The angel of the Lord, and he loved his God.
And then the faultless father Abraham
Gave up his night’s rest; he by no means failed
To obey the Lord’s bidding, but the blessed man
2865 Girded his gray sword, God’s spirit he showed
That he bore in his breast. His beasts then he fed,
This aged giver of gold. To go on the journey
Two young men he summoned: his son made the third;
He himself was the fourth. He set forward eagerly
2870 From his own home and Isaac with him,