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Testament of Abraham

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V. Then the chief captain went down to the house of Abraham,

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and

sat

down

with

him

at

the

table

,

and

Isaac

served

them

.

And

when

the

supper

was

ended

,

Abraham

prayed

after

his

custom

,

and

the

chief

-

captain

prayed

together

with

him

,

and

each

lay

down

to

sleep

upon

his

couch

.

And

Isaac

said

to

his

father

,

Father

,

I

too

would

fain

sleep

with

you

in

this

chamber

,

that

I

also

may

hear

your

discourse

,

for

I

love

to

hear

the

excellence

of

the

conversation

of

this

virtuous

man

.

Abraham

said

,

Nay

,

my

son

,

but

go

to

thy

own

chamber

and

sleep

on

thy

own

couch

,

lest

we

be

troublesome

to

this

man

.

Then

Isaac

,

having

received

the

prayer

from

them

,

and

having

blessed

them

,

went

to

his

own

chamber

and

lay

down

upon

his

couch

.

But

the

Lord

cast

the

thought

of

death

into

the

heart

of

Isaac

as

in

a

dream

,

and

about

the

third

hour

of

the

night

Isaac

awoke

and

rose

up

from

his

couch

,

and

came

running

to

the

chamber

where

his

father

was

sleeping

together

with

the

archangel

.

Isaac

,

therefore

,

on

reaching

the

door

cried

out

,

saying

,

My

father

Abraham

,

arise

and

open

to

me

quickly

,

that

I

may

enter

and

hang

upon

thy

neck

,

and

embrace

thee

before

they

take

thee

away

from

me

.

Abraham

therefore

arose

and

opened

to

him

,

and

Isaac

entered

and

hung

upon

his

neck

,

and

began

to

weep

with

a

loud

voice

.

Abraham

therefore

being

moved

at

heart

,

also

wept

with

a

loud

voice

,

and

the

chief

-

captain

,

seeing

them

weeping

,

wept

also

.

Sarah

being

in

her

room

,

heard

their

weeping

,

and

came

running

to

them

,

and

found

them

embracing

and

weeping

.

And

Sarah

said

with

weeping

,

My

Lord

Abraham

,

what

is

this

that

ye

weep

?

Tell

me

,

my

Lord

,

has

this

brother

that

has

been

entertained

by

us

this

day

brought

thee

tidings

of

Lot

,

thy

brother’s

son

,

that

he

is

dead

?

is

it

for

this

that

ye

grieve

thus

?

The

chief

-

captain

answered

and

said

to

her

,

Nay

,

my

sister

Sarah

,

it

is

not

as

thou

sayest

,

but

thy

son

Isaac

,

methinks

,

beheld

a

dream

,

and

came

to

us

weeping

,

and

we

seeing

him

were

moved

in

our

hearts

and

wept

.