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Testament of Abraham

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IX. And the chief-captain receiving the exhortations of the Lord went

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down

to

Abraham

,

and

seeing

him

the

righteous

one

fell

upon

his

face

to

the

ground

as

one

dead

,

and

the

chief

-

captain

told

him

all

that

he

had

heard

from

the

Most

High

.

Then

the

holy

and

just

Abraham

rising

with

many

tears

fell

at

the

feet

of

the

Incorporeal

,

and

besought

him

,

saying

,

I

beseech

thee

,

chief

-

captain

of

the

hosts

above

,

since

thou

hast

wholly

deigned

to

come

thyself

to

me

a

sinner

and

in

all

things

thy

unworthy

servant

,

I

beseech

thee

even

now

,

O

chief

-

captain

,

to

carry

my

word

yet

again

to

the

Most

High

,

and

thou

shalt

say

to

him

,

Thus

saith

Abraham

thy

servant

,

Lord

,

Lord

,

in

every

work

and

word

which

I

have

asked

of

thee

thou

hast

heard

me

,

and

hast

fulfilled

all

my

counsel

.

Now

,

Lord

,

I

resist

not

thy

power

,

for

I

too

know

that

I

am

not

immortal

but

mortal

.

Since

therefore

to

thy

command

all

things

yield

,

and

fear

and

tremble

at

the

face

of

thy

power

,

I

also

fear

,

but

I

ask

one

request

of

thee

,

and

now

,

Lord

and

Master

,

hear

my

prayer

,

for

while

still

in

this

body

I

desire

to

see

all

the

inhabited

earth

,

and

all

the

creations

which

thou

didst

establish

by

one

word

,

and

when

I

see

these

,

then

if

I

shall

depart

from

life

I

shall

be

without

sorrow

.

So

the

chief

-

captain

went

back

again

,

and

stood

before

God

,

and

told

him

all

,

saying

,

Thus

saith

thy

friend

Abraham

,

I

desired

to

behold

all

the

earth

in

my

lifetime

before

I

died

.

And

the

Most

High

hearing

this

,

again

commanded

the

chief

-

captain

Michael

,

and

said

to

him

,

Take

a

cloud

of

light

,

and

the

angels

that

have

power

over

the

chariots

,

and

go

down

,

take

the

righteous

Abraham

upon

a

chariot

of

the

cherubim

,

and

exalt

him

into

the

air

of

heaven

that

he

may

behold

all

the

earth

.