Torah
Bereshit21
Genesis · Chapter 21
And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) visited Sarah as he had said, and 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) did unto Sarah as he had spoken.
For Sarah conceived, and bare Avraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which Elohim had spoken to him.
And Avraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Yitschaq.
And Avraham circumcised his son Yitschaq being eight days old, as Elohim had commanded him.
And Avraham was an hundred years old, when his son Yitschaq was born unto him.
And Sarah said, Elohim hath made me to laugh,
so that all that hear will laugh with me.
And she said, Who would have said unto Avraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born
him a son in his old age.
And the child grew, and was weaned: and Avraham made a great feast the
same day that Yitschaq was weaned.
And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Avraham, mocking.
Wherefore she said unto Avraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son,
even
with Yitschaq.
And the thing was very grievous in Avraham’s sight because of his son.
And Elohim said unto Avraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Yitschaq shall thy seed be called.
And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he
is thy seed.
And Avraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave
it unto Hagar, putting
it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.
And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
And she went, and sat her down over against
him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against
him, and lift up her voice, and wept.
And Elohim heard the voice of the lad; and the mal'akh of Elohim called Hagar out of shamayim, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for Elohim hath heard the voice of the lad where he
is.
Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.
And Elohim opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
And Elohim was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Mitsrayim.
And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Avraham, saying, Elohim
is with thee in all that thou doest:
Now therefore swear unto me here by Elohim that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son:
but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.
And Avraham said, I will swear.
And Avraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.
And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I
of it, but to day.
And Avraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a b'rit.
And Avraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
And Abimelech said unto Avraham, What
mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
And he said, For
these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.
Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.
Thus they made a b'rit at Beer-sheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
And
Avraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), the everlasting Elohim.
And Avraham sojourned in the Philistines’ land many days.
Torah
Bereshit22
Genesis · Chapter 22
And it came to pass after these things, that Elohim did tempt Avraham, and said unto him, Avraham: and he said, Behold,
here I
am.
And he said, Take now thy son, thine only
son Yitschaq, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
And Avraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Yitschaq his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which Elohim had told him.
Then on the third day Avraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
And Avraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you,
And Avraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid
it
upon Yitschaq his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.
And Yitschaq spake unto Avraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here
am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where
is the lamb for a burnt offering?
And Avraham said, My son, Elohim will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
And they came to the place which Elohim had told him of; and Avraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Yitschaq his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
And Avraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
And the mal'akh of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) called unto him out of shamayim, and said, Avraham, Avraham: and he said, Here
am I.
And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest Elohim, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only
son from me.
And Avraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind
him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Avraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
And Avraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said
to this day, In the mount of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) it shall be seen.
And the mal'akh of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) called unto Avraham out of shamayim the second time,
And said, By myself have I sworn, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only
son:
That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the shamayim, and as the sand which
is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
So Avraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba; and Avraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.
And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Avraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;
Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,
And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
And Bethuel begat Rivqah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Avraham’s brother.
And his concubine, whose name
was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.
Torah
Bereshit23
Genesis · Chapter 23
And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old:
these were
the years of the life of Sarah.
And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same
is Chevron in the land of Canaan: and Avraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
And Avraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
I
am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
And the children of Heth answered Avraham, saying unto him,
Hear us, my lord: thou
art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.
And Avraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land,
even to the children of Heth.
And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which
is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you.
And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Avraham in the audience of the children of Heth,
even
of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,
Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that
is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.
And Avraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.
And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou
wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take
it of me, and I will bury my dead there.
And Ephron answered Avraham, saying unto him,
My lord, hearken unto me: the land
is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what
is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
And Avraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Avraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current
money with the merchant.
And the field of Ephron, which
was in Machpelah, which
was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which
was therein, and all the trees that
were in the field, that
were
in all the borders round about, were made sure
Unto Avraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.
And after this, Avraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same
is Chevron in the land of Canaan.
And the field, and the cave that
is therein, were made sure unto Avraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.