At the time when Nimrod the wicked had cast our Father Abraham into the fiery furnace, Gabriel stood forth in the presence of the Holy One — blessed be He! — and said, " Lord of the universe, let me, I pray thee, go down and cool the furnace, and deliver that righteous one from it.* Then the Holy One — blessed be He! — said unto him, " I am One in my world and he is one in his world; it is more becoming that He who is one should deliver him who is one."
But as God does not withhold His reward from any creature, He said to Gabriel, " For this thy good intention, be thine the honor of rescuing three of his descendants. At the time when Nebuchadnezzar the wicked cast Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah into the fiery furnace, Yourkami, the prince of hail, arose before God and said, " Lord of the universe, let me, I pray thee, go down and cool the fiery furnace, and rescue these righteous men from its fury.w Whereupon Gabriel interposed, and said,