1
On the day I was guarding the gods of my father Terah and the gods of my brother Nahor, while I was testing (to find out) which god is in truth the strongest, 2.
2
I (then) Abraham, at the time when my lot came, when I was completing the services, of my father Terah�s sacrifice to his gods of wood, of stone, of gold, of 3. silver, of copper, and of iron, having entered their temple for the service, I found a god named Marumath, carved from stone, fallen at the feet of the iron god 4.
3
And it came to pass, that when I saw it my heart was perplexed and I thought in my mind that I, Abraham, could not put it back in its place alone, 5. because it was heavy, (being made) of a big stone.
4
But I went and told my father, 6. and he came in with me.
5
And when we both lifted it to put it in its place, its head 7. fell off, even while I was holding it by its head.
6
And it came to pass, when my father saw that the head of his god Marumath had fallen, he said to me, "Abraham!: 8.
7
And I said, "Here I am!" And he said to me, "Bring me the axes and chiselsfrom the house. "And I brought them to him 9. from the house.
8
And he cut another Marumath from another stone, without a head, and he smashed the head that had fallen off Marumath and the rest of Marumath.