La vocación de Abraham
Unknown
ca. 1800
Terah’s wife is pregnant
day after day she turned pale,
she already knew what she had
but she did not reveal it to her husband.
One day she went out to fields and vineyards,
she found a cavern and went in there
where Abraham our father was going to be born,
Abraham our father, may he rest in peace.
The Lord of Abraham shall be,
when he…
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