1
Zosimos departed from his cave without knowing the path before him.
2
After forty days his strength failed, and he remained three days in prayer.
3
A camel came from the wilderness, knelt before him, received him upon its back, and carried him farther into the desolate region.
4
There he heard the cries of wild creatures and feared for his life.
5
He petitioned Yahuah, and the earth shook. A mighty wind lifted him and carried him until it placed him beside a river called Eumeles in the surviving tradition.
6
When he attempted to cross, a voice from the waters declared that no ordinary Adam could divide that river.
7
He looked upward and saw a wall of cloud stretching from the waters toward the heavens.
8
The cloud declared that no bird, wind, or ordinary force of the world passed through that boundary.