Genesis 28:10 Jacob went out from Beer-sheba and went toward Haran (burning anger). C-MATSQuestion: Who did Jacob encounter along the way? After Jacob left, Esau sent his son Eliphaz to kill him. Eliphaz pursued Jacob and caught up with him, but was then faced with a dilemma: on the one hand, he was duty-bound to obey his father’s command to …
TOLDOT (generations)
Genesis 25:19 And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham gave birth to את־ Isaac: C-MATS Question: Why does the Torah stress that Isaac was the son of Abraham? The Torah stresses that Abraham and Isaac were father and son. The cynics of that generation had been saying that Sarah must have become pregnant by Abimelech, since she …
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 …