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.
Torah
Bereshit27
Genesis · Chapter 27
And it came to pass, that when Yitschaq was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold,
here am I.
And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:
Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me
some venison;
And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring
it to me, that I may eat; that my nephesh may bless thee before I die.
And Rivqah heard when Yitschaq spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt
for venison,
and to bring
it.
And Rivqah spake unto Ya'aqov her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,
Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) before my death.
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.
Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth:
And thou shalt bring
it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.
And Ya'aqov said to Rivqah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother
is a hairy man, and I
am a smooth man:
My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.
And his mother said unto him, Upon me
be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me
them.
And he went, and fetched, and brought
them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.
And Rivqah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which
were with her in the house, and put them upon Ya'aqov her younger son:
And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck:
And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Ya'aqov.
And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here
am I; who
art thou, my son?
And Ya'aqov said unto his father, I
am Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy nephesh may bless me.
And Yitschaq said unto his son, How
is it that thou hast found
it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim brought
it to me.
And Yitschaq said unto Ya'aqov, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou
be my very son Esau or not.
And Ya'aqov went near unto Yitschaq his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice
is Ya'aqov’s voice, but the hands
are the hands of Esau.
And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau’s hands: so he blessed him.
And he said,
Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I
am.
And he said, Bring
it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s venison, that my nephesh may bless thee. And he brought
it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank.
And his father Yitschaq said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.
And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son
is
as the smell of a field which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) hath blessed:
Therefore Elohim give thee of the dew of shamayim, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother’s sons bow down to thee: cursed
be
every one that curseth thee, and blessed
be he that blesseth thee.
And it came to pass, as soon as Yitschaq had made an end of blessing Ya'aqov, and Ya'aqov was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Yitschaq his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son’s venison, that thy nephesh may bless me.
And Yitschaq his father said unto him, Who
art thou? And he said, I
am thy son, thy firstborn Esau.
And Yitschaq trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where
is
he that hath taken venison, and brought
it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea,
and
he shall be blessed.
And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me,
even
me also, O my father.
And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing.
And he said, Is not he rightly named Ya'aqov? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?
And Yitschaq answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son?
And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me,
even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
And Yitschaq his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of shamayim from above;
And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
And Esau hated Ya'aqov because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Ya'aqov.
And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rivqah: and she sent and called Ya'aqov her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself,
purposing to kill thee.
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;
And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother’s fury turn away;
Until thy brother’s anger turn away from thee, and he forget
that
which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?
And Rivqah said to Yitschaq, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Ya'aqov take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these
which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?
Torah
Bereshit28
Genesis · Chapter 28
And Yitschaq called Ya'aqov, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
Arise, go to Padan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother’s father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother’s brother.
And Elohim Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
And give thee the blessing of Avraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which Elohim gave unto Avraham.
And Yitschaq sent away Ya'aqov: and he went to Padan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rivqah, Ya'aqov’s and Esau’s mother.
When Esau saw that Yitschaq had blessed Ya'aqov, and sent him away to Padan-aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;
And that Ya'aqov obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-aram;
And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Yitschaq his father;
Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Avraham’s son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.
And Ya'aqov went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran.
And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and
put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to shamayim: and behold the mal'akhim of Elohim ascending and descending on it.
And, behold, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) stood above it, and said, I
am 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) Elohim of Avraham thy father, and the Elohim of Yitschaq: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
And, behold, I
am with thee, and will keep thee in all
places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done
that which I have spoken to thee of.
And Ya'aqov awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) is in this place; and I knew
it not.
And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful
is this place! this is none other but the house of Elohim, and this
is the gate of shamayim.
And Ya'aqov rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put
for his pillows, and set it up
for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city
was called Luz at the first.
And Ya'aqov vowed a vow, saying, If Elohim will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
So that I come again to my father’s house in peace; then shall 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) be my Elohim:
And this stone, which I have set
for a pillar, shall be Elohim’s house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.