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Testament of Abraham

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Section 7

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VII. And Abraham left Sarah, and went into the chamber, and

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said

to

Isaac

,

Come

hither

,

my

beloved

son

,

tell

me

the

truth

,

what

it

was

thou

sawest

and

what

befell

thee

that

thou

camest

so

hastily

to

us

.

And

Isaac

answering

began

to

say

,

I

saw

,

my

Lord

,

in

this

night

the

sun

and

the

moon

above

my

head

,

surrounding

me

with

its

rays

and

giving

me

light

.

As

I

gazed

at

this

and

rejoiced

,

I

saw

the

heaven

opened

,

and

a

man

bearing

light

descend

from

it

,

shining

more

than

seven

suns

.

And

this

man

like

the

sun

came

and

took

away

the

sun

from

my

head

,

and

went

up

into

the

heavens

from

whence

he

came

,

but

I

was

greatly

grieved

that

he

took

away

the

sun

from

me

.

After

a

little

,

as

I

was

still

sorrowing

and

sore

troubled

,

I

saw

this

man

come

forth

from

heaven

a

second

time

,

and

he

took

away

from

me

the

moon

also

from

off

my

head

,

and

I

wept

greatly

and

called

upon

that

man

of

light

,

and

said

,

Do

not

,

my

Lord

,

take

away

my

glory

from

me

;

pity

me

and

hear

me

,

and

if

thou

takest

away

the

sun

from

me

,

then

leave

the

moon

to

me

.

He

said

,

Suffer

them

to

be

taken

up

to

the

king

above

,

for

he

wishes

them

there

.

And

he

took

them

away

from

me

,

but

he

left

the

rays

upon

me

.

The

chief

-

captain

said

,

Hear

,

O

righteous

Abraham

;

the

sun

which

thy

son

saw

is

thou

his

father

,

and

the

moon

likewise

is

Sarah

his

mother

.

The

man

bearing

light

who

descended

from

heaven

,

this

is

the

one

sent

from

God

who

is

to

take

thy

righteous

soul

from

thee

.

And

now

know

,

O

most

honored

Abraham

,

that

at

this

time

thou

shalt

leave

this

worldly

life

,

and

remove

to

God

.

Abraham

said

to

the

chief

captain

O

strangest

of

marvels

!

and

now

art

thou

he

that

shall

take

my

soul

from

me

?

The

chief

-

captain

said

to

him

,

I

am

the

chief

-

captain

Michael

,

that

stands

before

the

Lord

,

and

I

was

sent

to

thee

to

remind

thee

of

thy

death

,

and

then

I

shall

depart

to

him

as

I

was

commanded

.

Abraham

said

,

Now

I

know

that

thou

art

an

angel

of

the

Lord

,

and

wast

sent

to

take

my

soul

,

but

I

will

not

go

with

thee

;

but

do

thou

whatever

thou

art

commanded

.