The fire from which Abraham is here said to be delivered may simply refer to his deliverance by the hand of God from Ur of the Chaldees; Ur meaning ^fire,** and being the name of a place celebrated for fire worship. The Midrash (p. 20) says, "When the wicked Nimrod cast Abraham into the furnace, Gabriel said, ( Lord of the universe! permit me to deliver this holy one from the fire! ' But the Lord made answer, ( I am the One Supreme in my world, and he is supreme in his; it is fitting therefore that the Supreme should rescue the supreme. >