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.
Torah
Bereshit25
Genesis · Chapter 25
Then again Avraham took a wife, and her name
was Keturah.
And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.
And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah. All these
were the children of Keturah.
And Avraham gave all that he had unto Yitschaq.
But unto the sons of the concubines, which Avraham had, Avraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Yitschaq his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.
And these
are the days of the years of Avraham’s life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.
Then Avraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full
of years; and was gathered to his people.
And his sons Yitschaq and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which
is before Mamre;
The field which Avraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Avraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
And it came to pass after the death of Avraham, that Elohim blessed his son Yitschaq; and Yitschaq dwelt by the well Lahai-roi.
Now these
are the generations of Ishmael, Avraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, bare unto Avraham:
And these
are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,
Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:
These
are the sons of Ishmael, and these
are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.
And these
are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his people.
And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that
is before Mitsrayim, as thou goest toward Assyria:
and he died in the presence of all his brethren.
And these
are the generations of Yitschaq, Avraham’s son: Avraham begat Yitschaq:
And Yitschaq was forty years old when he took Rivqah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
And Yitschaq intreated 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) for his wife, because she
was
barren: and 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) was intreated of him, and Rivqah his wife conceived.
And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If
it be so, why
am I thus? And she went to enquire of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) said unto her, Two nations
are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and
the one
people shall be stronger than
the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.
And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold,
there were twins in her womb.
And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.
And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau’s heel; and his name was called Ya'aqov: and Yitschaq
was threescore years old when she bare them.
And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Ya'aqov
was a plain man, dwelling in tents.
And Yitschaq loved Esau, because he did eat of
his venison: but Rivqah loved Ya'aqov.
And Ya'aqov sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he
was
faint:
And Esau said to Ya'aqov, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red
pottage; for I
am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.
And Ya'aqov said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
And Esau said, Behold, I
am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
And Ya'aqov said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Ya'aqov.
Then Ya'aqov gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised
his birthright.
Torah
Bereshit26
Genesis · Chapter 26
And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Avraham. And Yitschaq went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.
And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Mitsrayim; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:
Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Avraham thy father;
And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of shamayim, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
Because that Avraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my mitsvot, my statutes, and my laws.
And Yitschaq dwelt in Gerar:
And the men of the place asked
him of his wife; and he said, She
is my sister: for he feared to say,
She is my wife; lest,
said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rivqah; because she
was fair to look upon.
And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Yitschaq
was sporting with Rivqah his wife.
And Abimelech called Yitschaq, and said, Behold, of a surety she
is
thy wife: and how saidst thou, She
is my sister? And Yitschaq said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.
And Abimelech said, What
is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.
And Abimelech charged all
his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
Then Yitschaq sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) blessed him.
And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:
For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.
For all the wells which his father’s servants had digged in the days of Avraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.
And Abimelech said unto Yitschaq, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.
And Yitschaq departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
And Yitschaq digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Avraham his father; for the philistines had stopped them after the death of Avraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.
And Yitschaq’s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Yitschaq’s herdmen, saying, The water
is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.
And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.
And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba.
And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) appeared unto him the same night, and said, I
am
the Elohim of Avraham thy father: fear not, for I
am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Avraham’s sake.
And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) and pitched his tent there: and there Yitschaq’s servants digged a well.
Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.
And Yitschaq said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?
And they said, We saw certainly that 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us,
even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a b'rit with thee;
That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou
art now the blessed of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.
And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Yitschaq sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
And it came to pass the same day, that Yitschaq’s servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.
And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city
is
Beer-sheba unto this day.
And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
Which were a grief of mind unto Yitschaq and to Rivqah.