The Book of Jubilees 3:8–14

The Book of Jubilees 3:8–14

​"In the first week was Adam created, and the rib—his wife: in the second week He showed her unto him: and for this reason the commandment was given to keep in their defilement, for a male seven days, and for a female twice seven days.

​And after Adam had completed forty days in the land where he had been created, we [the angels] brought him into the Garden of Eden to till and keep it, but his wife they brought in on the eightieth day, and after this she entered into the Garden of Eden.

​And for this reason the commandment is written on the heavenly tablets in regard to her that gives birth: 'if she bears a male, she shall remain in her uncleanness seven days... and thirty-three days shall she remain in the blood of her purifying... she shall not touch any holy thing, nor enter into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled'.

​But if she bears a female child, she shall remain in her uncleanness two weeks... and she shall remain sixty-six days in the blood of her purifying.

​For this reason: Because the Garden of Eden is holier than all the earth besides, and every tree that is planted in it

holy."