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on the mountain of Paradise ; he gave thanks at seeing the sun from the top 

 of the great mountain. ' I adore, I adore thee, God,' is the first sound he 

 uttered ; at seeing fair Eve he gave his first laugh. His first walk was to 

 the well of Paradise ; his first run was to see the birds. Fifteen days Adam 

 and Eve were together till the demon came to deceive them. This is the 

 reason why people say the left hand as against the right, because it was the 

 left hand that was stretclied out to the apple. After transgression they 

 wei'e put into the high land of Egypt ; for three months one palm clothed 

 and fed them." If all this is not pure invention on the part of the Irish 

 writer, it resembles in part a passage in Pirhe B. Eliezer, p. 79 : " Adam 

 stood and began to gaze upward and downward. He saw all the creatures 

 which the Holy One had made, and he was wondering in his heart, and he 

 began to praise and glorify the Creator, saying ' Lord, how manifold are 

 Thy works.' " The creatures fear him, and prostrate themselves before him. 



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