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Testament of Abraham

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Section 6

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VI. And it happened about the seventh hour of the night Isaac awoke

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,

and

came

to

the

door

of

his

father’s

chamber

,

crying

out

and

saying

,

Open

,

father

,

that

I

may

touch

thee

before

they

take

thee

away

from

me

.

Abraham

arose

and

opened

to

him

,

and

Isaac

entered

and

hung

upon

his

father’s

neck

weeping

,

and

kissed

him

with

lamentations

.

And

Abraham

wept

together

with

his

son

,

and

Michael

saw

them

weeping

and

wept

likewise

.

And

Sarah

hearing

them

weeping

called

from

her

bed

-

chamber

,

saying

,

My

Lord

Abraham

,

why

is

this

weeping

?

Has

the

stranger

told

thee

of

thy

brother’s

son

Lot

that

he

is

dead

?

or

has

aught

else

befallen

us

?

Michael

answered

and

said

to

Sarah

,

Nay

,

Sarah

,

I

have

brought

no

tidings

of

Lot

,

but

I

knew

of

all

your

kindness

of

heart

,

that

therein

ye

excel

all

men

upon

earth

,

and

the

Lord

has

remembered

you

.

Then

Sarah

said

to

Abraham

,

How

durst

thou

weep

when

the

man

of

God

has

come

in

to

thee

,

and

why

have

thy

eyes

shed

tears

for

today

there

is

great

rejoicing

?

Abraham

said

to

her

,

How

knowest

thou

that

this

is

a

man

of

God

?

Sarah

answered

and

said

,

Because

I

say

and

declare

that

this

is

one

of

the

three

men

who

were

entertained

by

us

at

the

oak

of

Mamre

,

when

one

of

the

servants

went

and

brought

a

kid

and

thou

didst

kill

it

,

and

didst

say

to

me

,

Arise

,

make

ready

that

we

may

eat

with

these

men

in

our

house

.

Abraham

answered

and

said

,

Thou

has

perceived

well

,

O

woman

,

for

I

too

,

when

I

washed

his

feet

knew

in

my

heart

that

these

were

the

feet

which

I

had

washed

at

the

oak

of

Mamre

,

and

when

I

began

to

enquire

concerning

his

journey

,

he

said

to

me

,

I

go

to

preserve

Lot

thy

brother

from

the

men

of

Sodom

,

and

then

I

knew

the

mystery

.

Notes

1
“Eyes of the fountain of light” is apparently what the text has.