Abraham Tests His Father’s Idols

1 On the day when I was carving the gods of my father Terah and the gods of my brother Nahor, while trying to discover who the Mighty God really is, 2 I, Abraham, had been chosen by lot and was performing the services (the sacrifices) of my father Terah to his gods of wood and stone, gold and silver, brass and iron. 3 I entered their temple to serve and found the god named Merumath (which was) carved from stone, lying facedown at the feet of the iron god Nahon. 4 And when I saw this, I was troubled, and I thought that I, Abraham, could not put him back in his place alone, because he was heavy and made from a large stone, 5 and I went out and told my father. And he came in with me, 6 and when we both moved him (the god) forward, to put him back in his place, his head fell off while I was still holding him by the head.⁠a 7 And when my father saw that Merumath's head had fallen off, he said to me: "Abraham!" 8 And I said: "Here I am." And he said to me: "Bring me an axe and a chisel from the house." 9 And I brought them to him. And he carved another Merumath from another stone, without a head, and he put the head that had fallen off Merumath on it, and he smashed the rest of Merumath.