Aggada -- Translations into English; Bible. Old Testament -- Legends; Jewish legends; Midrash -- Translations into English
The king, the princes, and all the people, who had been witnesses of
the wonders done for Abraham, came to him, and prostrated themselves
before him. But Abraham said: "Do not bow down before me, but before
God, the Master of the universe, who hath created you. Serve Him and
walk in His ways, for He it was who delivered me from the flames, and
He it is who hath created the soul and the spirit of every human being,
who formeth man in the womb of his mother, and bringeth him into the
world. He saveth from all sickness those who put their trust in Him."
The king then dismissed Abraham, after loading him down with an
abundance of precious gifts, among them two slaves who had been raised
in the royal palace. 'Ogi was the name of the one, Eliezer the name of
the other. The princes followed the example of the king, and they gave
him silver, and gold, and gems. But all these gifts did not rejoice the
heart of Abraham so much as the three hundred followers that joined him
and became adherents of his religion.
ABRAHAM EMIGRATES TO HARAN
For a period of two years Abraham could devote himself undisturbed to
his chosen task of turning the hearts of men to God and His
teachings.[41] In his pious undertaking he was aided by his wife Sarah,
whom he had married in the meantime. While he exhorted the men and
sought to convert them, Sarah addressed herself to the women.[42] She
was a helpmeet worthy of Abraham. Indeed, in prophetical powers she
ranked higher than her husband.[43] She was sometimes called Iscah,
"the seer," on that account.[44]
At the expiration of two years it happened that Nimrod dreamed a dream.
In his dream he found himself with his army near the fiery furnace in
the valley into which Abraham had been cast. A man resembling Abraham
stepped out of the furnace, and he ran after the king with drawn sword,
the king fleeing before him in terror. While running, the pursuer threw
an egg at Nimrod's head, and a mighty stream issued therefrom, wherein
the king's whole host was drowned. The king alone survived, with three
men. When Nimrod examined his companions, he observed that they wore
royal attire, and in form and stature they resembled himself. The
stream changed back into an egg again, and a little chick broke forth
from it, and it flew up, settled upon the head of the king, and put out
one of his eyes.
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