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Testament of Abraham

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XVIII. And the all-holy Abraham, seeing these things thus,

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said

to

Death

,

I

beseech

thee

,

all

-

destroying

Death

,

hide

thy

fierceness

,

and

put

on

thy

beauty

and

the

shape

which

thou

hadst

before

.

And

straightway

Death

hid

his

fierceness

,

and

put

on

his

beauty

which

he

had

before

.

And

Abraham

said

to

Death

,

Why

hast

thou

done

this

,

that

thou

hast

slain

all

my

servants

and

maidservants

?

Has

God

sent

thee

hither

for

this

end

this

day

?

Death

said

,

Nay

,

my

Lord

Abraham

,

it

is

not

as

thou

sayest

,

but

on

thy

account

was

I

sent

hither

.

Abraham

said

to

Death

,

How

then

have

these

died

?

Has

the

Lord

not

spoken

it

?

Death

said

,

Believe

thou

,

most

righteous

Abraham

,

that

this

also

is

wonderful

,

that

thou

also

wast

not

taken

away

with

them

.

Nevertheless

I

tell

thee

the

truth

,

for

if

the

right

hand

of

God

had

not

been

with

thee

at

that

time

,

thou

also

wouldst

have

had

to

depart

from

this

life

.

The

righteous

Abraham

said

,

Now

I

know

that

I

have

come

into

indifference

of

death

,

so

that

my

spirit

fails

,

but

I

beseech

thee

,

all

-

destroying

Death

,

since

my

servants

have

died

before

their

time

,

come

let

us

pray

to

the

Lord

our

God

that

he

may

hear

us

and

raise

up

those

who

died

by

thy

fierceness

before

their

time

.

And

Death

said

,

Amen

,

be

it

so

.

Therefore

Abraham

arose

and

fell

upon

the

face

of

the

ground

in

prayer

,

and

Death

together

with

him

,

and

the

Lord

sent

a

spirit

of

life

upon

those

that

were

dead

and

they

were

made

alive

again

.

Then

the

righteous

Abraham

gave

glory

to

God

.