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Testament of Abraham

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Section 3

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III. And as they went on from the field toward his house,

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beside

that

way

there

stood

a

cypress

tree

,

and

by

the

command

of

the

Lord

the

tree

cried

out

with

a

human

voice

,

saying

,

Holy

,

holy

,

holy

is

the

Lord

God

that

calls

himself

to

those

that

love

him

;

but

Abraham

hid

the

mystery

,

thinking

that

the

chief

-

captain

had

not

heard

the

voice

of

the

tree

.

And

coming

nigh

to

the

house

they

sat

down

in

the

court

,

and

Isaac

seeing

the

face

of

the

angel

said

to

Sarah

his

mother

,

My

lady

mother

,

behold

,

the

man

sitting

with

my

father

Abraham

is

not

a

son

of

the

race

of

those

that

dwell

on

the

earth

.

And

Isaac

ran

,

and

saluted

him

,

and

fell

at

the

feet

of

the

Incorporeal

,

and

the

Incorporeal

blessed

him

and

said

,

The

Lord

God

will

grant

thee

his

promise

that

he

made

to

thy

father

Abraham

and

to

his

seed

,

and

will

also

grant

thee

the

precious

prayer

of

thy

father

and

thy

mother

.

Abraham

said

to

Isaac

his

son

,

My

son

Isaac

,

draw

water

from

the

well

,

and

bring

it

me

in

the

vessel

,

that

we

may

wash

the

feet

of

this

stranger

,

for

he

is

tired

,

having

come

to

us

from

off

a

long

journey

.

And

Isaac

ran

to

the

well

and

drew

water

in

the

vessel

and

brought

it

to

them

,

and

Abraham

went

up

and

washed

the

feet

of

the

chief

captain

Michael

,

and

the

heart

of

Abraham

was

moved

,

and

he

wept

over

the

stranger

.

And

Isaac

,

seeing

his

father

weeping

,

wept

also

,

and

the

chief

captain

,

seeing

them

weeping

,

also

wept

with

them

,

and

the

tears

of

the

chief

captain

fell

upon

the

vessel

into

the

water

of

the

basin

and

became

precious

stones

.

And

Abraham

seeing

the

marvel

,

and

being

astonished

,

took

the

stones

secretly

,

and

hid

the

mystery

,

keeping

it

by

himself

in

his

heart

.