Opening the library…

Home Bible Corpus Discover You

Search the Bible

Testament of Abraham

Unknown

Section 8

About this work

Author: Unknown

VIII. The chief-captain hearing these words immediately vanished, and ascending

‹ Section 7 Section 9 ›

into

heaven

stood

before

God

,

and

told

all

that

he

had

seen

in

the

house

of

Abraham

;

and

the

chief

-

captain

said

this

also

to

his

Lord

,

Thus

says

thy

friend

Abraham

,

I

will

not

go

with

thee

,

but

do

thou

whatever

thou

art

commanded

;

and

now

,

O

Lord

Almighty

,

doth

thy

glory

and

immortal

kingdom

order

aught

?

God

said

to

the

chief

-

captain

Michael

,

Go

to

my

friend

Abraham

yet

once

again

,

and

speak

to

him

thus

,

Thus

saith

the

Lord

thy

God

,

he

that

brought

thee

into

the

land

of

promise

,

that

blessed

thee

above

the

sand

of

the

sea

and

above

the

stars

of

heaven

,

that

opened

the

womb

of

barrenness

of

Sarah

,

and

granted

thee

Isaac

as

the

fruit

of

the

womb

in

old

age

,

Verily

I

say

unto

thee

that

blessing

I

will

bless

thee

,

and

multiplying

I

will

multiply

thy

seed

,

and

I

will

give

thee

all

that

thou

shalt

ask

from

me

,

for

I

am

the

Lord

thy

God

,

and

besides

me

there

is

no

other

.

Tell

me

why

thou

hast

rebelled

against

me

,

and

why

there

is

grief

in

thee

,

and

why

thou

rebelled

against

my

archangel

Michael

?

Knowest

thou

not

that

all

who

have

come

from

Adam

and

Eve

have

died

,

and

that

none

of

the

prophets

has

escaped

death

?

None

of

those

that

rule

as

kings

is

immortal

;

none

of

thy

forefathers

has

escaped

the

mystery

of

death

.

They

have

all

died

,

they

have

all

departed

into

Hades

,

they

are

all

gathered

by

the

sickle

of

death

.

But

upon

thee

I

have

not

sent

death

,

I

have

not

suffered

any

deadly

disease

to

come

upon

thee

,

I

have

not

permitted

the

sickle

of

death

to

meet

thee

,

I

have

not

allowed

the

nets

of

Hades

to

enfold

thee

,

I

have

never

wished

thee

to

meet

with

any

evil

.

But

for

good

comfort

I

have

sent

my

chief

-

captain

Michael

to

thee

,

that

thou

mayst

know

thy

departure

from

the

world

,

and

set

thy

house

in

order

,

and

all

that

belongs

to

thee

,

and

bless

Isaac

thy

beloved

son

.

And

now

know

that

I

have

done

this

not

wishing

to

grieve

thee

.

Wherefore

then

hast

thou

said

to

my

chief

-

captain

,

I

will

not

go

with

thee

?

Wherefore

hast

thou

spoken

thus

?

Knowest

thou

not

that

if

I

give

leave

to

death

and

he

comes

upon

thee

,

then

I

should

see

whether

thou

wouldst

come

or

not

?