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Testament of Abraham

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Section 10

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X. And Abraham said, My Lord, I beseech thee to lead

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me

to

the

place

of

judgment

so

that

I

too

may

see

how

they

are

judged

.

Then

Michael

took

Abraham

upon

a

cloud

,

and

led

him

into

Paradise

,

and

when

he

came

to

the

place

where

the

judge

was

,

the

angel

came

and

gave

that

soul

to

the

judge

.

And

the

soul

said

,

Lord

have

mercy

on

me

.

And

the

judge

said

,

How

shall

I

have

mercy

upon

thee

,

when

thou

hadst

no

mercy

upon

thy

daughter

which

thou

hadst

,

the

fruit

of

thy

womb

?

Wherefore

didst

thou

slay

her

?

It

answered

,

Nay

,

Lord

,

slaughter

has

not

been

done

by

me

,

but

my

daughter

has

lied

upon

me

.

But

the

judge

commanded

him

to

come

that

wrote

down

the

records

,

and

behold

cherubim

carrying

two

books

.

And

there

was

with

them

a

man

of

exceeding

great

stature

,

having

on

his

head

three

crowns

,

and

the

one

crown

was

higher

than

the

other

two

.

These

are

called

the

crowns

of

witness

.

And

the

man

had

in

his

hand

a

golden

pen

,

and

the

judge

said

to

him

,

Exhibit

the

sin

of

this

soul

.

And

that

man

,

opening

one

of

the

books

of

the

cherubim

,

sought

out

the

sin

of

the

woman’s

soul

and

found

it

.

And

the

judge

said

,

O

wretched

soul

,

why

sayest

thou

that

thou

hast

not

done

murder

?

Didst

thou

not

,

after

the

death

of

thy

husband

,

go

and

commit

adultery

with

thy

daughter’s

husband

,

and

kill

her

?

And

he

convicted

her

also

of

her

other

sins

,

whatsoever

she

had

done

from

her

youth

.

Hearing

these

things

the

woman

cried

out

,

saying

,

Woe

is

me

,

all

the

sins

that

I

did

in

the

world

I

forgot

,

but

here

they

were

not

forgotten

.

Then

they

took

her

away

also

and

gave

her

over

to

the

tormentors

.