Reading through the Orthodox Jewish Bible in One Year -
Day Ten
Bereshis 20:1 And Avraham journeyed from there toward the Negev
region, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
2 And Avraham said of Sarah his isha, She is my achot; and
Avimelech Melech Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
3 But Elohim came to Avimelech in a chalom halailah, and said to
him, See, thou art met (dead), for the isha which thou hast taken; for she is
be’ulat ba’al (married of a husband).
4 But Avimelech had not come near her; and he said, Adonoi, wilt
Thou slay also a goy tzaddik?
5 Said he not unto me, She is my achot? and she, even she
herself said, He is achi: in the tohm (integrity, guilelessness) of my lev and
with clean hands of my innocency have I done this.
6 And HaElohim said unto him in a chalom, Yea, I have da’as that
thou didst this in the tohm (integrity, guilelessness) of thy lev; for I also
withheld thee from sinning against Me; therefore allowed I thee not to touch
her.
7 Now therefore restore the ish his isha; for he is a navi, and
he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live; and if thou restore her not, know
thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.
8 Therefore Avimelech rose early in the boker, and called all
his avadim, and told all these things in their ears; and the anashim were very
afraid.
9 Then Avimelech called Avraham, and said unto him, What hast
thou done unto us? and how have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me
and on my mamlechah (kingdom) a chata’ah gedolah (great sin)? thou hast done
deeds unto me that ought not to be done.
10 And Avimelech said unto Avraham, What sawest thou, that thou
hast done this thing?
11 And Avraham said, Because I thought, Surely the yirat Elohim
is not in this place; and they will slay me on account of my isha.
12 And yet indeed she is my achot; she is the bat avi, but not
the bat immi; and she became my isha.
13 And it came to pass, when Elohim caused me to wander from my
bais avi, that I said unto her, This is thy chesed which thou shalt show unto
me; at every place where we shall come, say of me, He is achi.
14 And Avimelech took tzon, and oxen, and avadim, and shfachot,
and gave them unto Avraham, and restored to him Sarah his isha.
15 And Avimelech said, Hinei, my land is before thee; dwell
where it pleaseth thee.
16 And unto Sarah he said, Hinei, I have given thy brother a
thousand pieces of kesef; hinei, it is to thee a kesut einayim (covering of the
eyes, exoneration), unto all that are with thee, and with all other; thus she
was vindicated.
17 So Avraham davened unto Elohim: and Elohim healed Avimelech,
and his isha, and his maidservants so that they bore children.
18 For Hashem had fast closed up kol rechem (every womb) of the
bais Avimelech, on account of Sarah Avraham’s isha.
21: And Hashem visited Sarah as He had said, and Hashem did unto
Sarah just as He had spoken.
2 For Sarah conceived, and bore Avraham ben in his old age, at
the mo’ed (set time) of which Elohim had given promise unto him.
3 And Avraham called the shem of bno that was born unto him,
whom Sarah bore to him, Yitzchak.
4 And Avraham circumcised bno Yitzchak at age shemonat yamim, as
Elohim had commanded him.
5 And Avraham was a hundred years old, when bno Yitzchak was
born unto him.
6 And she said, Elohim hath brought me tzechok (laughter), so
that all that hear yitzchak (will laugh) with me.
7 And she said, Who would have said unto Avraham, that Sarah
should nurse banim? for I have borne him ben in his old age.
8 And the yeled grew, and was weaned; and Avraham made a mishteh
gadol the same day that Yitzchak was weaned.
9 And Sarah saw the ben of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had
borne unto Avraham, metzachek (mocking, scoffing).
10 Therefore she said unto Avraham, Cast out this bondwoman and
her ben: for the ben of this bondwoman shall not be heir with beni (my son),
even with Yitzchak.
11 And the thing was very grievous in the eyes of Avraham
because of bno.
12 And Elohim said unto Avraham, Let it not be grievous in thy
sight because of the na’ar, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah
hath said unto thee, shema (pay heed) unto her voice; for in Yitzchak shall thy
zera be called.
13 And also of the ben haamah will I make a nation, because he
is thy zera.
14 And Avraham rose up early in the boker, and took lechem, and
a skin of mayim, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the
yeled, and sent her away; and she departed, and wandered in the midbar of
Beer-Sheva.
15 And the mayim in the skin was done, and she cast the yeled
under one of the bushes.
16 And she went off, and sat down about a bowshot away: for she
thought, Let me not see the mot hayeled. And she sat there nearby, and lifted up
her voice, and wept.
17 And Elohim heard the voice of the na’ar; and the Malach
Elohim called to Hagar out of Shomayim, and said unto her, Mah lach, Hagar?
fear not; for Elohim hath heard the voice of the na’ar where he is.
18 Arise, lift up the na’ar, and hold him in thine yad; for I
will make him a goy gadol.
19 And Elohim opened her eyes, and she saw a be’er of mayim; and
she went, and filled the skin with mayim, and gave the na’ar drink.
20 And Elohim was with the na’ar; and he grew, and dwelt in the midbar,
and became a roveh keshet (an archer).
21 And he dwelt in the midbar of Paran: and his em got him an
isha out of Eretz Mitzrayim.
22 And it came to pass at that time, that Avimelech and Phichol
the sar tz’va of his spoke unto Avraham, saying, Elohim is with thee in all
that thou doest:
23 Now therefore swear unto me here before Elohim that thou wilt
not deal falsely with me, nor with my child, nor with my descendant: but
according to the chesed that I have showed thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the
eretz wherein thou hast sojourned.
24 And Avraham said, I will swear.
25 And Avraham reproved Avimelech because of a be’er hamayim,
which Avimelech’s avadim had violently seized.
26 And Avimelech said, I know not who hath done this thing;
neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but today.
27 And Avraham took tzon and oxen, and gave them unto Avimelech;
and both of them made a brit.
28 And Avraham set apart seven ewe lambs of the tzon by
themselves.
29 And Avimelech said unto Avraham, What mean these seven ewe
lambs which thou hast set apart by themselves?
30 And he said, For these sheva ewe lambs shalt thou accept of
my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have dug this well.
31 Therefore he called that place Beer-Sheva; because there they
swore an oath both of them.
32 Thus they made a brit at Beer-Sheva: then Avimelech rose up,
and Phichol the sar tzeva of his, and they returned into eretz Pelishtim.
33 And Avraham planted an eshel (tamarisk tree) in Beer-Sheva,
and called there on the Shem of Hashem El Olam.
34 And Avraham sojourned in eretz Pelishtim yamim rabbim.
22: And it came to pass after these things, that G-d did test
Avraham, and said unto him, Avraham: and he said, Hineini (Behold, here I am).
2 And He said, Take now thy son, thine ben yachid (only son)
Yitzchak, whom thou lovest, and get thee into eretz Moriah; and offer him there
for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
3 And Avraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his
donkey, and took two of his servants with him, and Yitzchak his son, and cut
the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which
G-d had told him.
4 Then on Yom HaShlishi Avraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the
place afar off. [1C 15:3]
5 And Avraham said unto his servants, Abide ye here with the
donkey; and I and the young man will go over there and nishtachaveh (we will
worship) and we will come back again to you.
6 And Avraham took atzei haolah (the wood of the burnt
offering), and laid it upon Yitzchak his son; and he took the eish (fire) in
his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.
7 And Yitzchak spoke unto Avraham his father, and said, Avi (My father):
and he said, Hineini, beni (Here am I, my son). And he said, Hinei, the eish
(fire) and the wood: but where is the seh (lamb) for a burnt offering?
[YESHAYAH 53:7]
8 And Avraham said, My son, G-d will provide Himself a seh
(lamb) for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
9 And they came to the place which G-d had told him of; and
Avraham built a mizbe’ach there, and laid the wood in order, and made the
akedah (binding) of Yitzchak his son, and laid him on the mizbe’ach upon the
wood.
10 And Avraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to
slay his son.
11 And the Malach Hashem called unto him out of Shomayim, and
said, Avraham, Avraham: and he said, Hineini.
12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the young man, neither
do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest G-d, seeing thou
hast not withheld thy son, thine ben yachid from Me.
13 And Avraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and hinei 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 TAKHAT (instead of ) his son. [YESHAYAH
53:8]
14 And Avraham called the name of that place Hashem Yireh: as it
is said to this day, In the mount of Hashem it shall be provided.
15 And the Malach Hashem called unto Avraham out of Shomayim the
second time,
16 And said, By Myself have I sworn, saith Hashem, for because
thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine ben yachid:
17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will
multiply thy zera as the stars of the skies, and as the sand which is upon the
sea shore; and thy zera shall possess the gate of his enemies;
18 And in thy zera shall kol goyei ha’aretz be blessed; because
thou hast obeyed My voice.
19 So Avraham returned unto his servants, and they rose up and
went together to Beer Sheva; and Avraham dwelt at Beer Sheva.
20 And it came to pass after these things, that it was told
Avraham, saying, Hinei, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother
Nachor;
21 Utz his bechor (firstborn), and Buz his brother, and Kemuel
the father of Aram,
22 And Kesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Yidlaph, and Betuel.
23 And Betuel fathered Rivkah: these eight Milcah did bear to
Nachor, Avraham’s brother.
24 And his pilegesh, whose name was Reumah, she bare also
Tevach, and Gacham, and Tachash, and Maachah.
Mattityahu 6:19 Do not store up for yourselves otzarot
(treasures) on haaretz, where moth and rust destroy and where ganavim (thieves)
break in and steal.
20 But zamlet (collect) for yourselves otzarot (treasures) in
Shomayim, where neither moth nor rust destroys, neither do ganavim break in and
steal.
21 For where your otzar (treasure) is, there also will be your
lev (heart).
22 The eye is the menorah of the basar. Therefore, if your eye
is unblurred, then your whole basar will be lighted.
23 But if yours is the ayin horo (evil eye), your whole basar
will be in choshech (darkness).
24 No one is able to serve two adonim (masters). For either he
will have sinah (hatred) for the one and ahavah (love) for the other, or he
will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve Hashem and
Mammon (Money).
25 Therefore, I say to you, Do not have a LEV ROGEZ (anxious
heart, [DEVARIM 28:65]) about your life, what you might wear or what you might
drink, nor for your basar, what you might put on. Is not life more than okhel
(food) and basar more than malbush (clothing)?
26 Look to the OPH HASHOMAYIM (birds of heaven, IYOV 35:11), for
they do not sow nor reap nor gather into storehouses, and your Av shbaShomayim
feeds them. Are you yourselves not worth more than they?
27 And who among you by a LEV ROGEZ (DEVARIM 28:65) is able to
add to his life span one cubit?
28 And why have a LEV ROGEZ (anxious heart) about malbush
(clothing)? Observe the lilies of the field, how they grow. They do not labor
nor spin.
29 But I say to you that not even Shlomo HaMelech in all his kavod
(glory) was clothed as one of these.
30 And if Hashem thus clothes the grass of the field that exists
today and tomorrow is thrown into a furnace, how much more will he clothe you,
you ones of little emunah?
31 Therefore, do not have a LEV ROGEZ (DEVARIM 28:65), saying,
What might we eat? or What might we drink? or With what might we clothe
ourselves?
32 For all these things the Goyim strive. For your Av
shbaShomayim bavorn (anticipates) that you need all these things.
33 But seek first the Malchut Hashem and the Tzidkat Hashem, and
all these things will be added to you.
34 Therefore, do not have a LEV ROGEZ (DEVARIM 28:65) for
tomorrow, for makhar (tomorrow) will care for itself. Each day has enough
tzoros of its own.
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