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Testament of Abraham

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Section 11

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XI. And Abraham said to Michael, Lord, who is this judge

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,

and

who

is

the

other

,

who

convicts

the

sins

?

And

Michael

said

to

Abraham

,

Seest

thou

the

judge

?

This

is

Abel

,

who

first

testified

,

and

God

brought

him

hither

to

judge

,

and

he

that

bears

witness

here

is

the

teacher

of

heaven

and

earth

,

and

the

scribe

of

righteousness

,

Enoch

,

for

the

Lord

sent

them

hither

to

write

down

the

sins

and

righteousnesses

of

each

one

.

Abraham

said

,

And

how

can

Enoch

bear

the

weight

of

the

souls

,

not

having

seen

death

?

or

how

can

he

give

sentence

to

all

the

souls

?

Michael

said

,

If

he

gives

sentence

concerning

the

souls

,

it

is

not

permitted

;

but

Enoch

himself

does

not

give

sentence

,

but

it

is

the

Lord

who

does

so

,

and

he

has

no

more

to

do

than

only

to

write

.

For

Enoch

prayed

to

the

Lord

saying

,

I

desire

not

,

Lord

,

to

give

sentence

on

the

souls

,

lest

I

be

grievous

to

anyone

;

and

the

Lord

said

to

Enoch

,

I

shall

command

thee

to

write

down

the

sins

of

the

soul

that

makes

atonement

and

it

shall

enter

into

life

,

and

if

the

soul

make

not

atonement

and

repent

,

thou

shalt

find

its

sins

written

down

and

it

shall

be

cast

into

punishment

.

And

about

the

ninth

hour

Michael

brought

Abraham

back

to

his

house

.

But

Sarah

his

wife

,

not

seeing

what

had

become

of

Abraham

,

was

consumed

with

grief

,

and

gave

up

the

ghost

,

and

after

the

return

of

Abraham

he

found

her

dead

,

and

buried

her

.