Genesis 28:10 Jacob went out from Beer-sheba and went toward Haran (burning anger). 11 And he came upon the certain place and stayed there all night, because the sun had already set; and he took some stones from that place and put them as his pillows and lay down in that place to sleep. C-MATS Question: Where was that “certain …
TOLDOT (generations)
Genesis 25:20 Isaac was 40 years old when he took את־ Rebekah as a wife, the daughter of Bethuel, the Syrian of Padan-aram and the אחֹות sister to Laban the Syrian. C-MATS Question: How old was Isaac when he married Rebekah? 40 Genesis 25:21 Isaac prayed to ליהוה for אשְׁתו his wife because she was barren: and יהוה listened to …
CHAYEI SARAH (life of Sarah)
Genesis 23:1 And Sarah was 127 years old: these are the years of the life of Sarah. 2 Sarah died in Kirjath-arba (city of four giants); also known asHebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her. C-MATS Question: Why do the scriptures concerning the sacrifice of Isaac and the death …
VAYERA (and he appeared)
Genesis 18:1 And יהוה appeared to him in the plains of Mamre (vigor/lusty): and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day (healing from his circumcision). C-MATS Question: Who came to Abraham first? And יהוה appeared to him (in spirit) in the plains of Mamre. C-MATS Question: Why did יהוה come to visit Abraham? It was …
LECH LECHA (get yourself out)
Genesis 12:1 Now יהוה had said to Abram, Get out of your country and away from your kinsmen and from your father’s house to a land that I will show you: C-MATS Question: What change took place through Abraham? After twenty generations of failure, the privilege of being יהוה‘s Chosen People was earned by Abraham and his offspring. Abraham did …