Еще одним свидетельством для Эмерсона служит книга «Спор Адама и Евы с Сатаной» (Conflict of Adam and Eve with Satan), она же «Книга Адама и Евы», если верить вики — неканоническая книга шестого века, дошедшая до нас на языке геэз (язык священнослужения в Эфиопской Церкви), переведенная с арабского оригинала. Эмерсон цитирует: (стр. 858–9) Нужно сказать, что сперва Каин берет палку. Он говорит Авелю: «Подожди меня, пока я схожу за палкой, из-за [чтобы защищаться от] диких зверей». Позже Каин «избил [Авеля] палкой, удар за ударом, пока тот не упал». Авель тем временем сказал: «Если ты хочешь убить меня, возьми один из тех больших камней, и убей меня немедленно». Тогда Каин бессердечный, жестокий убийца, взял большой камень и ударил им своего брата по голове, пока его [Авеля] мозги не вытекли, и он не «погряз» в собственной крови». Текст совершенно фееричный и стоит того, чтобы прочесть весь сюжет: As to Cain, he was so sullen and so angry that he went into the field, where Satan came to him and said to him, “Since thy brother Abel has taken refuge with thy father Adam, because thou didst thrust him from the altar, they have kissed his face, and they rejoice over him, far more than over thee.” When Cain heard these words of Satan, he was filled with rage; and he let no one know. But he was laying wait to kill his brother, until he brought him into the cave, and then said to him:— “O brother, the country is so beautiful, and there are such beautiful and pleasurable trees in it, and charming to look at! But brother, thou hast never been one day in the field to take thy pleasure therein. “To-day, O, my brother, I very much wish thou wouldest come with me into the field, to enjoy thyself and to bless our fields and our flocks, for thou art righteous, and I love thee much, O, my brother! but thou hast estranged thyself from me.” Then Abel consented to go with his brother Cain into the field. But before going out, Cain said to Abel, “Wait for me, until I fetch a staff, because of wild beasts.” Then Abel stood [waiting] in his innocence. But Cain, the froward, fetched a staff and went out. And they began, Cain and his brother Abel, to walk in the way; Cain talking to him, and comforting him, to make him forget everything. CHAPTER LXXIX. Murder of Abel the Just, whom his brother, Cain the Infidel, did kill. And so they went on, until they came to a lonely place, where there were no sheep; then Abel said to Cain, “Behold, my brother, we are weary of walking; for we see none of the trees, nor of the fruits, nor of the verdure, nor of the sheep, nor any one of the things of which thou didst tell me. Where are those sheep of thine thou didst tell me to bless?” Then Cain said to him, “Come on, and presently thou shalt see many beautiful things, but go before me, until I come up to thee.” Then went Abel forward, but Cain remained behind him. And Abel was walking in his innocence, without guile; not believing his brother would kill him. Then Cain, when he came up to him, comforted him with [his] talk, walking a little behind him; then he hastened, and smote him with the staff, blow upon blow, until he was stunned. But when Abel fell down upon the ground, seeing that his brother meant to kill him, he said to Cain, “O, my brother, have pity on me. By the breasts we have sucked, smite me not! By the womb that bare us and that brought us into the world, smite me not unto death with that staff! If thou wilt kill me, take one of these large stones, and kill me outright.” Then Cain, the hard-hearted, and cruel murderer, took a large stone, and smote his brother with it upon the head, until his brains oozed out, and he weltered in his blood, before him. And Cain repented not of what he had done. #тотшлегер