The Apocalypse of Abraham 26

1And I said: "O Eternal, Mighty One!

2Wherefore hast Thou established that it should be so, and then proclaim the knowledge thereof?"

3And He said to me: "Hear, Abraham; understand what I say to thee, and answer me as I question thee.

4Why did thy father Terah not listen to thy voice, and (why) did he not cease from the devilish idolatry until he perished [and] his whole household with him?"

5And I said: "O Eternal, [Mighty One]!

6It was entirely because he did not choose to listen to me; but I, too, did not follow his works."

7And He said [to me]: "Hear, Abraham.

8As the counsel of thy father is in him, and as thy counsel is in thee, so also is the counsel of my will in me ready for the coming days, before thou hast knowledge of these, or (canst) see with thine eyes what is future in them.

9How those of thy seed will be, look in the picture."