Rabbi Isaac said that Heaven judges people only on their actions up to the time of judgment, as says, "God has heard the voice of the lad "as he is" there." Similarly, reading the words "where he is" in , Rabbi Simon told that the ministering angels hastened to indict Ishmael, asking whether God would bring up a well for one who (through his descendants) would one day slay God's children (Israelites) with thirst. God demanded what Ishmael was at that time. The angels answered that Ishmael (at that time) was righteous. God replied that God judges people only as they are at the moment.