Kebra Nagast 14

1And God held converse with Abram, and He said unto him, "Fear thou not.

2From this day thou art My servant, and I will establish My Covenant with thee and with thy seed after thee, and I will multiply thy seed, and I will magnify thy name exceedingly.

3And I will bring down the Tabernacle of My Covenant upon the earth seven generations after thee, and it shall go round about with thy seed, and shall be salvation unto thy race and afterwards I will send My Word for the salvation of Adam and his sons for ever.

4And at this moment these who are of thy kinsmen are evil men (or, rebels), and My divinity, which is true, they have rejected.

5And as for thee, that day by day they may not seduce thee, come, get thee forth out of this land, the land of thy fathers, into the land which I will show thee, and I will give it unto thy seed after thee."

6And Abram made obeisance to God, and was subject to his God.

7And [God] said unto him, "Thy name shall be Abraham"; and He gave him the salutation of peace and went up into heaven.

8And Abraham returned to his abode, and he took Sara (Sarah) his wife, and went forth and did not go back to his father, and his mother, and his house, and his kinsfolk; and he forsook them all for God's sake.

9And he arrived in the city of Salem, and dwelt there and reigned in righteousness, and did not transgress the commandment of God.

10And God blessed him exceedingly, and at length he possessed 318 stalwart servants, who were trained in war, and who stood before him and performed his will.

11And 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 Abraham vanquished [his] foe.

12And he died in glory in God, and was more gracious and excellent than those who were before him.

13He was gracious, and held in honour, and highly esteemed.