"When God commanded the father to desist from sacrificing Isaac, Abraham said: "One man tempts another, because he knoweth not what is in the heart of his neighbor. But Thou surely didst know that I was ready to sacrifice my son!"God: "It was manifest to Me, and I foreknew it, that thou wouldst withhold not even thy soul from Me."Abraham: "And why, then, didst Thou afflict me thus?"God: "It was My wish that the world should become acquainted with thee, and should know that it is not without good reason that I have chosen thee from all the nations. Now it hath been witnessed unto men that thou fearest God.""
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Louis Ginzberg: The Legends of the Jews, vol. I: Satan Accuses Abraham (PDF). Translated by Henrietta Szold. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society. Retrieved 2018-02-14.
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