Bereshith (Genesis)

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Gen 22:1 And it came to be after these events that Elohim tried Aḇraham,
and said to him, “Aḇraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”
Gen 22:2 And He said, “Take your son, now, your only son Yitsḥaq, whom
you love, and go to the land of Moriyah, and offer him there as a burnt
offering on one of the mountains which I command you.”
Gen 22:3 And Aḇraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey,
and took two of his young men with him, and Yitsḥaq his son. And he split the
wood for the burnt offering, and arose and went to the place which Elohim
had commanded him.
Gen 22:4 And on the third day Aḇraham lifted his eyes and saw the place
from a distance.
Gen 22:5 So Aḇraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey
while the boy and I go over there and worship, and come back to you.”
Gen 22:6 And Aḇraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on
Yitsḥaq his son. And he took the fire in his hand, and a knife, and the two of
them went together.
Gen 22:7 And Yitsḥaq spoke to Aḇraham his father and said, “My father!”
And he said, “Here I am, my son.” And he said, “See, the fire and the wood!
But where is the lamb for a burnt offering?”
Gen 22:8 And Aḇraham said, “My son, Elohim does provide for Himself the
lamb for a burnt offering.” And the two of them went together.
Gen 22:9 And they came to the place which Elohim had commanded him,
and Aḇraham built an altar there and placed the wood in order. And he bound
Yitsḥaq his son and laid him on the altar, upon the wood.
Gen 22:10 And Aḇraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his
son,
Gen 22:11 but the Messenger of יהוה called to him from the heavens and
said, “Aḇraham, Aḇraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”
Gen 22:12 And He said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy, nor touch him.
For now I know that you fear Elohim, seeing you have not withheld your son,
your only son, from Me.”
Gen 22:13 And Aḇraham lifted his eyes and looked and saw behind him a
ram caught in a bush by its horns, and Aḇraham went and took the ram and
offered it up for a burnt offering instead of his son.
Gen 22:14 And Aḇraham called the name of the place, ‘ יהוה Yireh,’ as it is
said to this day, “On the mountain יהוה provides.”
Gen 22:15 And the Messenger of יהוה called to Aḇraham a second time from
the heavens,
Gen 22:16 and said, “By Myself I have sworn, declares יהוה, because you
have done this, and have not withheld your son, your only son,
Gen 22:17 that I shall certainly bless you, and I shall certainly increase your
seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand which is on the seashore, and
let your seed possess the gate of their enemies.
Gen 22:18 “And in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed,
because you have obeyed My voice.”
Gen 22:19 Then Aḇraham returned to his young men, and they rose up and
went together to Be’ĕrsheḇa. And Aḇraham dwelt at Be’ĕrsheḇa.
Gen 22:20 And it came to be after these events that it was reported to
Aḇraham, saying, “See, Milkah too has borne children to your brother Naḥor:
Gen 22:21 “Uts his first-born, and Buz his brother, and Qemu’ĕl the father of
Aram,
Gen 22:22 and Keseḏ, and Ḥazo, and Pildash, and Yiḏlaph, and Bethu’ĕl.”
Gen 22:23 And Bethu’ĕl brought forth Riḇqah. These eight Milkah bore to
Naḥor, Aḇraham’s brother.
Gen 22:24 And his concubine, whose name was Re’uwmah, also bore
Teḇaḥ, and Gaḥam, and Taḥash, and Ma‛aḵah.

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Gen 23:1 And Sarah lived one hundred and twenty-seven years, the years of
the life of Sarah.
Gen 23:2 And Sarah died in Qiryath Arba, that is Ḥeḇron, in the land of
Kena‛an, and Aḇraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.
Gen 23:3 Then Aḇraham rose up from beside his dead, and spoke to the sons
of Ḥĕth, saying,
Gen 23:4 “I am a foreigner and a sojourner among you. Give me property for
a burial site among you, so that I bury my dead from my presence.”
Gen 23:5 And the sons of Ḥĕth answered Aḇraham, saying to him,
Gen 23:6 “Hear us, my master: You are a prince of Elohim among us. Bury
your dead in the choicest of our burial places. None of us withholds from you
his burial site, from burying your dead.”
Gen 23:7 So Aḇraham rose and bowed himself to the people of the land, the
sons of Ḥĕth.
Gen 23:8 And he spoke with them, saying, “If it is your desire that I bury my
dead from my presence, hear me, and approach Ephron son of Tsoḥar for me,
Gen 23:9 and let me have the cave of Maḵpĕlah which he has, which is at
the end of his field. Let him give it to me for the complete amount of silver,
as property for a burial site among you.”
Gen 23:10 And Ephron dwelt among the sons of Ḥĕth. And Ephron the
Ḥittite answered Aḇraham in the hearing of the sons of Ḥĕth, all who entered
at the gate of his city, saying,
Gen 23:11 “No, my master, listen to me! I shall give you the field and the
cave that is in it. I shall give it to you in the presence of the sons of my
people. I shall give it to you. Bury your dead!”
Gen 23:12 And Aḇraham bowed himself down before the people of the land,
Gen 23:13 and he spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land,
saying, “If only you would hear me. I shall give the amount of silver for the
field, take it from me, and let me bury my dead there.”
Gen 23:14 And Ephron answered Aḇraham, saying to him,
Gen 23:15 “My master, listen to me! The land is worth four hundred sheqels
of silver. What is that between you and me? So bury your dead.”
Gen 23:16 And Aḇraham listened to Ephron, and Aḇraham weighed out the
silver for Ephron which he had named in the hearing of the sons of Ḥĕth, four
hundred sheqels of silver, currency of the merchants.
Gen 23:17 Thus the field of Ephron which was in Maḵpĕlah, which was
before Mamrĕ, the field and the cave which was in it, and all the trees that
were in the field, which were within all the surrounding borders, were
deeded
Gen 23:18 to Aḇraham as a possession in the presence of the sons of Ḥĕth,
before all who went in at the gate of his city.
Gen 23:19 And after this Aḇraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the
field of Maḵpĕlah, before Mamrĕ, that is Ḥeḇron, in the land of Kena‛an.
Gen 23:20 Thus the field and the cave that is in it were deeded to Aḇraham
by the sons of Ḥĕth as property for a burial site.

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Gen 24:1 And Aḇraham was old, advanced in years. And יהוה had blessed
Aḇraham in every way.
Gen 24:2 And Aḇraham said to the oldest servant of his house, who ruled
over all that he had, “Please, put your hand under my thigh,
Gen 24:3 so that I make you swear by יהוה, the Elohim of the heavens and the
Elohim of the earth, that you do not take a wife for my son from the daughters
of the Kena‛anites, among whom I dwell,
Gen 24:4 but to go to my land and to my relatives, and take a wife for my
son Yitsḥaq.”
Gen 24:5 And the servant said to him, “What if the woman refuses to follow
me to this land? Do I then take your son back to the land from which you
came?”
Gen 24:6 And Aḇraham said to him, “Beware lest you take my son back
there!
Gen 24:7 “ יהוה, Elohim of the heavens, who took me from my father’s house
and from the land of my relatives, and who spoke to me and swore to me,
saying, ‘To your seed I give this land,’ He sends His messenger before you,
and you shall take a wife for my son from there.
Gen 24:8 “And if the woman refuses to follow you, then you shall be
released from this oath; only, do not take my son back there.”
Gen 24:9 Then the servant put his hand under the thigh of Aḇraham his
master, and swore to him concerning this matter.
Gen 24:10 And the servant took ten of his master’s camels and left, for all
his master’s good gifts were in his hand. And he arose and went to Aram
Naharayim, to the city of Naḥor.
Gen 24:11 And he made his camels kneel down outside the city by a fountain
of water at evening time, the time when women go out to draw water.
Gen 24:12 And he said, “ יהוה, Elohim of my master Aḇraham, please cause
her to meet before me this day, and show kindness to my master Aḇraham.
Gen 24:13 “See, I am standing here by the fountain of water, and the
daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water.
Gen 24:14 “Now let it be that the young woman to whom I say, ‘Please let
down your jar to let me drink,’ and she says, ‘Drink, and let me water your
camels too,’ let her be the one whom You have appointed for Your servant
Yitsḥaq. And let me know by this that You have shown kindness to my
master.”
Gen 24:15 And it came to be, before he had ended speaking, that see,
Riḇqah, who was born to Bethu’ĕl, son of Milkah, the wife of Naḥor,
Aḇraham’s brother, came out with her jar on her shoulder.
Gen 24:16 And the young woman was very good-looking, a maiden, no man
having known her. And she went down to the fountain, filled her jar, and
came up.
Gen 24:17 And the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me drink a
little water from your jar.”
Gen 24:18 And she said, “Drink, my master.” And she hurried and let her jar
down to her hand, and gave him a drink.
Gen 24:19 And when she had finished giving him a drink, she said, “Let me
draw water for your camels too, until they have finished drinking.”
Gen 24:20 And she hurried and emptied her jar into the trough, ran back to
the fountain to draw water, and drew for all his camels.
Gen 24:21 And watching her, the man remained silent in order to know
whether יהוה had prospered his way or not.
Gen 24:22 And it came to be, when the camels had finished drinking, that the
man took a golden nose ring weighing half a sheqel, and two bracelets for her
wrists weighing ten sheqels of gold,
Gen 24:23 and said, “Whose daughter are you? Please inform me, is there
room in your father’s house for us to spend the night?”
Gen 24:24 And she said to him, “I am the daughter of Bethu’ĕl, Milkah’s
son, whom she bore to Naḥor.”
Gen 24:25 And she said to him, “We have both straw and fodder enough,
and room to spend the night.”
Gen 24:26 And the man bowed down his head and worshipped יהוה.
Gen 24:27 And he said, “Blessed be יהוה Elohim of my master Aḇraham,
who has not forsaken His kindness and His truth toward my master. As for
me, being on the way, יהוה led me to the house of my master’s brothers.”
Gen 24:28 Then the young woman ran and informed those of her mother’s
house these matters.
Gen 24:29 And Riḇqah had a brother whose name was Laḇan, and Laḇan ran
out to the man, to the fountain.
Gen 24:30 And it came to be, when he saw the nose ring, and the bracelets
on his sister’s wrists, and when he heard the words of his sister Riḇqah,
saying, “Thus the man spoke to me,” that he went to the man and saw him
standing by the camels at the fountain.
Gen 24:31 And he said, “Come in, O blessed of יהוה ! Why do you stand
outside? I myself have prepared the house, and a place for the camels.”
Gen 24:32 So the man came into the house, while he unloaded the camels
and provided straw and fodder for the camels and water to wash his feet and
the feet of the men who were with him,
Gen 24:33 and set food before him to eat. But he said, “Let me not eat until I
have spoken my word.” And he said, “Speak on.”
Gen 24:34 And he said, “I am Aḇraham’s servant.
Gen 24:35 “And יהוה has blessed my master exceedingly, and he has become
great. And He has given him flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and male
and female servants, and camels and donkeys.
Gen 24:36 “And Sarah my master’s wife bore a son to my master when she
was old. And he has given to him all that he has.
Gen 24:37 “And my master made me swear, saying, ‘Do not take a wife for
my son from the daughters of the Kena‛anites, in whose land I dwell,
Gen 24:38 but go to my father’s house and to my relatives, and take a wife
for my son.’
Gen 24:39 “And I said to my master, ‘What if the woman does not follow
me?’
Gen 24:40 “But he said to me, ‘ יהוה, before whom I walk, sends His
messenger with you and shall prosper your way. And you shall take a wife
for my son from my relatives and from my father’s house.
Gen 24:41 ‘Then, when you go to my relatives, you are to be released from
this oath. And if they do not give her to you, then you are released from my
oath.’
Gen 24:42 “And this day I came to the fountain and said, ‘ יהוה, Elohim of
my master Aḇraham, please, if You are prospering the way in which I am
going,
Gen 24:43 see, I am standing by the fountain of water, and when the maiden
comes out to draw water, and I say to her, “Please give me a little water from
your jar to drink,”
Gen 24:44 and she says to me, “Drink, and let me draw for your camels
too,” let her be the woman whom יהוה has appointed for my master’s son.’
Gen 24:45 “I had not yet ended speaking in my heart, then see, Riḇqah was
coming out with her jar on her shoulder. And she went down to the fountain
and drew water. And I said to her, ‘Please let me drink.’
Gen 24:46 “And she hurried and let her jar down from her shoulder, and
said, ‘Drink, and let me water your camels too.’ So I drank, and she watered
the camels too.
Gen 24:47 “And I asked her, and said, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ And she
said, ‘The daughter of Bethu’ĕl, Naḥor’s son, whom Milkah bore to him.’
Then I put the nose ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.
Gen 24:48 “And I bowed my head and worshipped יהוה, and blessed יהוה,
Elohim of my master Aḇraham, who had led me in the true way to take the
daughter of my master’s brother for his son.
Gen 24:49 “And now, if you are going to show kindness and truth to my
master, let me know, and if not, let me know, so that I turn to the right or to
the left.”
Gen 24:50 And Laḇan answered – Bethu’ĕl too – and said, “The matter
comes from יהוה, we are not able to speak to you either evil or good.
Gen 24:51 “See, Riḇqah is before you. Take her and go, and let her be your
master’s son’s wife, as יהוה has spoken.”
Gen 24:52 And it came to be, when Aḇraham’s servant heard their words,
that he bowed himself towards the earth before יהוה.
Gen 24:53 And the servant brought out ornaments of silver, and ornaments of
gold, and garments, and gave them to Riḇqah. He also gave costly gifts to her
brother and to her mother.
Gen 24:54 And he and the men who were with him ate and drank and spent
the night. When they arose in the morning he said, “Let me go to my master.”
Gen 24:55 But her brother and her mother said, “Let the young woman stay
with us a few days, at least ten, then you go.”
Gen 24:56 And he said to them, “Do not delay me, since יהוה has prospered
my way. Let me go so that I go to my master.”
Gen 24:57 And they said, “Let us call the young woman and ask her.”
Gen 24:58 So they called Riḇqah and said to her, “Are you going with this
man?” And she said, “I shall go.”
Gen 24:59 So they let go Riḇqah their sister and her nurse, and Aḇraham’s
servant and his men.
Gen 24:60 And they blessed Riḇqah and said to her, “Let our sister become
the mother of thousands of ten thousands, and let your seed possess the gates
of those who hate them.”
Gen 24:61 And Riḇqah and her young women arose, and they rode on the
camels and followed the man. So the servant took Riḇqah and left.
Gen 24:62 And Yitsḥaq came from the way of Be’ĕr Laḥai Ro’i, for he
dwelt in the South.
Gen 24:63 And Yitsḥaq went out to meditate in the field in the evening. And
he lifted his eyes and looked and saw the camels coming.
Gen 24:64 And Riḇqah lifted her eyes, and when she saw Yitsḥaq she
dismounted from her camel,
Gen 24:65 and she had said to the servant, “Who is this man walking in the
field to meet us?” And the servant said, “It is my master.” So she took a veil
and covered herself.
Gen 24:66 And the servant told Yitsḥaq all the matters he had done.
Gen 24:67 And Yitsḥaq brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent. And he took
Riḇqah and she became his wife, and he loved her. Thus Yitsḥaq was
comforted after his mother’s death.

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Gen 25:1 And Aḇraham took another wife, whose name was Qeturah.
Gen 25:2 And she bore him Zimran, and Yoqshan, and Meḏan, and Miḏyan,
and Yishbaq, and Shuwaḥ.
Gen 25:3 And Yoqshan brought forth Sheḇa and Deḏan. And the sons of
Deḏan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Le’ummim.
Gen 25:4 And the sons of Miḏyan were Ĕphah, and Ĕpher, and Ḥanoḵ, and
Aḇiḏa, and Elda‛ah. All these were the children of Qeturah.
Gen 25:5 Now Aḇraham gave all that he had to Yitsḥaq,
Gen 25:6 but to the sons of the concubines whom Aḇraham had, Aḇraham
gave gifts while he was still living, and sent them away from his son Yitsḥaq,
eastward, to the land of the east.
Gen 25:7 And these are all the years of Aḇraham’s life which he lived: one
hundred and seventy-five years.
Gen 25:8 And Aḇraham breathed his last and died in a good old age, aged
and satisfied, and was gathered to his people.
Gen 25:9 And his sons Yitsḥaq and Yishma‛ĕl buried him in the cave of
Maḵpĕlah, which is before Mamrĕ, in the field of Ephron son of Tsoḥar the
Ḥittite,
Gen 25:10 the field which Aḇraham purchased from the sons of Ḥĕth. There
Aḇraham was buried with Sarah his wife.
Gen 25:11 And it came to be, after the death of Aḇraham, that Elohim
blessed his son Yitsḥaq. And Yitsḥaq dwelt at Be’ĕr Laḥai Ro’i.
Gen 25:12 And this is the genealogy of Yishma‛ĕl, Aḇraham’s son, whom
Haḡar the Mitsrite, Sarah’s female servant, bore to Aḇraham.
Gen 25:13 And these were the names of the sons of Yishma‛ĕl, by their
names, according to their generations: The first-born of Yishma‛ĕl,
Neḇayoth; then Qĕḏar, and Aḏbe’ĕl, and Miḇsam,
Gen 25:14 and Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,
Gen 25:15 Haḏar, and Tĕma, Yetur, Naphish, and Qĕḏemah.
Gen 25:16 These were the sons of Yishma‛ĕl and these were their names, by
their towns and their settlements, twelve chiefs according to their tribes.
Gen 25:17 And these were the years of the life of Yishma‛ĕl: one hundred
and thirty-seven years. And he breathed his last and died, and was gathered
to his people.
Gen 25:18 And they dwelt from Ḥawilah as far as Shur, which is east of
Mitsrayim as you go toward Ashshur. He settled before all his brothers.
Gen 25:19 And this is the genealogy of Yitsḥaq, Aḇraham’s son. Aḇraham
brought forth Yitsḥaq.
Gen 25:20 And Yitsḥaq was forty years old when he took Riḇqah as wife,
the daughter of Bethu’ĕl the Aramean of Paddan Aram, the sister of Laḇan the
Aramean.
Gen 25:21 And Yitsḥaq prayed to יהוה for his wife, because she was barren.
And יהוה answered his prayer, and Riḇqah his wife conceived.
Gen 25:22 And within her the children struggled together, and she said, “If
all is right, why am I this way?” So she went to ask יהוה.
Gen 25:23 And יהוה said to her, “Two nations are in your womb, and two
peoples shall be separated from your body. And one people shall be stronger
than the other, and the older serve the younger.”
Gen 25:24 And when the days were filled for her to give birth, and see,
twins were in her womb!
Gen 25:25 And the first came out red all over, like a hairy garment, so they
called his name Ĕsaw.
Gen 25:26 And afterward his brother came out, with his hand holding on to
Ĕsaw’s heel, so his name was called Ya‛aqoḇ. And Yitsḥaq was sixty years
old when she bore them.
Gen 25:27 And the boys grew up. And Ĕsaw became a man knowing how to
hunt, a man of the field, while Ya‛aqoḇ was a complete man, dwelling in
tents.
Gen 25:28 And Yitsḥaq loved Ĕsaw because he ate of his wild game, but
Riḇqah loved Ya‛aqoḇ.
Gen 25:29 And Ya‛aqoḇ cooked a stew, and Ĕsaw came in from the field,
and he was weary.
Gen 25:30 And Ĕsaw said to Ya‛aqoḇ, “Please feed me with that same red
stew, for I am weary.” That is why his name was called Eḏom.
Gen 25:31 But Ya‛aqoḇ said, “Sell me your birthright today.”
Gen 25:32 And Ĕsaw said, “Look, I am going to die, so why should I have
birthright?”
Gen 25:33 Then Ya‛aqoḇ said, “Swear to me today.” And he swore to him,
and sold his birthright to Ya‛aqoḇ.
Gen 25:34 Ya‛aqoḇ then gave Ĕsaw bread and stew of lentils. And he ate
and drank, and rose up and left. Thus Ĕsaw despised his birthright.