The Fall of Adam and Eve

[1]ĒacswylċesēonǣddrewæsġēapreðonneealleðāōðrenȳtenuðeGodġeworhteofereorðan.Andsēonǣddrecwæðtōðāmwīfe:"HwīforbēadGodēowðætġēneǣtonofǣlcontrēowebinnanParadīsum?"

[2]Þætwīfandwyrde:"OfðǣratrēowawæstmeðesyndonParadīsumwēetað:

[3]andofðæstrēoweswæstmeþeisonmiddanneorxnawange,Godbebēadūsðætwēneǣton,newēðættrēownehrepodon,ðī lǣs ðewē swelton."

[4]Ðācwæðsēonǣdreefttōðāmwīfe: "Ne bēo ġē nāteshwōndēade,ðēah ðeġēofðāmtrēoweeton.

[5]AcGodwātsōðlīċeðætēowreēaganbēoðġeopenodeon swā hwylċum dæġe swā ġēetaðofðāmtrēowe;andġēbēoððonneenglumġelīċe,witendeǣġðer ġegōdġeyfel."

[6]Ðāġeseahðætwīfðætðættrēowwæsgōdtō etenne,be ðām ðehyreðūhte,andwlitiġonēagumandlustbǣreonġesyhðe;andġenamðāofðæstrēoweswæstmeandġeǣt,andsealdehyrewere:hēǣtðā.

[7]Andheorabēġraēaganwurdonġeopenode:hīoncnēowonðāðæthīnacodewǣron,andsȳwodonhimfīclēafandworhtonhimwǣdbrēċ.

[8]Eftðā ðāGodcōmandhīġehȳrdonhisstemne,ðǣrhēēodeonneorxnawangeofermidnedæġ,ðābehȳddeAdamhine,andhiswīfēacswādyde,framGodesġesihðeonmiddanðāmtrēoweneorxnawonges.

[9]GodclypodeðāAdam,andcwæð:"Adam,hwǣreartðū?"

[10]Hēcwæð:"Ðīnestemneiċġehīre,lēof,onneorxnawange,andiċondrǣdemē,for ðām ðeiċeomnacod,andiċbehȳdemē."

[11]Godcwæð:"Hwāsǣdeðēðætðūnacodwǣre,ġyfðūneǣteofðāmtrēoweðeiċðēbebēadðætðūneǣte?"

[12]Adamcwæð:"Ðætwīfðeðūmēforġēafe tō ġefēransealdemēofðāmtrēowe,andiċǣtt."

[13]Godcwæðtōðāmwīfe:"Hwī dydestū ðæt?"Hēocwæð:"Sēonǣdrebepǣhtemēandiċǣtt."

[14]Godcwæðtōðǣrenǣddran:"For ðan ðeðūðisdydest, ðū bist āwyrġedbetweoxeallumnȳtenumandwildēorum.Ðūgǣstonðīnumbrēosteandetstðāeorðaneallumdagumðīneslīfes.

[15]Iċsettefēondrǣdennebetwuxðēandðāmwīfeandðīnumofspringeandhireofspringe;hēotōbrȳttðīnhēafodandðūsyrwstonġēanhirehō."

[16]TōðāmwīfecwæðGodēacswylċe:"Iċġemænifyldeðīneyrmðaandðīneġeēacnunga;onsārnysseðūācenstċild,andðūbistunderweresanwealdeandhēġewyltðē."

[17]TōAdamehēcwæð:"For ðan ðeðūġehȳrdestðīneswīfesstemneandðūǣteofðǣmtrēoweðeiċðēbebēadðætðūneǣte,issēoeorðeāwyrġed on ðīnum weorce.Onġeswyncumðūetstofðǣreeorðaneallumdagumðīneslīfes.

[18]Ðornasandbrēmelashēoāsprytðē,andðūytstðǣreeorðanwyrta.

[19]Onswāteðīnesandwlitanðūbrȳċstðīneshlāfesoð ðætðūġewendetōeorðan,ofðǣre ðeðūġenumenwǣre,for ðān ðeðūeartdūstandtōdūsteġewyrst."