1
As we proceeded upon our journey, Satan came to me in the form of an aged man, humble and contrite who said unto me, How canst thou think to do so unto thy son?
2
Did not God give thee this son by an holy conception after the order of the ancients and dost thou think so little of this precious gift that thou wilt take his life as thou wouldst slaughter a dumb beast and thus cut off thine only hope of a royal posterity in the earth?
3
What evil hath he done unto thee that thou shouldst do this thing?
4
Dost thou not understand that this thing cannot be from the Lord?
5
Behold the Lord delighteth not in human sacrifice.
6
Did he not smite the priest of Nimrod for seeking to take thy life in like manner?
7
Surely thou shouldst repent of this thy purpose and return thy son unto the bed of his mother Sarah.
8
But I knew that this was the word of Satan seeking to prevent my obeying the word of the Lord; wherefore I commanded him to depart by the authority of the holy priesthood in the name of the Lord, and he departed from me in haste.