Apocalypse of Abraham 14:1-12

1And the angel said to me, "Abraham!" And I said, "Here I am, your

2servant." And he said, "Know from this that the Eternal One whom you have

3loved has chosen you. Be bold and do through your authority whatever I order

4you against him who reviles justice. Will I not be able to revile him who has scattered about the earth the secrets of heaven and who has taken counsel against

5the Mighty One? Say to him, 'May you be the firebrand of the furnace of the

6earth! Go, Azazel, into the untrodden parts of the earth. For your heritage is over those who are with you, with the stars and with the men born by the clouds,

7whose portion you are, indeed they exist through your being. Enmity is for you

8a pious act. Therefore through your own destruction be gone from me!'

9I said the words as the angel had taught me. And he said, "Abraham." And I

10said, "Here I am, your servant!" And the angel said to me, "Answer him not!"

11And he spoke to me a second time. And the angel said, "Now, whatever he says to you, answer him not, lest his will run up to you. For the Eternal, Mighty

12One gave him the gravity and the will. Answer him not." And I did what the angel had commanded me. And whatever he said to me about the descent, I answered him not.