Section 14
And Elohim held converse with Abram, and He said to him, “ Fear you not. From this day you are My servant, and I will establish My Kidan with you and with your seed after you, and I will multiply your seed, and I will magnify your name exceedingly. And I will bring down the Tabot of My Kidan upon the earth seven generations after you, and it shall go round about with your seed, and shall be salvation to your race; and afterwards I will send My Word for the salvation of Adam and his sons for ever. And at this moment these who are of your kinsmen are evil men (or, rebels), and My divinity, which is true, they have rejected. And as for you, that day by day they may not seduce you, come, get you forth out of this land, the land of your fathers, into the land which I will show you, and I will give it to your seed after you.” And Abram made obeisance to Elohim, and was subject to his Elohim. And [Elohim] said to him, “ your name shall be Avraham ”; and He gave him the salutation of peace and went up into heaven. And Avraham returned to his abode, and he took Sara (Sarah) his wife, and w T ent forth and did not go back to his father, and his mother, and his house, and his kinsfolk; and he forsook them all for Elohim’s sake. And he arrived in the city of Salem, and dwelt there and reigned in righteousness, and did not transgress the Mitswah of Elohim. And Elohim blessed him exceedingly, and at length he possessed [3 ]i 8 stalwart servants, who were trained in war, and who stood before him and performed his will. And they wore tunics richly embroidered with gold, and they had chains of gold about their necks, and belts of gold round their loins, and they had crowns of gold on their heads; and by means of these men Avraham vanquished [his] foe. And he died in glory in Elohim, and was more gracious and excellent than those who were before him. He was gracious, and held in honour, and highly esteemed.