1And the ETERNAL Mighty One said to me: “Abraham! Abraham!”, and I said: “Here am I!”.
2So He said: “Consider from above the stars which are beneath you,
3and number them for me, and make known to me their number.”
4And I said: “How can I? For I am but a man of the dust of the earth.1”
5And He said to me: “As the number of the stars and their power,
6so will I make your seed a nation and a people set apart for me as my own inheritance, as distinct from that of Azazel.
7And yet I include Azazel in my house.2
8And I said: “O ETERNAL Mighty One! Let your servant speak before You
9and let not your anger be kindled against your chosen one! For lo! before I came up hither, Azazel inveighed against me.
10And so, now he is not before You, how can You consider Yourself with him?