In the beginning man was naked and not ashamed; but the Lord raised him up and told him to hide his nakedness, and man obeyed, and was clothed.

And the Lord walked beside man for a long season, showing him the way of resurrection; and man was obedient, depending on the Lord for all things.

And the Lord said to man: Behold, I have walked with you, and taught you; but because of my indulgence, you have neglected to put forth your own energy.

Now I am going away from you for a season, so that you may learn to develop yourself.

But lest you stumble and fall, I leave certain commandments with you, and they shall be a guide to you and your heirs forever.

Hear, then, the commandments of the Lord your God.

You shall love your Creator with all your mind, heart and soul, all the days of your life.

And you shall love your neighbor as yourself.

Because you were born into the world without covering, you shall clothe yourself.

Then man inquired of the Lord: Behold, you have shown the ass240 what is good for him to eat, and the fish, the serpent and the lion; you have shown every living creature except man. What then shall I eat?

The Lord said: I give you everything that grows up out of the ground that is good to eat, and they shall be food for you.

But you shall not eat anything of flesh and blood, in which life is.

For you shall not kill.

Man inquired of the Lord: You have shown the males and females of all the living, the times and periods to come together; but man and woman you have not shown.

The Lord said: You shall learn from the beasts, birds and fishes that the female during gestation is in the keeping of her Creator.

Therefore you shall also respect the times of woman.241

Man inquired of the Lord: You have shown the bird how to build her nest, the carnivore how to scent the subtle track of his prey, and the spider to weave his net; but as to the design of man‘s house, or the herbs that are good, or poisonous, you have not shown man.

The Lord said: All the instinct that is in the bird, beast, fish, insect, or creeping thing, was created with them, but man was created blank; and yet man shall attain to more subtle senses than any other living creature.

Man inquired: How shall man attain to these?

The Lord answered: Serve your Creator by doing good to others with all your wisdom and strength, and by being true to your own highest light, and all knowledge will come to you.