When Adam saw that his end was near, he called his son Seth, who came to him in the Cave of Treasures. He said to him:
"Seth, my son, bring me your children and your children's children, that I may give them my blessing before I die.
"Seth, my son, when I am dead, take my body and wrap it in myrrh, aloes, and cassia, and leave me here in this Cave of Treasures, in which are all these tokens that Elohim gave us from the garden.
"My son, in time to come, a flood will come and overwhelm all creatures, sparing only eight souls.
"But, my son, let those of your children who are spared at that time take my body with them out of this cave. When they have taken it with them, let the oldest among them command his children to place my body in a ship until the flood has subsided and they come out of the ship. Then they shall take my body and lay it in the middle of the earth, shortly after they have been saved from the waters of the flood.
"For the place where my body shall be laid is the middle of the earth. Elohim shall come from there and shall save all our kindred.
"But now, Seth, my son, place yourself at the head of your people. Tend them and watch over them in the fear of Elohim, and lead them in the good way. Command them to fast to Elohim, and make them understand they ought not to listen to Satan, lest he destroy them.
"Then, again, separate your children and your children's children from Cain's children. Do not let them ever mix with those, nor come near them either in their words or in their deeds."
Then Adam gave his blessing to Seth, his children, and all his children's children.
He then turned to his son Seth and to Eve his wife, and said to them, "Preserve this gold, this incense, and this myrrh, which Elohim has given us for a sign. For in the days to come, a flood will overwhelm the whole creation. But those who go into the ark shall take with them the gold, the incense, and the myrrh, together with my body. They will lay the gold, the incense, and the myrrh with my body in the middle of the earth.
"Then, after a long time, the city in which the gold, the incense, and the myrrh are found with my body shall be plundered. But when it is destroyed, the gold, the incense, and the myrrh shall be preserved with the spoil that is kept. None of them shall perish until the Word of Elohim, made man Messiah, shall come. Then kings shall take them and shall offer to Him gold, in token of His being King; incense, in token of His being Elohim of heaven and earth; and myrrh, in token of His passion.
"Gold also, as a token of His overcoming Satan and all our foes; incense, as a token that He will rise from the dead and be exalted above things in heaven and things on earth; and myrrh, in token that He will drink bitter gall and feel the pains of hell from Satan.
"And now, Seth, my son, behold, I have revealed to you hidden mysteries that Elohim revealed to me. Keep my commandment for yourself and for your people."
When Adam had finished his commandment to Seth, his limbs were loosened, his hands and feet lost all power, his mouth became mute, and his tongue ceased altogether to speak. He closed his eyes and gave up the ghost.
But when his children saw that he was dead, they threw themselves over him, men and women, old and young, weeping.
The death of Adam took place after nine hundred and thirty years that he lived upon the earth, on the fifteenth day of Barmudeh, after the reckoning of an epact of the sun, at the ninth hour. It was on a Friday, the very day on which he was created and on which he rested. The hour at which he died was the same as that at which he came out of the garden.
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