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.
Torah
Bereshit24
Genesis · Chapter 24
And Avraham was old,
and well stricken in age: and 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) had blessed Avraham in all things.
And Avraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:
And I will make thee swear by 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), the Elohim of shamayim, and the Elohim of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Yitschaq.
And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?
And Avraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) Elohim of shamayim, which took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his mal'akh before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.
And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.
And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Avraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.
And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master
were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.
And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening,
even the time that women go out to draw
water.
And he said, O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) Elohim of my master Avraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Avraham.
Behold, I stand
here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:
And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also:
let the same be she
that
thou hast appointed for thy servant Yitschaq; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.
And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rivqah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Avraham’s brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.
And the damsel
was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.
And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.
And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.
And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw
water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.
And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw
water, and drew for all his camels.
And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) had made his journey prosperous or not.
And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten
shekels weight of gold;
And said, Whose daughter
art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room
in thy father’s house for us to lodge in?
And she said unto him, I
am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.
She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.
And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
And he said, Blessed
be 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) Elohim of my master Avraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I
being
in the way, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) led me to the house of my master’s brethren.
And the damsel ran, and told
them of her mother’s house these things.
And Rivqah had a brother, and his name
was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well.
And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister’s hands, and when he heard the words of Rivqah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.
And he said, Come in, thou blessed of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH); wherefore standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.
And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men’s feet that
were with him.
And there was set
meat before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.
And he said, I
am Avraham’s servant.
And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.
And Sarah my master’s wife bare a son to my master when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.
And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:
But thou shalt go unto my father’s house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.
And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.
And he said unto me, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), before whom I walk, will send his mal'akh with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father’s house:
Then shalt thou be clear from
this my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give not thee
one, thou shalt be clear from my oath.
And I came this day unto the well, and said, O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) Elohim of my master Avraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go;
Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw
water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;
And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels:
let the same
be the woman whom 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) hath appointed out for my master’s son.
And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rivqah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew
water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.
And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her
shoulder,
and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: so I drank, and she made the camels drink also.
And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter
art thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.
And I bowed down my head, and worshipped 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), and blessed 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) Elohim of my master Avraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master’s brother’s daughter unto his son.
And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.
Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH): we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.
Behold, Rivqah
is before thee, take
her, and go, and let her be thy master’s son’s wife, as 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) hath spoken.
And it came to pass, that, when Avraham’s servant heard their words, he worshipped 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH),
bowing himself to the earth.
And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave
them to Rivqah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.
And they did eat and drink, he and the men that
were with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away unto my master.
And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us
a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.
And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.
And they said, We will call the damsel, and enquire at her mouth.
And they called Rivqah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go.
And they sent away Rivqah their sister, and her nurse, and Avraham’s servant, and his men.
And they blessed Rivqah, and said unto her, Thou
art our sister, be thou
the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.
And Rivqah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rivqah, and went his way.
And Yitschaq came from the way of the well Lahai-roi; for he dwelt in the south country.
And Yitschaq went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels
were coming.
And Rivqah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Yitschaq, she lighted off the camel.
For she
had said unto the servant, What man
is
this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant
had
said, It
is my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.
And the servant told Yitschaq all things that he had done.
And Yitschaq brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rivqah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Yitschaq was comforted after his mother’s
death.