Apocalypse of Abraham 10:1-15

¹And it came to pass when I heard the voice pronouncing such words to me

²that I looked this way and that. And behold there was no breath of man. And my spirit was amazed, and my soul fled from me. And I became like a stone, and fell face down upon the earth, for there was no longer strength in me to stand up on

³the earth. And while I was still face down on the ground, I heard the voice speaking, "Go, Iaoel of the same name, through the meditation of my ineffable

⁴name, consecrate this man for me and strengthen him against his trembling."

⁵hand and stood me on my feet. And he said to me, "Stand up, Abraham, friend

⁶of God who has loved you, let human trembling not enfold you! For lo! I am sent to you to strengthen you and to bless you in the name of God, creator of heavenly

⁷and earthly things, who has loved you. Be bold and hasten to him. I am Iaoel and I was called so by him who causes those with me on the seventh expanse, on the firmament, to shake, a power through the medium of his ineffable name in

⁸me. I am the one who has been charged according to his commandment, to restrain the threats of the living creatures of the cherubim against one another, and I teach those who carry the song through the medium of man's night of the seventh hour.

⁹I am appointed to hold the Leviathans, because through me is subjugated the

¹⁰attack and menace of every reptile. I am ordered to loosen Hades and to destroy

¹¹those who wondered at the dead. I am the one who ordered you father's house

¹²to be burned with him, for he honored the dead. I am sent to you now to bless you and the land which he whom you have called the Eternal One has prepared

¹³for you. For your sake I have indicated the way of the land.

¹⁴honor has been prepared for you by the Eternal One. Go, complete the sacrifice of the command, Behold, I am assigned (to be) with you and with the generation

¹⁵which is predestined (to be born) from you. And with me Michael blesses you forever. Be bold, go!"