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Testament of Abraham

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II. And Michael went and came to Abraham, and found him sitting

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before

his

oxen

for

ploughing

,

and

he

was

exceeding

old

in

appearance

,

and

had

his

son

in

his

arms

.

Abraham

,

therefore

,

seeing

the

archangel

Michael

,

rose

from

the

ground

and

saluted

him

,

not

knowing

who

he

was

,

and

said

to

him

:

The

Lord

preserve

thee

.

May

thy

journey

be

prosperous

with

thee

.

And

Michael

answered

him

:

Thou

art

kind

,

good

father

.

Abraham

answered

and

said

to

him

:

Come

,

draw

near

to

me

,

brother

,

and

sit

down

a

little

while

,

that

I

may

order

a

beast

to

be

brought

that

we

may

go

to

my

house

,

and

thou

mayest

rest

with

me

,

for

it

is

toward

evening

,

and

in

the

morning

arise

and

go

whithersoever

thou

wilt

,

lest

some

evil

beast

meet

thee

and

do

thee

hurt

.

And

Michael

enquired

of

Abraham

,

saying

:

Tell

me

thy

name

,

before

I

enter

thy

house

,

lest

I

be

burdensome

to

thee

.

Abraham

answered

and

said

,

My

parents

called

me

Abram

,

and

the

Lord

named

me

Abraham

,

saying

:

Arise

and

depart

from

thy

house

,

and

from

thy

kindred

,

and

go

into

the

land

which

I

shall

show

unto

thee

.

And

when

I

went

away

into

the

land

which

the

Lord

showed

me

,

he

said

to

me

:

Thy

name

shall

no

more

be

called

Abram

,

but

thy

name

shall

be

Abraham

.

Michael

answered

and

said

to

him

:

Pardon

me

,

my

father

,

experienced

man

of

God

,

for

I

am

a

stranger

,

and

I

have

heard

of

thee

that

thou

didst

go

forty

furlongs

and

didst

bring

a

goat

and

slay

it

,

entertaining

angels

in

thy

house

,

that

they

might

rest

there

.

Thus

speaking

together

,

they

arose

and

went

towards

the

house

.

And

Abraham

called

one

of

his

servants

,

and

said

to

him

:

Go

,

bring

me

a

beast

that

the

stranger

may

sit

upon

it

,

for

he

is

wearied

with

his

journey

.

And

Michael

said

:

Trouble

not

the

youth

,

but

let

us

go

lightly

until

we

reach

the

house

,

for

I

love

thy

company

.