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Testament of Abraham

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IV. When Sarah, being inside in her house, heard their weeping

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,

she

came

out

and

said

to

Abraham

,

Lord

,

why

is

it

that

ye

thus

weep

?

Abraham

answered

,

and

said

to

her

,

It

is

no

evil

.

Go

into

thy

house

,

and

do

thy

own

work

,

lest

we

be

troublesome

to

the

man

.

And

Sarah

went

away

,

being

about

to

prepare

the

supper

.

And

the

sun

came

near

to

setting

,

and

Michael

went

out

of

the

house

,

and

was

taken

up

into

the

heavens

to

worship

before

God

,

for

at

sunset

all

the

angels

worship

God

and

Michael

himself

is

the

first

of

the

angels

.

And

they

all

worshipped

him

,

and

went

each

to

his

own

place

,

but

Michael

spoke

before

the

Lord

and

said

,

Lord

,

command

me

to

be

questioned

before

thy

holy

glory

!

And

the

Lord

said

to

Michael

,

Announce

whatsoever

thou

wilt

!

And

the

Archangel

answered

and

said

,

Lord

,

thou

didst

send

me

to

Abraham

to

say

to

him

,

Depart

from

thy

body

,

and

leave

this

world

;

the

Lord

calls

thee

;

and

I

dare

not

,

Lord

,

reveal

myself

to

him

,

for

he

is

thy

friend

,

and

a

righteous

man

,

and

one

that

receives

strangers

.

But

I

beseech

thee

,

Lord

,

command

the

remembrance

of

the

death

of

Abraham

to

enter

into

his

own

heart

,

and

bid

not

me

tell

it

him

,

for

it

is

great

abruptness

to

say

,

Leave

the

world

,

and

especially

to

leave

one’s

own

body

,

for

thou

didst

create

him

from

the

beginning

to

have

pity

on

the

souls

of

all

men

.

Then

the

Lord

said

to

Michael

,

Arise

and

go

to

Abraham

,

and

lodge

with

him

,

and

whatever

thou

seest

him

eat

,

eat

thou

also

,

and

wherever

he

shall

sleep

,

sleep

thou

there

also

.

For

I

will

cast

the

thought

of

the

death

of

Abraham

into

the

heart

of

Isaac

his

son

in

a

dream

.