Kurt Weill
Act I, The Patriarchs, Scene 6: Abraham and Isaac
[CHOIR OF HEAVENLY HOSTS]
Abraham, Abraham
Stay thy hand, and lift not the knife to slay thy loved one
Raise up thy child and do him no harm

[DISTANT VOICE]
I know now that thou fearest God and lovest Him
And therefore thy children the stars shall outnumber
And they shall triumph
And they shall triumph against all that hate them

[CHOIR OF HEAVENLY HOSTS, variously]
God first created earth and the heavens
Then man He fashioned in his own image
God first created earth and the heavens
Then man He fashioned in his own image
God first created earth and the heavens
Then man He fashioned in his own image
God first created earth and the heavens
Then man He fashioned in his own image
God first created
God first created earth and the heavens
Then man He fashioned in his own—
God first created earth and the heavens
Then man He fashioned in his own form
In the eternal form of God made He him