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The Writings of Abraham
from the papyri found in Egypt 1831
part 1
chapter 1 - 79
CHAPTER 1
BEHOLD my son, I have caused to come into thine hands a fragment of the writings
of Abraham in which he hath left a record of his sojourn among men and of the
blessings of the Lord unto him. This I have brought to thee that thou might
restore that which is lost that the fullness of the record in its original purity
might be found again among the sons of God.
2. Behold, these things are sacred, wherefore, send them not forth unto the
children of men but let them be for the edification of the elect that your hearts
may be turned unto the Fathers and ye may draw close to them and they to you.
3. Thus will the veil be withdrawn and ye will commune with the General Assembly
and Church of the Firstborn and shall even be ushered back unto my presence.
4. Go to now and do this work which I have placed in thine hands. Amen.
CHAPTER 2
I, Abraham, was born the son of Terah who was Prime Minister to Nimrod who
reigned in Ur of the Chaldeans.
2. Now this Nimrod was a wicked man and an idolater and my father (Terah)
was led to follow after his abominations.
3. Moreover, Nimrod was a man of mighty power for he was Master Mahan and
had in his hands the secrets of the ancients as they had come down from Cain
wherein he knew the words of power and the signs for using them and he had the
holy garments which had been given unto Adam in the garden in which was great
power.
4. All of this power did Nimrod use to get gain after the manner of the secret
combination.
5. With his power he had set out to build a tower which would reach to heaven,
even the city of my father Enoch which had been taken up, that he, Nimrod, might
depose God from his throne for God had taken up his abode among the people of
Enoch.
6. But God frustrated the plans of Nimrod by confounding the language of
him and his people that they could no longer remember the sacred words and they
scattered forth over the face of the earth.
7. At that time Nimrod came and established the city of Ur which is the City
of Light, for he yet retained his determination to build a city to rival the
city of God that the light and power might center in him.
8. And through the ministration of Satan he did receive again some of the
words of power and did reorganize the secret combination among his people; but
he had not power as at the first for the fullness of the pure language was not
restored to him according to the decree of the Most High God.
9. Now, in all the wickedness of Nimrod, my father stood by his side for
he was deceived by the subtle cunning and power which Nimrod possessed.
CHAPTER 3
MY father Terah was the son of Nahor and Nahor was the son of Serug and Serug
was the son of Reu and Reu was the son of Peleg in whose days the earth was
divided.
2. Peleg was the son of Eber who was the son of Eber who was the son of Salah
who was the son of Arphaxad the son of Shem, who was Melchizedek, which by interpretation
is king priest, for he was a king and a priest of the Most High God.
CHAPTER 4
NOAH was the son of Lamech, the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, who
was taken up with his city that they might minister unto those in the flesh
who sought a higher law than was available to them on the earth.
2. Now the birth of Noah was after this manner: While his father Lamech was
journeying toward his home from preaching the gospel among the sons of men,
most of whom had rejected his testimony, an angel of the Lord appeared unto
him and saluted him, saying, Hail Lamech, thou favored one of God, for according
to the promise of the Lord God to thy father Enoch, thou hast been chosen to
be father to him though whom the seed of the Gods will be preserved through
the great flood which the Gods will send upon the earth in judgment, for all
the sons of men have gone astray through the corruptions of those angels who
fell from among the Gods and mingled their seed with the daughters of men and
begat sons of great strength and mighty wickedness.
3. Yea, these have caused all flesh to corrupt their way before the Lord;
wherefore they shall be destroyed, save thy son who shall be the seed of the
angels.
CHAPTER 5
THE mother of Noah was also the daughter of Methuselah for Lamech and his
wife had the same father but different mothers.
2. And when Noah was born, his body was full of light, which thing caused
great consternation to his father and mother and his father's wives and children
and all his house.
3. Moreover, the child stood upon his feet when he had come forth from the
womb and his tongue was loosed and he did sing praises unto the Lord saying,
I will praise thee, O Lord, for thou art the source of all power, yea, the wellspring
whence it floweth unto the sons of God, and thou art also abounding in wisdom
and great and mighty counsel unto thy servants.
4. Nevertheless, though thou art a God who is long-suffering in judgment,
the sins of the children of men have come up before thy face and thy fury hath
waxed strong and will be visited with judgments upon the earth.
5. Thy mercies, O Lord, are beyond number, but thou art a God that visiteth
wrongdoing upon the children of men who the fullness of their iniquity hath
come upon them.
6. Therefore shall the earth be destroyed according to the word of God which
cannot fail.
7. For the waters of the flood shall come upon the earth and all things shall
perish from before thy face, O Lord.
8. Nevertheless, in thee do we put our trust for in whatsoever thou doest,
O Lord, thou hast ever done justly. Amen.
CHAPTER 6
THESE things were a source of amazement and concern unto Lamech who thereupon
went unto his father, Methuselah, and finding him in the temple he said, My
father, this day did my wife, they daughter, bear a man-child.
2. And at his birth the room was full of light so that we could not look
upon him and when we could look upon him, behold, the child's hair was white
and fire seemed to come from his eyes and then he stood upon his feet and sang
a hymn of praise unto the Lord and lo, he seemed to have the tongue of an angel.
3. Tell me now the meaning of these things and how can I raise such a son?
CHAPTER 7
HEARING these words, Methuselah, too, was troubled and said, Fear not, my
son, for although I know now the meaning of these things, I will go unto my
father, Enoch, for he is privy to the angels and he will be able to explain
all things to us.
2. Whereupon, Methuselah traveled to the top of the highest mountain whence
he could speak unto his father, Enoch, and he said unto him, My father, my daughter,
who is the wife of my son Lamech, hath this day brought forth a man-child.
3. And at his birth the room was full of light so that they could not look
upon him and when they could look upon him, Behold the child's hair was white
and fire seemed to come from his eyes and then he stood upon his feet and sang
a hymn of praise unto the Lord and lo, he seemed to have the tongue of an angel.
4. Thus saith my son Lamech, who is greatly perplexed as to the meaning of
these things and how he can raise such a son.
CHAPTER 8
HEARING this report, Enoch comforted his son Methuselah, saying, Fear not,
my son, nor fret thyself about this matter for did not a holy angel visit thy
son Lamech and tell him that this should be the seed of the angels? And was
it not so?
2. For this cause have these things happened; but on the eighth day when
the child is circumcised, he shall be covered and shall appear as other men
except that his hair shall remain white as a token that through him the Lord
will do a mighty work.
3. This word did Methuselah return to his son Lamech and he was comforted.
CHAPTER 9
AND on the eighth day when the child was circumcised, he was covered that
he became as other men except that his hair remained white and they called his
name Noah, which by interpretation is comfort, because, Lamech said, Mine heart
is comforted to know that my seed shall be preserved through the great flood.
CHAPTER 10
AND the child grew and waxed strong in wisdom and mighty in the power of
the priesthood for he was initiated into the Order of the Ancients in his childhood
and learned the rites and ordinances and the powers of the priesthood with the
signs and tokens and key words wherewith he could call upon the powers of heaven
to combat the forces of the adversary.
2. And when he was come of age, he took twelve wives and begat many sons
and daughters who grew up in righteousness and served the Lord all their days
and some died and others were caught up unto the city of Enoch.
3. But in the next generation they corrupted themselves, for the daughters
of Noah's sons did go forth and lay with the sons of men, which thing was an
abomination in the eyes of God.
4. Wherefore, the Lord said unto Noah, Behold, the daughters of thy sons
have sold themselves, for behold, mine anger is kindled against the sons of
men, for they will not hearken to my voice; wherefore, all those who go in unto
them will be destroyed with them.
CHAPTER 11
AND when Noah was four hundred and fifty years old, he begat a son and he
called his name Japheth.
2. Fortytwo years later he begat another son of her who was the mother of
Japheth, and he called his name Shem.
3. Eight years later Noah begat a son of his wife Naamah, who was of the
seed of Cain, and he called his name Ham, for he said, Through him will the
curse be preserved in the land.
CHAPTER 12
NOW Noah had taken a wife of the seed of Cain, and she was a righteous woman;
nevertheless, the curse remained with her seed according to the word of God.
2. And Noah took her on this wise: For the word of the Lord came unto Noah,
saying, Take unto thyself Naamah, the daughter of Lamech, who dwelleth here
in the city of thy fathers, for she hath been faithful to my gospel, wherefore
I shall preserve through her the seed of Cain through the flood.
3. This Lamech who was the father of Naamah was of the seed of Cain being
the son of Methusael, the son of Mahujael, the son of Irad, the son of Enoch,
the son of Cain.
4. Lamech had married Adah and Zillah, the daughters of Cainan, the son of
Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam. Adah bare children unto Lamech, but
Zillah was barren until her old age when the Lord opened her womb, and she conceived
and bare a son and a daughter.
5. Her son she named Tubal Cain, saying, After I had withered away have I
obtained him from the Almighty God.
6. Her daughter she named Naamah, saying, After I had withered away have
I obtained pleasure and delight.
CHAPTER 13
WHILE Naamah was yet a child, great consternation fell upon the seed of Cain,
for Irad the Son of Enoch, the son of Cain, had become a member of the secret
combination and was privy to all it secrets until one night when the Lord appeared
to him in a dream saying, Irad, thou hast done evil instead of good and hast
followed after Satan rather than God; wherefore, I shall destroy thee and thine
house when I send in the floods upon the earth.
2. But Irad was pricked in his heart and pled with the Lord to show mercy
and preserve his seed through the great flood.
3. Seeing that his penitence was true, the Lord said to him, Irad, if thou
wilt repent and reveal the evils of the secret combination unto the sons of
Seth, I will have mercy upon thee and I will join thy seed unto the seed of
Seth that it may be preserved through the great flood.
4. Wherefore, Irad went forth and began to reveal the secrets of the sons
of Cain unto the sons of Seth.
5. Lamech, being Master Mahan at that time, found Irad sitting in his garden
with Joram, the young son of Irad, and slew him.
6. Thus Lamech slew Irad for the sake of the oath of the secret combination
and he slew Irad's son with him.
7. But Tubal Cain, the son of Lamech, had followed him and viewed his evil
deed which he had committed and he revealed it unto his mother Zillah and she
unto her sister Adah.
8. Wherefore, Adah and Zillah confronted Lamech with his evil and cursed
him in the name of the Lord for having slain Irad who had repented of his wickedness
from among the sons of men.
9. And Lamech said unto his wives Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice, ye wives
of Lamech; hearken unto my speech, for I have slain a man to my wounding and
a young man to my hurt.
10. If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech shall be seventy and
seven fold.
11. Lamech's wives, therefore, feared to confront him further, but Lamech
repented not of his evil deeds and finding his son Tubal Cain at prayer, he
slew him for having revealed his murders. 12. When Adah and Zillah, the wives
of Lamech, learned of this, they took their remaining sons and daughters and
went unto their father Cainan's city and revealed the remainder of the secrets
of this evil combination among the sons of Adam.
13. Thus did Naamah come to dwell among the sons of Adam and she grew up
before the Lord in righteousness and was known for her tender care toward the
sick and the unfortunate.
14. Nevertheless, she had not husband because she was of the forbidden race.
CHAPTER 14
WHEN the word of the Lord came unto Noah, saying, Take unto thyself Naama,
the daughter of Lamech who dwelleth here in the city of thy fathers, for she
hath been faithful to my gospel, wherefore, I shall preserve through her the
seed of Cain through the flood, Noah went unto his father, Methuselah.
2. Methuselah inquired of the Lord and returned this word unto his son Lamech:
Verily, thus saith the Lord, Mine handmaiden Naamah have I given unto my son
Noah that the seed of Cain might be preserved through the great flood which
I will send upon the earth.
3. Wherefore, let not my son Noah fear to take her to wife, for in so doing
he shall be blessed for through him will come all nations.
4. Wherefore, say unto him, Noah, my son, I have looked upon the evils of
the sons of men which have come up before me, for they have corrupted the whole
earth save only this city in which thou dwellest.
5. Therefore, I will send in the floods upon the earth but thou and thy seed
will I preserve through the flood, for I will send mine angels to instruct thee
in the building of an ark wherein ye shall be saved.
6. Behold, I shall establish thy seed before me forever and I will spread
them abroad over the earth as numerous as the sand upon the seashore.
7. Thy seed shall not cease as long as the earth shall stand but through
thee and thy priesthood which will be preserved in thy seed shall all nations
be blessed.
CHAPTER 15
WHEN Lamech returned this word to his son, Noah rejoiced and praised the
Lord saying, I give thanks unto thee, O Lord, for thou hast been unto me a strong
wall against all that would seek my destruction.
2. Yea, thou hast promised to shelter my from the disasters which are coming
upon the earth, that the floods shall not come in upon me to destroy my seed
from the earth.
3. Thou hast set my foot upon a rock that the sons of men shall not prevail
against me.
4. Yea, I will walk in the way of the Ancients; in the paths which thou hast
appointed will I spend my days for thou art my Shield and my Deliverer and in
Thee will I trust all the days on my life. Amen.
CHAPTER 16
THUS did Noah take to wife Naamah, the daughter of Zillah, the wife of Lamech
of the seed of Cain, and she bare him a son whom he named Ham, and thus was
the curse preserved in the land through the great flood.
2. For when the patience of God was ended in which He did grant a space of
time for repentance unto the sons of men, the floods came in upon the earth
and destroyed all flesh from off the face of the earth save eight souls only,
for Noah and his youngest wife Adah, and his three sons Shem, Japheth, and Ham
and one of each of their wives were preserved in the ark which the angels had
instructed Noah in building.
3. The remainder of the righteous had died or been caught up into Enoch's
city prior to the time of the flood, and these eight were saved.
CHAPTER 17
NOW when the flood had abated and the ark had come to rest upon the top of
a mountain, Noah and his family descended the and after offering sacrifices
unto the Lord and dedicating the land, they began to till the ground and raise
all manner of crops.
2. And when the grape harvest was come in, Noah made wine and drank of the
new wine in his tent and his heart was made glad and he rejoiced before the
lord for the bounty which the Lord had given him.
3. And it was upon the Feast of Pentecost when Noah drank of the new wine
before the Lord and lay down naked in his tent to sleep.
4. When Ham, the son of Noah, entered the tent he saw his father sleeping
naked upon his bed with the sacred garments which had been given to Adam in
the garden of Eden laying nearby.
5. Ham knew that he and his posterity could not bear the priesthood because
of the curse of Cain which was upon them and knowing there was great power in
the sacred garments, he stole them form his Father Noah and hurried to his tents.
6. Rousing his family, Ham instructed them to strike their tents and led
them away to the plain of Shinar where he dwelt and where Ham died.
7. Now Ham's wife was named Zeptah and she was also of the seed of Cain and
they had a daughter named Zeptah.
8. This daughter, after the death of Ham, led a body of his people westward
until they reached a body of water in the land of Zeptah, which is Egypt, where
they settled and as the waters receded from off the land, they spread out and
build many cities and temples.
CHAPTER 18
BEFORE the death of Ham, the sacred garments were given secretly by him to
his son Cush
2. Cush also kept them hidden and in his old age gave them unto his son Nimrod
and when Nimrod was twenty years of age, he put on the garments and he derived
great strength and power from them.
3. Moreover, Nimrod was instructed in all the secrets of the evil combination
by his father Cain, for Cain had not perished in the flood.
4. Wherefore, Nimrod became a mighty man among the sons of men and established
his kingdom and grew stronger and stronger in wickedness after the order of
the secret combination which was from the beginning, for Nimrod spread his dominion
over all mankind save those in the city of Shalom.
CHAPTER 19
SHEM ruled in the city of Shalom and he was called Melchizedek, for the
reigned as king under his father Noah, and was a priest of the Most High God.
2. After the departure of Ham from the presence of his father Noah, Shem
and Japheth dwelt together in peace under the benign rule of Noah; but in time,
conflict arose among them and Noah led the seed of Shem to a new land which
the Lord showed him where they built a city which they called Shalom, the City
of Peace.
3. Noah invested his son Shem with authority to reign as Prince of Peace,
and Noah devoted his days to instructing his people after the Order of the Ancients.
4. And his people dwelt in righteousness and worshipped the Lord their God
and served Him.
5. They established the order of heaven among them and sought after the City
of Enoch and the Lord came among them and ministered to them and those who sought
for the gain of this world went out from among them, for they held all things
common after the order of Enoch and no man had above his neighbor.
CHAPTER 20
AMONG those who went forth from the city of Shalom was Peleg, who traveled
to the northwest and established a city after the order of his father Noah,
for Peleg was the son of Eber, the son of Salah, the son of Arphaxad, the son
of Shem; and his people sought after the heavenly order and obtained it for
they were caught up like the City of Enoch.
2. But Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, followed not after the way
of his fathers, for he sought after gain for himself; wherefore, he led those
who were of a like mind with himself out from the City of Peleg and they journeyed
even unto the land of Shinar and became confederate with Nimrod.
3. Under the direction of Nimrod, Serug and his companions entered into the
secret combination and became men of power and wealth in Nimrod's kingdom.
4. In the land of Shinar, Serug begat Nahor, and Nahor begat Terah, my father.
5. And Terah became great in the eyes of Nimrod, and Nimrod elevated him
over all his people to stand at his right hand and advise him on all matters.
CHAPTER 21
NOW, my father Terah took many wives and begat many children.
2. And when he was sixtyfive years of age, he took to wife Amthelo, the
daughter of Cornebo, the son of Serug, and she was a young woman of fifteen
years.
3. And when Terah was seventy years old, his wife Amthelo conceived and bare
him a son whom he named Abram, which be interpretation is Exalted Father, for
he said, Nimrod hath raised me on high over all his host, wherefore, my seed
shall reign as gods forever.
4. Now this prophecy he spake, not knowing that it was of the Lord God.
CHAPTER 22
ON the night that I was born, their were great sings in the heavens, and
when Nimrod's astrologers saw them, they were astonished and they spake evil
of me to the king, saying that surely I should overthrow his kingdom.
2. Wherefore, they counseled the king to purchase me of my father that they
might slay me and thus frustrate the plans of God.
3. King Nimrod thereupon sent for my father, Terah, and spake unto him of
the words of the astrologers and asked for his son in return for a great sum
of gold and silver.
4. But the Spirit of the Lord wrought upon my father that he was loathe to
give me up to the king.
5. On the night that I was born, a son was also born unto one of my father's
concubines and this child my father took unto the king and the king slew him
in my stead, for thus had God ordained that I might grow up to serve him, the
only wise and true God, and strive to establish his order in the earth all my
days.
CHAPTER 23
THUS was my life saved by my father Terah, and he took me with my mother,
Amthelo, and my nurse, Edna, unto a cave hidden in the mountains some distance
from the city of Ur where he secreted us and visited us each month at the New
Moon.
2. For my father thus informed the king that he went each month on the New
Moon to a spot sacred to his family deity.
3. For in the kingdom of Nimrod, each man worshipped gods of his own make,
gods of wood and stone, each after the imagination of his own heart.
4. Thus did I dwell in the cave with my mother, Amthelo, and my nurse, Edna,
and knew no other man save my father, Terah, and my elder brothers, Haran and
Nahor, who accompanied my father on his visits.
CHAPTER 24
WHEN I was three years of age, the Lord visited me in a dream of the night
and he said unto me, Abram.
2. And I said, Here am I.
3. And he said unto me, Abram, I am the God of thy fathers Peleg and Shem
and Noah.
4. It is I who preserved thy life when the wicked king Nimrod would have
destroyed thee, for I softened the heart of thy father that he should hide thee
away.
5. This I did for I have a mighty work for thee to do in establishing mine
order upon the earth, and, verily, I say unto thee, I the end, through thee
shall this wicked Nimrod be destroyed from off the face of the earth.
6. Behold, thou shalt remain in this cave with thy mother and thy nurse for
yet seven years, and at the end of that time thou shalt depart and I will send
mine angel to guide thee unto the city of thy father Noah where thou shalt be
instructed in the way of life.
7. And from that time forth the Lord instructed me often in dreams of the
night that my mind was opened to the ways of his kingdom.
CHAPTER 25
WHEN I was ten years of age, I departed from the cave by night while my mother
and my nurse slept and the angel of God met me and led me to the city of Shalom
where Noah and his son Shem dwelt, and no man knew where I was.
2. And I dwelt with Noah and Shem for thirtynine years, being instructed
in all the ways of the Most High God.
3. And finding great happiness and peace and rest therein, I sought for the
blessings of the Fathers and I received, under the direction of Noah and Shem,
those instructions whereby I might enter into the Order of the ancients and
I became a rightful heir and high priest, holding the right belonging to the
Fathers. For I was ushered into the Church of the Firstborn and tasted of the
fruits of heavenly life.
CHAPTER 26
IN my fiftieth year, Father Shem called my into his presence and instructed
me to return to the house of my father, for there were many there now who were
seeking after light and truth for they had seen the foolishness of worshipping
idols of wood and stone, but they knew not where to find the true God.
2. And Father Shem blessed me saying, Blessed art thou Abram of the Most
High god for He hath looked upon thee and found thine heart right before Him.
3. For this cause, the Most High shall visit thee and thou shalt stand at
the head and be the father of a multitude, for many nations shall spring forth
from thy loins.
4. Behold, in thy father's house dwelleth she to whom the promises belong,
for she is a princess in the house of the Most High and shall reign as a queen
over thy posterity forever.
5. Seek after her and take her to wife for she will be the mother of the
promised seed.
6. The blessings of the God of Noah attend thee, my son, as thou journeyest
on thy way for, from this time forth, thou shalt be a wanderer in the earth
until thy seed shall come in to inherit this land by the power of God and the
sword of His might.
7. Be faithful always, preach the truth in soberness and be valiant in the
cause of God, and thou shalt be blessed forevermore. Amen.
CHAPTER 27
WITH this blessing resting upon me, I gathered together my family, for I
had taken seven wives in the city of Shalom who had borne me fifty daughters.
2. And although I had no sons of mine own flesh, yet I had adopted twelve
sons of those who were faithful to the Order of the Ancients and foremost among
these was Eliezer of Damascus who had come to the city of Shalom seeking after
the blessings of the Fathers and had remained as my son.
3. Him I appointed as steward over all I possessed for this journey, for
he stood as mine heir for I loved him as my son and brother.
4. But Father Shem said unto me, Eliezer is a good and righteous man and
he shall be greatly blessed in time and in eternity, but he shall not be thine
heir who shall be thine heir who shall take in the house of thy father, for
she is ordained to be thy queen of queens and the mother of thine heir.
5. Wherefore, as I have said, I gathered together my wives and my daughters
and my adopted sons and their wives and children and I said unto them, Hear
my words, beloved and hearken unto my speech, for I have been sent with a mission
unto the house of my father in the land of Shinar to gather out the pure in
heart who are seeking after the true God.
6. Gather together all your goods and make you tents in which to dwell and
saddle your asses to travel upon for the Most High God hath declared that we
shall be wanderers upon the earth from this time forth until our seed shall
come in to inherit this land by the power of God and the sword of his might.
CHAPTER 28
THEN commenced they their preparations and on the appointed day, all was
in readiness for our departure.
2. And when Father Shem came forth to bless us, Father Noah came also with
him.
3. Now Father Noah dwelt in the temple in the heart of the city of Shalom
and seldom came out of the holy place, for I had never seen him without its
sacred precincts.
4. But he came forth at this time and lifted up his hands and blessed us
in the name of the Most High God and we departed from his house.
CHAPTER 29
WE journeyed slowly for there sake of the women and children and we journeyed
not upon the Sabbath day nor upon any of the holy days, for we thought it better
to worship the Lord our God according to the pattern of heaven than to proceed
rapidly upon our way, and we did know that the Lord prospered us in our journey
and protected us from the power of all our enemies because we did faithfully
serve Him and worship before His throne according to the divine pattern.
2. But at length we did arrive in the land of Shinar at the city of Ur.
3. Now the size of this city was immense.
4. Its buildings were grand and beautiful with gardens upon the rooftops
and rivers of water running down from level to level.
5. The streets were wide and smooth and the inhabitants wealthy, dwelling
in luxury.
6. Merchant caravans continually entered and left her gates and the great
of all nations came here to pay homage to the might King Nimrod.
7. Nevertheless, the wealth of this great city was built upon sin for the
people served many idol gods and offered upon their altars men, women, and children
after the same manner as the Egyptians.
8. And they had numerous slaves who were kept down in bondage and poverty
and were driven like dumb beasts to provide the luxury in which their masters
dwelt.
9. Behold, the inhabitants of the city did delight in whoredom and adultery
and murder and all manner of evil, whereby they might get gain.
10. And the anger of the Lord was kindled against them.
11. Nevertheless, he did let them go on that they might be fully ripened
in iniquity before the fullness of his wrath should fall upon them.
12. All of these things did the Lord God show unto me in a dream on the night
before we entered into the city of Ur; and He said unto me, Abram, this city
is vile and corrupt, but in it are some few souls who have not bowed the knee
to their idol gods and it is because of their prayers that I have brought you
here, that they might be taught to worship the true God after the order of heaven
and be led out from wickedness and bondage.
13. Wherefore, go unto thy father's house, for thy mother hath sorrowed for
these many years, and I have softened the heart of thy father toward these that
he shall make thee welcome and will protect these against the anger of the king
such that thou shalt be able to accomplish thy mission.
14. Behold, Abram, I am the Lord God of thy Fathers Shem and Noah, and of
all the righteous Fathers back to Adam.
15. Wherefore, I will remain with thee and confirm upon thee all the blessings
of the Fathers and thou shalt stand at the head of a multitude. Amen.
CHAPTER 30
IN the morning before entering the city, I gathered my family together consisting
of my seven wives, my fifty daughters, my twelve adopted sons, and three hundred
and fifty menservants whom Shem had sent with their families, being in all six
thousand three hundred and seventy souls.
2. And I said unto them, Behold, this great city is steeped in wickedness
and sin for the secret combinations which was from the beginning doth hold her
sway.
3. Wherefore, ye shall remain here under the direction of Eliezer while I
go alone into the city unto my father's house, for the Lord God of Shem and
of Noah hath promised me that the will protect me against the anger of the king
such that I shall be able to accomplish my mission.
4. I led my family in prayer before the Lord, kissed them all and departing
from them, entered into the city.
CHAPTER 31
BEING led by the Spirit of the Lord, I found my father's house and, entering
the gate, addressed the guard who was standing there, saying, Behold, I am Abram,
son of Terah, who hath spent these forty years in the house of Shem.
2. Take me now to my father.
3. The guard stood as one dumbfounded, knowing not what to make of such a
greeting, but at length called a boy whom he dispatched to locate my father.
4. At length the lad returned, followed closely by my father who was greatly
surprised to see me, but who recognized me as his son by the inspiration of
the Spirit of the Lord.
5. By this time my arrival had caused great excitement throughout my father's
household, which was very large, and my mother, having heard of my coming, hastened
to the place where we were, weeping and rejoicing for she had thought that I
had wandered from the cave and been slain by wild beasts in the wilderness.
6. At length she led me away to her chamber to talk with me and I told her
of all that had transpired with me since my leaving the cave of my being led
by the angel to the city of Shalom, of being instructed under the direction
of Shem, of the increase of my family and of the mercies of the true God of
heaven exercised in my behalf.
7. I talked to her of the futility of worshipping idols of wood and stone
made by men's hands which have no power in them and of the Order of the Ancients
which was preserved in the city of Shalom under Noah and Shem which I had been
sent to proclaim in the great city of Ur.
CHAPTER 32
MY mother heard all my words and rejoiced in them for she was one whose heart
had been turned from the worship of dumb idols to the worship of the unknown
God.
2. Moreover, a small body of like believers numbering about one hundred souls
met secretly in my father's house to worship the unseen God and pray for further
light concerning his ways, among whom were my brother Haran, with his son Lot
and his daughters Milcah and Sarai, and my brother Nahor.
3. Now, when my mother had heard my words, she bade me remain with her until
evening when the believers were to meet in her rooms.
4. Wherefore, that night I met with those who had rejected the idolatry of
their fathers and they were all of the seed of those who had come out from the
city of Peleg.
5. Wherefore, I rehearsed unto them all the things I had told unto my mother
and they likewise rejoiced therein.
6. But unto my father I spake not of these things at this time for he was
yet privy to Nimrod and was steeped in his evil ways.
CHAPTER 33
WHEN I had dwelt in my father's house for seven days teaching the word of
life unto the believers, I went unto my father as he sat in his outer court
with his servants attending to affairs of state.
2. And when he would hear me, I said unto him, Father, where is the God who
created heaven and earth and all the hosts of them?
3. My father Terah answered me and said, Behold, my son, those gods who created
all things are here with us in the house.
4. My lord, show them to me I pray thee, I exclaimed.
5. Whereupon my father Terah led me unto a chamber in the center of his house
wherein were twelve great idol gods and numerous smaller ones.
6. And my father said unto me, Behold, my son, these twelve great ones are
rulers among the gods and this largest one is ruler above all and these others
were their assistants in creating all things.
7. And my father Terah bowed down and worshipped before his idol gods and
we departed from them.
CHAPTER 34
WHEN I departed from the presence of my father, I went unto my mother and
said unto her, My mother, there is a great evil in this place for my father
keepeth a room full of idols in the center of his house which thing is contrary
to the commandments of God, wherefore the wrath of God shall not depart from
this house until they are destroyed.
2. Let one of the young men be sent, therefore, to fetch a kid of the goats
and make thereof savory meat for therewith shall I destroy these idols in which
is neither life nor power.
3. My mother, therefore, summoned one of the young men who was with her in
the house and sent him to fetch a kid of the goats whereof she made savory meat.
4. When it was prepared, I took the savory meat from her and went unto the
room where my father kept his gods and I prayed there unto the Lord my God saying,
O Lord god of Shem and of Noah, look upon me here in my weakness and strengthen
mine arm that I may destroy these false gods and give me the wisdom and strength
to go through all that follows and endure unto the end in service unto my God.
5. When I had said these words, the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, even
the Spirit of prophecy, and I was led to exclaim, Woe unto my father and this
wicked and corrupt people among whom he dwelleth, whose hearts are all inclined
to vanity, for they serve idols of wood and stone, the workmanship of their
own hands, which neither eat nor smell nor hear nor speak, for there is no power
in them and those who serve them shall likewise be powerless to escape when
the wrath of God shall overtake them in a day they think not.
CHAPTER 35
AT this time the Spirit of God fell upon me in mighty power to strengthen
mine arm, and picking up a hatchet which I had brought with me for that purpose,
I destroyed all my father's idols, both wood and stone, by the power of God
which was in me, except for the largest in whose hand I placed the hatchet.
2. Then going to my father I said unto him, My Father, I have seen a wondrous
thing for my mother did make me savory meat this day to offer before the gods
who created all things.
3. And when I took the meat in unto them, they all reached forth their hands
to partake thereof.
4. When the one who is ruler above all saw their words, he being angered
left the room and returned with a hatchet wherewith he destroyed the other gods,
both wood and stone; and behold, he standeth there even now with the hatchet
in his hand and the savory meat before him.
CHAPTER 36
HEARING these words, my father hastened unto the room of his gods and found
it even as I had said, and his anger was kindled against me and he said, This
is an idle tale thou hast told me and false.
2. Why hast thou done this thing and lied unto me?
3. These gods have no life in them to do these things for they are wood and
stone and, behold, I myself have had them made by the craftsmen.
4. Why hast thou then come into mine house to destroy my gods?
CHAPTER 37
THE Spirit of the Lord fell upon me at this time that I should answer my
father and I said unto him, How is it thou servest these idols of wood and stone,
the handiwork of the craftsmen in which is neither life nor power to act?
2. Can these which cannot deliver themselves from the hatchet deliver thee
from the power of the enemy?
3. Can they hear thy prayers when thou callest upon them from out of the
midst of thine afflictions?
4. Surely it is an evil thing that thou and thy people should serve these
false gods for the Lord Jehovah, he is the God who created heaven and earth
and all that in them is, and he hath commanded all men to worship him only and
to serve him all their days.
5. Behold, your fathers in the days before the great flood worshipped false
idols after the same evil combination into which ye have entered and, because
of their perversions, they were destroyed.
6. Will ye also go on in their wickedness to bring down the wrath of the
Most High God upon you that ye, too, should be destroyed from under heaven?
7. Nay, my father, but repent of this evil and turn unto the Lord thy God
and live.
8. So saying, I took the hatchet from the hands of the remaining idol and
smote him with it until he was destroyed.
CHAPTER 38
MY father, hearing my words and seeing what I had done, increased in anger
against me and hastened from his house unto the king, for he had access to King
Nimrod both day and night.
2. When he had entered the kings' presence, he bowed down before him and
he saith unto him, My lord king, fifty years ago a man-child was born unto my
wife Amthelo, and when he was ten years old, we went on the new Moon to worship
our ancestral god when my son wandered off into the desert and was lost.
3. But he was found by the people of the desert and raised by them and he
hath recently found his way back into my house and I have received him with
honor as my son.
4. Notwithstanding this, he did this day enter into the room of my gods and
destroy them and hath spoken against our gods and against that ancient order
which hath been handed down from our first father whereunto we are called.
5. Now, therefore, my lord king, send for him that he may be judged according
to our law that this evil may be put away from among us.
6. The king thereupon sent three of his mighty men who fetched me from my
father's house and brought me before the king.
CHAPTER 39
WHEN I appeared before King Nimrod, he was seated upon his throne in all
his glory, but it was as darkness to me.
2. At his right hand sat my father Terah and around them sat the princes
and noble ones of his realm.
3. And the king said unto me, What is this thing that thy father saith unto
me, that thou didst this day enter into the room of his gods and destroy them
and that thou hast spoken against our gods and against that ancient order which
hath been handed down from our first father whereunto we are called?
CHAPTER 40
I answered the king saying, Why dost thou go on in wickedness to worship
these dumb idols in which there is no power even to save themselves?
2. Not only this, but thou hast led others to worship them and to enter into
that order which is most abominable in the eyes of the Most High God, for your
father form whence it cometh is the devil and it is full of lies and blasphemies
and all manner of evil that men should lie and murder to get gain.
3. Why wilt thou not serve the Most High God who created all things in heaven
and on earth, who hath created these and holdeth the power to sustain thy life
or to destroy thee?
4. O foolish, ignorant, wicked king, woe shall be unto thee forever and ever
for thou art the son of Perdition for it is he who is thy father.
5. Thou hast corrupted the earth with thy sins and with the sins of thy people
who follow thee.
6. It was for entering into this wicked combination to get gain that you
ancestors were destroyed in the flood when only eight souls were saved.
7. Wilt thou and thy people follow in their paths?
8. Then the wrath of the Most High God will descend upon thee to smite thee
from before his face.
9. Now put away these evil ways and turn unto the Most High God and serve
Him that there may be hope for thee.
10. But behold, I see that thine heart is hardened in iniquity that there
is no repentance for thee, for the evil one hath sealed thee his; wherefore
all thy ways shall come to naught and thou and thy people shall be destroyed
from off the face of the earth.
CHAPTER 41
THEN I lifted up mine hands to heaven and prayed saying, O Lord God, thou
who sees all the ways of the wicked and will bring every evil deed into judgment,
look upon these evil ones and destroy them that the whole earth be not corrupted
by them and brought to destruction.
CHAPTER 42
WHEN the king heard my words and the prayer which I uttered, he ordered me
to be cast into the prison house until he had determined what to do with me.
2. And after ten days, the king gathered together all his counselors and
rehearsed unto them all things concerning me.
3. And when he had rehearsed all things unto them, he asked them, saying,
What judgment shall such an one receive who hath reviled the king and our gods
and our holy order?
4. And they returned judgment unto him saying, The man who revileth the kind
should be hanged from a tree until he is dead and the tree then felled to the
ground while all the people shall shout, Thus shall it befall him who revileth
the king.
5. But this man hath not only reviled the king but also our gods and our
holy order and, according to our law, such an one shall be cast into a furnace
of fire until he be consumed that naught remain of him in the earth.
6. Let therefore the fire be increased in the king's furnace which is in
Casdim where the king's bricks are made and let this blasphemer be cast into
the fire that he be consumed.
CHAPTER 43
THE king so commanded and for three days and three nights was the fire preparing
in Casdim and at the end of that time I was brought forth from the prison to
be cast therein.
2. Nevertheless, while I was in the prison the Lord sent His angels to minister
unto me and to comfort me and they said unto me, Fear not, Abram, for thy work
is not yet finished for thou shalt yet become the father of many nations and
thou shalt preach the gospel in far places, even in the land of Egypt shalt
thou declare the mysteries of thy God.
3. And though they cast thee into the furnace, is not the Lord able to deliver
thee therefrom?
4. For through thy deliverance shall many be brought to bow down and worship
the Lord thy God and forsake the evils of Nimrod.
CHAPTER 44
THEREFORE, I came forth from the prison confident in the power of my God
and in His promise that I should be delivered from the fire.
2. But as I came forth, the astrologers of the king looked upon me and by
the power of Satan they recognized me, for they saw me clothed in light.
3. And they cried out unto the king saying, O king of all the earth, surely
this is the man of whom we spake unto thee fifty years ago that he should rise
up to overthrow thy kingdom.
4. Wherefore was he not slain?
CHAPTER 45
HEARING these words, the king was greatly troubled, and calling my father
Terah before him, he exclaimed, Is this then thy son who was to have been slain?
2. And what child then did I slay at his birth?
3. Speak now the truth and thou shalt go free; but if thou speakest not the
truth, thou shalt die with thy son.
4. And Nimrod caused my father to swear concerning the matter.
CHAPTER 46
AND my father answered the king saying, My lord king, I am guilty.
2. For because of my tender feelings toward my son, I did substitute for
him the son of my concubine who was born on the same night.
3. The king's wrath mounted and in his anger he cried, Who advised thee to
do this thing?
4. Surely that man shall die.
5. My father, being terrified at the kings' anger said, I was my son Haran
who so advised me.
6. Now Haran had not advised my father of anything, but the Spirit of the
Lord had wrought upon my father that he was loathe to give me up to the king.
7. Nevertheless, Haran was privy to what my father had done and Haran was
one of the believers in the true God of heaven, but his heart was not firm nor
his faith sure.
8. Wherefore, Haran said in his heart, If Abram be delivered from the furnace,
then shall I know that the God of Abram is indeed the true God.
9. Wherefore, Haran wavered in his faith and his confidence waxed not great
in the Most High God, but my confidence was secure, for I knew that it rested
upon the Rock of my salvation and they the word of God faileth not.
CHAPTER 47
NOW when the king heard the words of my father, he caused that Haran should
also be taken with me and, leading us to the vale of Casdim, they stripped us
of all our clothing and bound us with cords and cast us into the fire.
2. Now Haran, because his faith was not perfect in the Lord his God, was
consumed in the fire that no trace of his body remained, but my faith remained
firm in the Lord and He sent His angels to sustain me and release me from my
bonds and I was three days and three nights in the furnace with the angels,
conversing with them and beings instructed by them.
CHAPTER 48
AFTER the third day, the king sent his servants to govern the fire that it
might again be used for making brick.
2. But when they came up to the furnace, behold, I was sitting therein conversing
with the angels whom God had sent.
3. Therefore, the servants of the king, being greatly astonished, went and
told him of this matter, but he would not believe them.
4. However, when the men persisted in their tale and showed great consternation,
King Nimrod himself came unto the furnace, but he angels had departed and I
sat alone in the flames.
5. When he saw me therein unconsumed, the king cried out in alarm, O Abram,
art thou a sorcerer greater than ours that thou shouldst live in the flames
unconsumed?
6. But I answered him, Not so, O king, but the God of heaven who is the true
god above all hath sent his angels unto me and hath preserved me from this fire.
7. Being much amazed the king exclaimed, Come forth then from the fire for
I see that no power of mine can harm thee.
CHAPTER 49
WHEREUPON, I ascended from the furnace and stood before the king and his
counselors who examined my closely but, behold, even mine hair was not singed.
2. Wherefore, the king caused garments from his own wardrobe to be brought
and I was clothed therein and he caused me to be seated upon a throne at his
right hand where my father was wont to sit and he said unto me, What of Haran
thy brother who was cast into the furnace with thee?
3. Did the angels carry him away to some far place that he might be saved?
4. But I replied unto him, Nay, but the faith of my brother was not perfect
in the Most High God; wherefore he was consumed in the flames.
5. Upon hearing this, the king marveled and permitted me to speak in his
court concerning the Most High God and the redemption which should be wrought
in behalf of those who believed on his name.
6. Nevertheless, the heart of the king was not changed, for he gloried in
power and he thought to learn from my power by permitting me to speak.
7. But about three hundred men of those who sat in the king's court were
converted unto the Lord and followed no more after the evil order of Nimrod,
wherefore, they were cast out of the king's presence; but as for me, the king
gave me many gifts and sent me away in peace and many were joined unto the believers
in the Lord from that day.
8. For having heard of my salvation from the fire, multitudes came to my
father's house to hear of the God who could do such mighty things and many were
converted unto the truth.
CHAPTER 50
NOW, among the believers were Lot, the son of Haran, and Haran's daughters,
Milcah and Sarai.
2. Milcah was fair, but Sarai was beautiful above all women.
3. Her face was as that of an angel filled with light, her cheeks as two
roses in full bloom, her hair as spun gold which men treasure above all, her
eyes as pools of blue reflecting the glory of God's sky, her nose delicate and
lovely, and her countenance truly was fair as the sun.
4. Her breasts like two mountains rising above the plain of Shinar were fair
to behold, and her complexion truly like the clouds in purity.
5. Her arms were comely, her hands perfect and delightful to behold, always
in the service of those in need and quick to hasten to the service of the Lord
her God.
6. Her palms were lovely, unmarred by her constant labor, her fingers long
and slender.
7. Her feet were comely and always set in the path of truth.
8. Her thighs were wellrounded and soft, yet never failing to sustain her
in her labor of love in behalf of the servants of God.
9. Truly no maiden was fairer than Sarai, the daughter of Haran, for her
beauty was greater than all other women and she excelled them all.
10. But with her beauty was great wisdom and perfect faith in the Lord and
constant service in behalf of the saints, for her hands never cease from blessing
the people of God.
11. Wherefore, my brother Nahor took Milcah, the daughter of Haran, to wife,
but I Abram, took Sarai at the direction of the Lord and I found great joy in
her.
CHAPTER 51
BUT, behold, Satan was not content to have me continue to disrupt his kingdom
in peace; therefore, he sent a dream unto Kingdom Nimrod in which the king did
see that I should be the destruction of himself and of his kingdom.
2. Moreover, it was shown the king in his dream that three of his own household,
even Zeptah, Lilith, and Nefritiri, daughters to Onitah, the son of Nimrod,
who were virgins, had joined the believers of the Most High God.
3. When the king awoke from his sleep, he was angry and he caused that I,
with these three virgins, Zeptah, Lilith, and Nefritiri, should be seized and
bound and carried to Photiphar's hill at the head of the plain of Olishem to
be sacrificed unto the god of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.
4. And these three virgins did the priest of Pharaoh offer up upon the altar
and they died singing praises to the Lord and bearing witness to the truth,
wherefore, they shall be blessed forever for they have entered into the rest
of the Lord.
CHAPTER 52
AND when these virgins were slain, the priests of Pharaoh took me also and
laid me upon the altar to slay me. But I cried unto the Lord my God for I knew
that my mission was not yet ended.
2. And the Lord heard my voice and sent His angel to loose the cords wherewith
I was bound.
3. And I saw the Lord seated upon His throne and He said to me, Abram, Abram,
behold, my name is Jehovah, and I have heard thee and have come down to deliver
thee and to take the away from the father's house and from all thy kindred into
a land which is unknown to thee, a land which I have promised unto Noah should
be an eternal inheritance unto the promised seed.
4. Behold, I will lead thee by mine hand and will put upon thee my name that
thou shalt bear the priesthood of the fathers and the power thereof.
5. As it was with Noah, so shall it be with thee that through thy ministry
and the ministry of thy seed bearing this priesthood, my name shall be known
in the earth forever, for I am thy God.
6. And the Lord broke down the altar of the idol gods by an earthquake and
smote their priests that they were all destroyed.
CHAPTER 53
BUT I hastened to my father's house where all the believer were gathered,
fasting and praying for me and I said unto them, Up, for this day we shall depart
from this city that the Lord may visit it in wrath and vengeance.
2. Wherefore, all the believers gathered together and followed me out of
the city to my camp.
3. And we struck our tents and departed form the land of Shinar to go to
the city of Shalom to confer with Father Shem.
4. And my father also, seeing that the king's face would be set against him,
gathered together his goods and followed after me.
5. We journeyed slowly, for I had with me many souls, both women and children
and women with child.
CHAPTER 54
WHEN at length we arrived at the city of Shalom, Father Shem came forth to
greet us, bearing bread and wine which he blessed and gave to us and he said
unto me, Blessed art thou, Abram, for the Most High God hath multiplied thee
and behold, thy seed shall be even as the sand upon the seashore without number.
2. Go to now with this great multitude into the land of Canaan for unto thee
and thy seed will I give this land for an everlasting inheritance, saith the
Lord God Almighty. Amen.
CHAPTER 55
THUS we departed from the presence of Shem and moved to the vicinity of Ludor
which city we denominated Haran.
2. And we dwelt in the suburbs of Haran for three years for there was much
pasture there and a space large enough for the multitude which accompanied me.
3. And I preached the gospel in Haran and many souls were added unto the
faithful in that place.
CHAPTER 56
AND there was a famine in the land, but the land of Haran was blessed for
our sakes that the famine there was light.
2. But at the end of three years, the famine abated throughout the land;
wherefore lot, my brother's son, and I went before the Lord in prayer after
the manner of the ancients, and in answer to our prayer the Lord appeared unto
me and said, Arise, Abram, and take Lot with thee and all who follow after thee,
for I have purposed to take thee out of Haran and to make of thee a minister
to bear my name in a strange land which I will give unto thy seed after thee
for an everlasting possession when they hearken to my voice.
3. For I am the Lord thy God.
4. I dwell in the heavens; the earth is my footstool for I shall surely walk
upon it when I come to redeem my people from their sins.
5. My name is Jehovah and I know the end from the beginning; therefore, my
hand shall be over thee and I will make of thee a great nation and I will bless
thee above measure and make thy name great among all nations and thou shalt
be a blessing unto thy seed after thee, that in their hands they shall bear
this ministry and priesthood, even the priesthood of the fathers after the Holy
Order of God, unto all nations.
6. And I will bless all them, even as many as shall receive this gospel through
thy name, for they shall be called after thy name, even the seed of Abram, as
though they were the seed of thine own flesh, and they shall rise up and bless
thee as their father.
7. For I will bless them who bless thee and curse them who curse thee.
8. In thee, through the priesthood which thou barest, and in thy seed, through
thy priesthood which they shall bear which cometh down from the fathers, shall
all the families of the earth be blessed with the blessings of the gospel which
are the blessings of salvation, even of life eternal.
9. For I give thee this promise, that thy seed shall sprinkle all nations
that through them the right to this priesthood may encompass all mankind, that
all may be brought into the covenant through obedience to the law and ordinances
of the gospel.
CHAPTER 57
NOW when the Lord had ceased speaking with me, I praised the Lord saying,
Thy servant hath sought thee earnestly; now have I found thee.
2. Thou didst send thing angels to deliver me from death many times; shall
I not do all things which the Lord my God requireth of me?
3. Blessed art thou, O Lord, who bestowest thy love without measure upon
the righteous but hatest all iniquity.
4. But I have kept thy statutes to walk therein and have received thine ordinances
unto myself, wherein thou hast blessed me with the Spirit of knowledge and truth.
5. For my part, I will love thee freely with all my heart and soul.
6. I will cleave to thine holy law to not turn aside therefrom in all thou
hast commanded.
7. I have learned through the gift of thine Holy Spirit that no man is able
to choose his own way nor direct his own steps for all such will fall into the
pit.
8. In thine hand is the shaping of each man's soul which thou hast foreordained
to conform to the image of thy Son.
9. Wherefore, I will embrace the Son and call upon God for mercy for evermore.
Amen.
CHAPTER 58
THEREFORE, I took Sarai and Lot and all my family and all Lot's family and
all the souls who had joined us in Ur and in Haran who would come and we departed
out of the land of Canaan.
2. But my father had departed not from his idolatry; wherefore, he remained
in the land of Haran and Nahor also remained with some others who departed not
from the truth of the living God.
CHAPTER 59
WHEN we had come into the land of Canaan, I built an altar in the plains
of Moreh and offered sacrifice unto the Lord.
2. And the Lord appeared unto me and said This is the land which I will give
unto thee and to thy seed after thee forever.
3. I will make thy seed like the stars of heaven and I will give unto them
for an inheritance all the land which belongeth unto the Canaanites for surely
I will destroy them from off the face for the land when their wickedness is
full.
4. Wherefore, I praise the Lord for His mercy and we departed from that place
and journeyed toward Bethel.
CHAPTER 60
AND when I reached Hebron, I tarried there for two years, but the famine
again waxed great in the land.
2. hearing that there was no famine in Egypt, I determined to journey into
that land, remembering the word of the Lord unto me in Ur that I should declare
the mysteries of my God in the land of Egypt.
3. And, behold, the Lord blessed us on our journey that it was made light
unto us and we journeyed until we reached the Kirmyon, one of the branches of
the river of Egypt, where we rested form our journey for a season, for here
the famine was not so severe.
4. But remembering the word of the Lord my God unto me, when we were recovered
from our journey, I determined to move forward across the seven branches of
the river of Egypt into the heart of the country of the Egyptians.
CHAPTER 61
BUT on the night before I entered into Egypt, I dreamed a dream.
2. And behold, in my dream I saw a cedar and a palm tree and the branches
of the palm tree were wrapped around the cedar.
3. Suddenly , a group of men approached, seeking to cut down the cedar and
leave the palm tree to stand alone.
4. But the palm tree cried out saying, Cut not down the cedar for whosoever
seeketh to fell it shall find the curse of God resting upon him.
5. So the men desisted and the cedar was spared by the act of the palm tree.
CHAPTER 62
WHEN the dream was ended, I awoke from my sleep and wondered at it.
2. Wherefore, I went before the Lord in prayer and besought him saying, O
Lord, show me the interpretation of this dream which I have had this night.
3. And the Lord said unto me, Behold, Sarai thy wife is a beautiful woman
to look upon above all the women of the earth.
4. Therefore, it shall come to pass that when the Egyptians shall see her,
they will say, She is his wife, and they will seek to slay thee for the sake
of obtaining thy wife.
5. Let Sarai thy wife, therefore, say unto them, He is my kinsman, and thy
soul shall live.
6. For thou art the cedar, O Abram, and Sarai is the palm tree and this is
the interpretation of the dream; for through the act of thy wife, thou shall
be saved and the way will be opened for thee to preach the mysteries of godliness
in the court of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, for these Egyptians are thy kindred
of they seed of Eber, and it is My will that the truths of the everlasting gospel
should be brought to them.
CHAPTER 63
NOW I had heard while I dwelt in Haran that some of seed of Eber had entered
into Egypt and driven the seed of Ham to the south and taken possession of the
land.
2. But these followed not after the God of their father Eber, but worshipped
idol gods, even as did my father Terah, but they followed not after the abominations
of Nimrod.
3. Now these Hebrews were of the seed of Hadoram, the son of Joktan, the
son of Eber.
4. And Joktan was the brother of Peleg.
5. And Eber was the son of Salah, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem.
6. Wherefore, the Lord had sent me to preach the gospel unto these who had
departed from the god of their fathers.
CHAPTER 64
WHEREFORE, I awakened my wife Sarai and I said unto her, I have had a dream
of the Lord.
2. Tell it to me, she said, that I may know what it is.
3. Therefore, I related unto her the dream and all that the Lord had said
to me concerning it and I added, When the men of the land shall inquire of thee
saying, Who is this who accompanieth thee, say unto them simply, He is my kinsman.
4. Thus shall my soul live and the Lord will use their love for thee as a
means whereby the gospel shall be preached among them.
5. Fear not to do this thing for they will neither defile thee, contrary
to thy covenants, nor slay me, but all shall come to pass to the glory of our
God.
CHAPTER 65
SARAI, my wife, was fearful when she heard of the danger through which we
must pass and wept that night before the Lord, but she placed her trust in Him
and was comforted by His Holy Spirit.
2. The next day we moved on across the seven branches of the river and proceeded
toward Foan where Pharaoh dwelt.
3. But I kept Sarai hidden until we reached Foan, for it was in the home
of Pharaoh that the Lord purpose to use her great beauty to open the heart of
Pharaoh unto the work of God.
4. When we reached the city of Foan, three of Pharaoh's officers met us and
I brought Sarai forth to sit at my right hand while I gave them audience.
5. And according to the word of the Lord, while I attempted to explain unto
them our having come there because of the famine in the land of Canaan and that
we sojourned among them, they kept bestowing compliments upon Sarai for her
great beauty and wisdom and the luster of her countenance.
CHAPTER 66
WHEN the men departed from me, they went directly into the presence of Pharaoh
and when they had eaten with him, he had good wine brought forth.
2. While they drank together, they began to speak unto him of what had transpired,
but all they could speak of were the beauties of Sarai.
3. How beautiful is the woman Sarai, they said, who sitteth at Abram's right
hand.
4. How comely is the shape of her face; how delicate and finespun are her
tresses.
5. How beautiful her eyes. How delicate is her nose and the whole luster
of her countenance.
6. How fair are her breasts and how comely with all is her complexion.
7. How comely, too, are her arms and how perfect her hands.
8. How pleasing are her hands to behold; how lovely her palms, how long and
slender her fingers.
9. How comely are her feet. How wellrounded her thighs.
10. None of the maidens and none of the brides that enter the bridechamber
are fairer than she.
11. Her beauty is greater than all other women and she excels them all.
12. Moreover, along with all this beauty, she hath great wisdom and the workmanship
of her hands is fair indeed.
CHAPTER 67
WHEN he heard these words, Pharaoh lusted after Sarai and he sent his servants
to fetch her to him.
2. Knowing it to be the will of the Lord, I let her go although mine heart
was grieved within me.
3. When Pharaoh saw her, his lust grew within him, for he was overcome by
her beauty and he took her into his household as his wife and sent men to slay
me that I might not rise up to claim her.
4. But Sarai, seeing these things said unto Pharaoh, He is but my kinsman;
wherefore, Pharaoh called back his men and my life was spared.
CHAPTER 68
BUT Lot and I and all our household spent that night in prayer before the
Lord for Sarai that she might accomplish her mission and that she might not
be defiled contrary to her covenants.
2. And I stood with mine arms stretched out toward heaven after the Holy
Order of God and I said, Blessed art thou, O Lord the Most High God, Lord of
all worlds and Lord and Ruler over all things.
3. I know that thou dost rule over all the kings of the earth, executing
judgment upon them in righteousness even as thou didst save me from the evil
designs of the mighty King Nimrod.
4. Now do I complain before thee concerning Pharaoh of Foan, king of Egypt,
who hath violently abducted my wife Sarai from me.
5. Wreak justice upon him in my behalf and let me behold thine hand wax mighty
against him and against all his household and let him not be able this night
to defile my wife contrary to her covenants.
6. Let them come to know, O Lord, that thou art the Lord of all the kings
of the earth and the Ruler of all men, for this cause did I suffer Sarai to
go among them according to Thy counsel.
CHAPTER 69
AND God hearkened unto my prayer and withheld His spirit from the Egyptians
that none of them were able to come at their wives that night.
2. In the morning, consternation reigned throughout the land of Egypt, for
no man had been able to lie with his wife all that night.
3. Pharaoh also was greatly perplexed, for although his lust toward Sarai
had grown throughout the night, he had been unable to satisfy that lust because
of the curse of God which rested upon him.
4. Therefore, he summoned all of his wise men and the physicians of his household,
but none could heal him and all had suffered the same affliction.
CHAPTER 70
THEN the Spirit of the Lord fell upon Sarai and she said, My lord, it is
indeed a sad matter that this affection should be upon thee.
2. My kinsman Abram is a man full of wisdom and of the Spirit of our God.
3. Send for him, therefore, and he shall tell thee how to be delivered from
these bonds that thou mayest freely take me to thyself.
4. Now this he said at the direction of the Lord our God and the Lord softened
Pharaoh's heart that the hearkened unto her words and he sent Shulem, one of
his chief ministers, unto my camp.
CHAPTER 71
WHEN Shulem arrived in camp, he was, according to my directions, let to the
tent of Lot, and when he had entered the tent, he bowed before Lot and said,
My lord Pharaoh and all the males of the land of Egypt have been cursed that
they are unable to come at their wives.
2. But it hath been told Pharaoh by his handmaiden Sarai that her kinsman
Abram is a man full of wisdom and of the Spirit of your God.
3. Let him, therefore, come and lay his hands upon my lord Pharaoh and pray
for him that he may be healed and live.
4. But Lot said to him, As long as his wife Sarai remains with the king,
my uncle Abram will not be able to pray for him.
5. Be off thou and tell the king to release the woman to her husband.
6. Then he will pray for him and he will be healed.
CHAPTER 72
WHEN Shulem heard these words, he was amazed and he went straightway to the
king.
2. My lord king, said he, This curse hath come on account of Sarai the wife
of Abram.
3. Let Sarai be but restored to her husband Abram and this curse will be
lifted from off all the males of Egypt.
4. Upon hearing these words, the king asked Sarai saying, Is this thing so?
5. Yea, my lord, she replied, and it is done that thou mightest behold the
power of God.
6. For when thine heart lusted after me, thou shouldst have asked and not
taken me by force.
7. But this is done that the glory of God might be revealed that thou shouldst
turn from the worship of dumb idols to the worship of the true and living God.
CHAPTER 73
HEARING these words, Pharaoh summoned me to him and when I entered his presence
he asked, What is this that hath been done?
2. For I have taken Sarai to wife while she was yet your wife and for this
thing a curse hath fallen upon me and all males in the land of Egypt.
3. Therefore, pray for me that this curse may be removed from us.
4. According to Pharaoh's request, I laid mine hands upon him and prayed
over him and he and all the males of Egypt were healed.
CHAPTER 74
WHEN the king had been blessed, he was that he had recovered and he praised
the Lord for his recovery.
2. Wherefore, I took him into his garden and baptized him in the name of
the Lord and all his household with him.
3. And when I had blessed him again, Sarai came before him and he knew that
he had been healed for the Spirit of God fell upon him with this testimony and
the witness thereof was sure.
CHAPTER 75
THEN Pharaoh arose and praised the Lord and proclaimed to all his people
that they should worship the Most High God who had healed them.
2. And he desired to enter into a covenant of eternal brotherhood with me
that I should be his father and he should be my son.
3. Wherefore, I said unto Pharaoh, Put forth thine hand upon my thigh and
I will make thee swear before the Lord, the God of heaven and earth, that thou
shalt be true to me and thine heirs to mine heirs forever, and I shall receive
thee unto myself to be my son and brother to inherit all the blessings of mine
house and to bear my priesthood forever.
4. Wherefore, Pharaoh put his hand upon my thigh and swore to me according
to this oath.
5. And when he had sworn, Lot sealed him mine that he should be my son in
time and eternity and Pharaoh rejoiced therein.
CHAPTER 76
AND the king clothed me in his own robes and seated me upon his throne, placing
his own crown upon my head and his scepter in mine hand.
2. And I did teach him and his people in all the mysteries of godliness from
first to last.
3. For Pharaoh did introduce me into the temple which had been built by the
fathers, commenced by Father Seth and completed by Father Shem after the great
flood and therein I did officiate in the rites and ordinances of the house of
the Lord.
4. And Pharaoh made all matters right with Sarai, and he blessed her with
the outpouring of his spirit and she was blessed in his presence.
5. And he gave unto her Hagar, his own daughter, also, to be her companion
and to Hagar he gave many gifts.
6. And I was seven years in the land of Egypt teaching the gospel and administering
unto Pharaoh and his household and all the Egyptians the blessings, rites, and
ordinances of the gospel with the power thereof.
7. And I established among them the order of the Fathers and the priesthood
thereof until the name of Jehovah was glorified throughout the land of Egypt.
8. And I taught the people the nature of the heavens and of the earth and
the plan of salvation and the blessings of the Lord unto those who serve him
in purity of heart and to believe on the Son of God who should come to make
an atonement for their sins.
9. And so great was the power of God among us that in time all of the Egyptians
had turned from their idolatry to the worship of the true God and I and my people
had cause to rejoice in the fruits of labors.
CHAPTER 77
AT the end of seven years, the Lord visited me and he said unto me, Blessed
art thou, Abram, servant of the Most High, for thy joy shall be great in my
mansion with this multitude which thou hast brought unto me; wherefore, thy
name shall no more be called Abram but Abraham shalt thou be called, which is
by interpretation, Father of a Multitude.
2. Moreover, thy wife Sarai shall no longer be called by that name, but Sarah
shall she be called, which signifieth a Queen.
3. For Sarah have I chosen and appointed to be thy queen of queens for from
her shall issue the promised seed, even him who shall be thine heir.
4. Behold, the day cometh when the seed of Ham shall again rule in this land
and at that day thy seed shall be in bondage to them, but I will raise up a
prince from among the Egyptians who shall lead them out of bondage and they
shall inherit the land of Canaan, even that land which I have promised unto
thee and to thy seed after thee for an everlasting inheritance.
5. Moreover, from the loins of thine heir shall proceed the Messiah, even
the Son of God, who shall walk upon the earth ministering to the poor and lowly,
who shall be lifted up that the price might be paid for the original sin of
Adam and for the sins of all mankind, that all who will believe on His name
and receive His ordinances and keep His commandments should not perish but inherit
everlasting life.
6. Moreover, in the last days I will raise up out of the loins of thine heir
a choice seer through whom the fullness of my gospel shall be restored to the
earth and all things shall be restored as in the beginning.
7. For upon him shall rest the priesthood of his fathers and he shall commence
the organization of that holy order which was in the beginning of the world
which shall be consummated before the Son of God shall walk again upon the earth.
8. These promises are thine, my son, and I say unto thee, Thou shalt be exalted
and dwell with me in the mansion of my Father.
9. Now take thy people and return into the land of Canaan, for there have
I a mission for thee and there shall the promises come to pass in thy behalf.
CHAPTER 78
WHEN I had received this word of the Lord and He had departed from me, I
went unto Pharaoh and told him that I must depart from his realm as the Lord
had a work for me to do in the land of Canaan.
2. Though he was loathe to see me go, Pharaoh bowed to the will of God and
appointed men from his own bodyguard to escort me to the borders of Egypt and
he gave me gifts of cattle and silver and gold and fine cloth and precious jewels
of every kind.
CHAPTER 79
SO I went up out of Egypt and Lot accompanied me who had taken three wives
while in Egypt, namely, Jennifer, daughter of Eliezer of Damascus, Deborah,
daughter of Kumen who had come out of the city of Ur, and Asterah, daughter
of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.
