thus he says, and I refrain from touching him, for from the beginning he is Thy friend, and all things pleasing in Thy sight he has done; neither is there any man like unto him upon the earth, no, not even Job the marvellous man. Wherefore I refrain from touching him. Command then, Immortal King, what shall be done. The Angel of Death visits Abraham. (Chapters XVI-XVII.) XVI. Then said the Most High: Call me hither Death, who is called the shameless face and pitiless glance. So Michael the spirit went away and said unto Death, Come hither, the Lord of Creation, the Immortal King, calls thee.
Death, when he heard, shuddered and trembled, possessed with great cowardice; and he came with great fear, and stood before the unseen father, shuddering, groaning, and trembling, awaiting the command of the Lord. So the unseen God said to Death: Come hither, thou bitter and cruel name of the world, hide thy fierceness, veil thy foulness, and cast off thy bitterness from thee, and gird around thee
The Testament of Abraham — G. H. Box (1927), both Greek recensions
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The Testament of Abraham — G. H. Box (1927), both Greek recensions