woe and shall destroy

For barbarous murder shall destroy this man

Shall utterly destroy and send thee on

Numbers three hundred, and he shall destroy

Shall craftily destroy the virgin maid;

Born to wealth he shall utterly destroy,

Phœnicia and destroy Assyria.

And all the Celtic land, and shall destroy

Who above measure shall destroy from Rome

Which is much varied, and he shall destroy