⁷ “I was a virgin who was sexually pure: I didn’t go outside of my father’s house, but I carefully took care of the body that was formed from a rib. ⁸ No man who takes advantage of women ever tempted me to have sex in an isolated field. The destructive, lying snake didn’t ruin my innocence either.

²⁴ Death entered the universe only through the devil’s envy. Those who belong to the devil’s party experience death.^[a]