Unstable as water, you shall not excel; because you went up to your father's bed; then you defiled it: he went up to my couch.
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Ephrem The Syrian
AD 373
Just as the justice of Jacob cursed his firstborn because of his evil deed and this curse of Reuben was blotted out by Moses who was the descendant of Jacob, so too was death decreed by God against Adam when he transgressed the commandment. But the Son of God came and, with the promise of the resurrection that he promised, brought to nought the judgment that accompanied Adam out of paradise.
