BERESHIT (Genesis)
The Book of Genesis is concerned with beginnings: the creation of the world and the origin of humanity. It quickly shifts its focus from universal history to the history of the Jewish people beginning in chapter 12, with the introduction of Abraham, the first Jew. The remainder of the book focuses on the lives of Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebecca, Jacob and Rachel and Leah, and Joseph. The book ends with the entire family of Jacob descending into Egypt.
The 12 parashiyot, divided into 50 chapters, are: Breishit, Noah, Lech Lecha, VaYera, Chaye Sarah, Toldot, VaYetze, VaYishlach, VaYeshev, Miketz, VaYigash and VaYechi.

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Shabbat VaYera [and he was seen]

October 31, 2026

Cheshvan 20, 5787

Torah Reading

Genesis 18:1-22:24

Haftarah

2 Kings 4:1-37

triennial divisions:  1st: 18:1-33  ; 2nd: 19:1-20:18  ; 3rd: 21:1-22:24​
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Bereishit Chapter 18

Vayera elav HASHEM be'Elonei Mamre vehu yoshev petach-ha'ohel kechom hayom.
1. Hashem appeared to [Avraham] in the groves of Mamre. He was sitting at the door of the tent in the heat of the day.

Vayisa einav vayar vehineh shloshah anashim nitzavim alav vayar vayarotz likratam mipetach ha'ohel vayishtachu artzah.
2. He lifted his eyes, and behold, three men were standing over him. He saw [them] and ran from the door of the tent to greet them, and he bowed down to the earth.

Vayomar HASHEM im-na matzati chen be'eineicha al-na ta'avor me'al avdecha.
3. He said, "My Master, if I find favor in your eyes, do not bypass your servant."

Yukach-na me'at-mayim verachatzu ragleichem vehisha'anu tachat ha'etz.
4. "Let some water be brought and wash your feet. Rest under the tree."

Ve'ekchah fat-lechem vesa'adu libechem achar ta'avoru ki-al-ken avartem al-avdechem vayomeru ken ta'aseh ka'asher dibarta.
5. "I will fetch a morsel of bread, and you will refresh yourselves, then you will continue on your way. Let this be your reason for passing by your servant." They said, "All right. Do as you have spoken."

Vayemaher Avraham ha'ohelah el-Sarah vayomer mahari shlosh se'im kemach solet lushi va'asi ugot.
6. Avraham rushed to Sarah's tent and said, "Hurry! Three measures of the finest flour! Knead it and make rolls!"

Ve'el-habakar ratz Avraham vayikach ben-bakar rach vatov vayiten el-hana'ar vayemaher la'asot oto.
7. Avraham ran to the cattle and he took a tender choice calf. He gave it to the lad, and he hurried to prepare it.

Vayikach chem'ah vechalav uven-habakar asher asah vayiten lifneihem ve-hu omed aleihem tachat ha'etz vayochelu.
8. He fetched butter, milk, and the calf that he had prepared, and he placed it before them. He stood over them under the tree, and they ate.

Vayomeru elav ayeh Sarah ishtecha vayomer hineh va'ohel.
9. They said to him, "Where is Sarah your wife?" He said, "Here, in the tent."

Vayomer shov ashuv eleicha ka'et chayah vehineh-ven le-Sarah ishtecha veSarah shoma'at petach ha'ohel vehu acharav.
10. He said, "I will return to you next year, and Sarah your wife will have a child." Sarah was listening at the door of the tent, and he was behind it.

Ve'Avraham veSarah zekenim ba'im bayamim chadal lihyot le-Sarah orach kanashim.
11. Avraham and Sarah were old, well on in years. Sarah no longer had a woman's periods.

Vatitzchak Sarah bekirbah lemor acharei veloti hayetah-li ednah va'adoni zaken.
12. Sarah laughed to herself, saying, "Now that I am worn out, shall I have my heart's desire? My husband is old!"

Vayomer HASHEM el-Avraham lamah zeh tzachakah Sarah lemor ha'af umnam eled va'ani zakanti.
13. HASHEM said to Avraham, "Why is it that Sarah laughed, saying, 'Will I then also give birth when I am so old?'

Hayipale me'HASHEM davar lamo'ed ashuv eleicha ka'et chayah ule-Sarah ven.
14. Is anything too hard for G-d? At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son."

Vatechachesh Sarah lemor lo tzachakti ki yare'ah vayomer lo ki tzachakt.
15. Sarah denied it, saying, "I did not laugh," for she was afraid. He said, "No, you did laugh."

Vayakumu misham ha'anashim vayashkifu al-penei Sedom ve'Averaham holech imam leshalecham.
16. The men got up from where they were, and they gazed at Sedom. Avraham went with them to send them on their way.

Va'HASHEM amar hamechaseh ani me'Avraham asher ani oseh.
17. HASHEM said, "Shall I then conceal from Avraham what I am about to do?"

Ve'Avraham hayoh yihyeh legoy gadol ve'atzum veniverechu-vo kol goyei ha'aretz.
18. Avraham is about to become a great and mighty nation, and through him all the nations of the earth shall be blessed.

Kiyedativ lema'an asher yetzaveh et-banav ve'et-beito acharav veshameru derech HASHEM la'asot tzedakah umishpat lema'an havi HASHEM al-Averaham et asher-diber alav.
19. For I have known him, so that he will command his children and his household after him, and they will keep HASHEM'S way, doing charity and justice. HASHEM will then achieve for Avraham all that which He has spoken."

Vayomer HASHEM za'akat Sdom va'Amorah ki-rabah vechatatam ki chavedah me'od.
20. HASHEM said, "The outcry of Sedom and Amorah is so great, and their sin is so very grave.

Erdah-na ve'er'eh haketza'akatah haba'ah elai asu kalah ve'im-lo eda'ah.
21. I will descend and see. Have they done everything implied by the outcry that comes to Me? If not, I will know."

Vayifnu misham ha'anashim vayelechu Sedomah ve'Averaham odenu omed lifnei HASHEM.
22. The men turned from where they were and headed toward Sedom. Avraham was still standing before HASHEM.

Vayigash Avraham vayomar ha'af tispeh tzadik im-rasha.
23. Avraham came forward and said, "Will You actually wipe out the righteous with the wicked?"

Ulai yesh chamishim tzadikim betoch ha'ir ha'af tispeh velo-tisa lamakom lema'an chamishim hatzadikim asher bekirbah.
24. "Suppose there are fifty righteous people in the city. Would You still wipe it out and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous people inside it?

Chalilah lecha me'asot kadavar hazeh lehamit tzadik im-rasha vehayah hatzadik karasha chalilah lach hashofet kol-ha'aretz lo ya'aseh mishpat.
25. It would be sacrilege to ascribe to You such an act - to kill the righteous with the wicked, letting righteous and wicked fare alike. It would be sacrilege to ascribe this to You: The Judge of all the earth not acting justly."

Vayomer HASHEM im-emtza viSdom chamishim tzadikim betoch ha'ir venasati lechol-hamakom ba'avuram.
26. HASHEM said, "If in Sedom I find fifty righteous within the city, I will spare the entire place for their sake."

Vaya'an Avraham vayomar hineh-na ho'alti ledaber el-Adonai ve'anochi afar va'efer.
27. Avraham answered and said, "Here I have begun to speak to my Master. I am dust and ashes.

Ulai yachserun chamishim hatzadikim chamishah hatashchit bachamishah et-kol-ha'ir vayomer lo ashchit im-emtza sham arba'im vachamishah.
28. But suppose that there are five missing from the fifty righteous? Will You destroy all the city because of five?" [G-d] said, "I will not destroy if I find forty-five there."

Vayosef od ledaber elav vayomar ulai yimatze'un sham arba'im vayomer lo e'eseh ba'avur ha'arba'im.
29. [Avraham] continued to speak to Him and said, "Suppose there are forty there?" [G-d] said, "I will not for the sake of the forty."

Vayomer al-na yichar la'Adonai va'adaberah ulai yimatz'un sham shloshim vayomer lo e'eseh im-emtza sham shloshim.
30. [Avraham] said, "Let not my Master be angry if I speak. But suppose thirty are found there?" [G-d] said, "I will not act if I find thirty there."

Vayomer hineh-na ho'alti ledaber el-Adonai ulai yimatz'un sham esrim vayomer lo ashchit ba'avur ha'esrim.
31. [Avraham] said, "Here I have begun to speak to my Master. Suppose twenty are found there?" [G-d] said, "I will not destroy for the sake of the twenty."

Vayomer al-na yichar l'Adonai va'adabrah ach-hapa'am ulai yimatz'un sham asarah vayomer lo ashchit ba'avur ha'asarah.
32. [Avraham] said, "Let my Master not become angry, but I wish to speak just once more. Suppose ten are found there." [G-d] said, "I will not destroy for the sake of the ten."

Vayelech HASHEM ka'asher kilah ledaber el-Avraham ve'Avraham shav limekomo.
33. HASHEM left when He finished speaking to Avraham, and Avraham returned to his place.

Bereishit Chapter 19

Vayavo'u shenei hamal'achim Sdomah ba'erev veLot yoshev besha'ar-Sdom vayar-Lot vayakom likratam vayishtachu apayim artzah.
1. The two angels ame to Sedom in the evening, and Lot sat in the gate of Sedom. Lot saw them, and he got up to greet them and bowed with his face to the ground.

Vayomer hineh na-adonai suru na el-beit avdechem velinu verachatzu ragleichem vehishkamtem vahalachtem ledarkechem vayomeru lo ki varechov nalin.
2. [Lot] said, "Please my masters, turn aside to your servant's house. Spend the night, bathe your feet, and then get up early and continue on your way." They said, "No, we will spend the night in the street."

Vayiftzar-bam me'od vayasuru elav vayavo'u el-beito vaya'as lahem mishteh umatzot afah vayochelu.
3. [Lot] urged them very much until they turned toward him and came to his house. He made a feast for them and baked matzot, and they ate.

Terem yishkavu ve'anshei ha'ir anshei Sdom nasabu al-habayit mina'ar ve'ad-zaken kol-ha'am mikatzeh.
4. They had not yet lain down when the towns people, the men of Sedom, surrounded the house - young and old alike - all the people from every quarter.

Vayikre'u el-Lot vayomru lo ayeh ha'anashim asher-ba'u eleicha halailah hotzi'em eleinu venede'ah otam.
5. They called to Lot and said, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we may know them."

Vayetze alehem Lot hapetchah vehadelet sagar acharav.
6. Lot went out to them to the entrance, shutting the door behind him.

Vayomar al-na achai tare'u.
7. He said, "My brothers, I beg you, do not act wickedly.

Hineh-na li shtei vanot asher-lo yade'u ish otziah-na ethen aleichem va'asu lahen katov be'eineichem rak la'anashim ha'El al-ta'asu davar ki-al-ken ba'u betzel korati.
8. I have two daughters who have never known a man. I will bring them out ot you, and do as you please with them. Only do not do anything to these men, for it was for this reason that they came under the shadow of my rafters."

Vayomru gesh-hal'ah vayomeru ha'echad ba-lagur vayishpot shafot atah nara lecha mehem vayiftzeru va'ish beLot me'od vayigshu lishbor hadalet.
9. They said, "Get out of the way." [Other] said, "This one man came here as an immigrant, and all of a sudden he sets himself up as a judge. You'll get it worse than them." They pressed the man Lot very, and approached to break the door.

Vayishlechu ha'anashim et-yadam vayavi'u et-Lot aleihem habaytah ve'et-hadelet sagaru.
10. The men put out their hands and pulled Lot to them, to the house, closing the door.

Ve'et-ha'anashim asher-petach habayit hiku basanverim mikaton ve'ad-gadol vayil'u limtzo hapatach.
11. The men who were at the entrance of the house, they struck with blindness - young and old alike - and they tried in vain to find the entrance.

Vayomeru ha'anashim el-Lot od mi-lecha foh chatan uvaneicha uvnoteicha vechol asher-lecha ba'ir hotze min-hamakom.
12. The men said to Lot, "Who else do you have here - a son-in-law, your sons, your daughters? Whoever you have in the city, get them out of the place.

Ki-mashchitim anachnu et-hamakom hazeh ki-gadlah tza'akatam et-penei HASHEM vayeshalchenu HASHEM leshachatah.
13. We are about to destroy this place, for their outcry is great before HASHEM. HASHEM has sent us to destroy it."

Vayetze Lot vayedaber el-chatanav lokechei venotav vayomer kumu tze'u min-hamakom hazeh ki-mashchit HASHEM et-ha'ir vayehi chimetzachek be'einei chatanav.
14. Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law who had married his daughters, and he said, "Get up! Get out of this place! HASHEM is about to destroy the city!" To his sons-in-law, it was all a big joke.

Uchemo hashachar alah vaya'itzu hamal'achim beLot lemor kum kach et-ishtecha ve'et-shtei venoteicha hanimtza'ot pen-tisafeh ba'avon ha'ir.
15. As dawn was breaking, the angels urged Lot on, saying, "Get up. Take your wife and two daughters who are here, lest you be swept away for the city's sin."

Vayitmahmah vayachaziku ha'anashim beyado uveyad-ishto uveyad shtei venotav bechemlat HASHEM alav vayotzi'uhu vayanichuhu michutz la'ir.
16. He hesitated. The men grabbed his hand and the hand of his wife and two daughters - since HASHEM had pity on him. They brought him out and placed him outside the city.

Vayehi chehotzi'am otam hachutzah vayomer himalet al-nafshecha al-tabit achareicha ve'al-ta'amod bechol-hakikar haharah himalet pen-tisafeh.
17. When [the angel] had taken them out [of the city], he said, "Run for your life! Do not look back. Do not stand still anywhere in the valley. Flee to the hills, lest you be swept away."

Vayomer Lot alehem al-na Adonai.
18. Lot said to them, "O my Master, no!

Hineh-na matza avdechah chen-be'eineicha vatagdel chasdecha asher asita imadi lehachayot et-nafshi ve'anochi lo uchal lehimalet haharah pen-tidbakani hara'ah vamati
19. Behold, your servant has found favor in your eyes; great is the kindness that you have done with me, sparing my life. I cannot escape to the hills, lest the evil attach itself to me and I die."

Hineh-na ha'ir hazot kerovah lanus shamah vehi mitz'ar imaletah na shamah halo mitz'ar hi utechi nafshi.
20. "Behold, please, this city is close enough to escape to. It is insignificant. Please, I will flee there - isn't it insignificant? - and I will survive."

Vayomer elav hineh nasati faneicha gam ladavar hazeh levilti hofki et-ha'ir asher dibarta.
21. [The angel] said [to Lot], "I will also give you consideration regarding this. I will not overturn the city that you mentioned.

Maher himalet shamah ki lo uchal la'asot davar ad-boacha shamah al-ken kara shem-ha'ir Tzo'ar.
22. Hurry, flee there. I can do nothing until you arrive there." The city was therefore called Tzoar (Insignificant).

Hashemesh yatza al-ha'aretz veLot ba Tzo'arah.
23. The sun rose upon the earth, and Lot came to Tzoar.

Va'HASHEM himtir al-Sedom ve'al-Amorah gofrit va'esh me'et HASHEM min-hashamayim.
24. HASHEM made sulphur and fire rain down on Sedom and Amorah - from HASHEM, out of the sky.

Vayahafoch et-he'arim ha'El ve'et kol-hakikar ve'et kol-yoshvei he'arim vetzemach ha'adamah.
25. He overturned these cities along with the entire plain, including all the inhabitants of the cities and the vegetation on the ground.

Vatabet ishto me'acharav vatehi netziv melach.
26. [Lot's] wife looked behind him; and she became a pillar of salt.

Vayashkem Avraham baboker el-hamakom asher-amad sham et-penei HASHEM.
27. Avraham to up early in the morning, [going back] to the place where he had stood before HASHEM.

Vayashkef al-penei Sedom va'Amorah ve'al kol-penei eretz hakikar vayar vehineh alah kitor ha'aretz kekitor hakivshan.
28. [Avraham] gazed upon Sedom, Amorah and the whole land of the plain, and he saw heavy smoke rising form the earth, like the smoke of a kiln.

Vayehi beshachet Elohim et-arei hakikar vayizkor Elohim et-Avraham vayeshalach et-Lot mitoch hahafecha bahafoch et-he'arim asher-yashav bahen Lot.
29. When Elohim had destroyed the cities of the plain, Elohim remembered Avraham; and He sent Lot out of the upheaval when He overturned the cities in which Lot had lived.

Vaya'al Lot miTzo'ar vayeshev bahar ushtei venotav imo ki yare lashevet beTzo'ar vayeshev bame'arah hu ushtei venotav.
30. Lot went up from Tzoar and he settled in the hills along with his two daughters, since he wa afraid to remain in Tzoar. He lived in a cave; he and his two daughters.

Vatomer habechirah el-hatze'irah avinu zaken ve'ish ein ba'aretz lavo aleinu kederech kol-ha'aretz.
31. The older girl said to the younger, "Our father is growing old, and there is no man on earth to marry us in a normal manner.

Lechah nashkeh et-avinu yayin venishkevah imo unechayeh me'avinu zara.
32. Come, let's ply our father with wine and lie with him: we'll give life to offspring from our father."

Vatashkeinah et-avihen yayin balailah hu vatavo habechirah vatishkav et-aviha velo-yada beshichvah uvekumah.
33. They plied their father with wine that night; and the older girl went and lay with her father. He was not aware that she lay down or got up.

Vayehi mimachorat vatomer habechirah el-hatze'irah hen-shachavti emesh et-avi nashkenu yayin gam-halailah uvoi shichvi imo unechayeh me'avinu zara.
34. The next day, the older girl said to the younger, "Last night it was I who lay with my father. Let's ply him with wine tonight too. Come, lie with him and we will give life to offspring from our father."

Vatashkeinah gam balailah hahu et-avihen yayin vatakom hatze'irah vatishkav imo velo-yada beshichvah uvekumah.
35. That night they also plied their father with wine. The younger girl got up and slept with him. He was not aware that she lay down or got up.

Vatahareinah shtei venot-Lot me-avihen.
36. Lot's two daugthers became pregnant from their father.

Vateled habechirah ben vatikra shmo Mo'av hu avi-Mo'av ad-hayom.
37. The older girl had a son, and she named him Moav. He is the ancestor of [the nation] Moav that exists even today.

Vehatze'irah gam-hi yaldah ben vatikra shmo Ben-Ami hu avi venei-Amon ad-hayom.
38. The younger girl also had a son and she named him Ben-Ami. He is the ancestor of the people of Amon who exist even today.

Bereishit Chapter 20

Vayisa misham Avraham artzah haNegev vayeshev beyn-Kadesh uvein Shur vayagar biGrar.
1. Avraham migrated from there ot the land of the Negev, and he settled between Kadesh and Shur. He spent some time in Gerar.

Vayomer Avraham el-Sarah ishto achoti hi vayishlach Avimelech melech Grar vayikach et-Sarah.
2. Regarding Sarah his wife, Avraham said, "She is my sister." Avimelech king of Gerar sent for Sarah and took her.

Vayavo Elohim el-Avimelech bachalom halailah vayomer lo hinecha met al-ha'ishah asher-lakachta vehi be'ulat ba'al.
3.G-d came to Avimelch in a dream at night, and He said to him, "Behold you are dying because of the woman you took. She is a married woman."

Va'Avimelech lo karav eleiha vayomar Adonai hagoy gam-tzadik taharog.
4. Avimelech had not come near to her. He said, "O Master, will You also kill an innocent nation?"

Halo hu amar-li achoti hi vehi-gam-hi amerah achi hu betom-levavi uvenikyon kapai asiti zot.
5. "Didn't he say to me, 'She is my sister?' She also said, 'He is my brother.' I did this with my heart innocent and my hands clean."

Vayomer elav ha'Elohim bachalom gam anochi yadati ki vetom-levavcha asita zot ve'echsoch gam-anochi otcha mechato-li al-ken lo-netaticha linego'ah eleiha.
6. G-d said to him in the dream, "I also know that you have done this with an innocent heart. I also prevented you from sinning against Me. That is why I did not give you the opportunity to touch her."

Ve'atah ashev eshet-ha'ish ki-navi hu veyitpalel ba'adecha vecheyeh ve'im-einecha meshiv da ki-mot tamut atah vechol-asher-lach.
7. "Now return the man's wife for he is a prophet. He will pray for you and you will live. If you do not return [her], you can be sure that you will die - you and all that is yours."

Vayashkem Avimelech baboker vayikra lechol-avadav vayedaber et-kol-hadevarim ha'eleh be'ozneihem vayir'u ha'anashim me'od.
8. Avimelech got up early in the morning and he called all his servants. He uttered all these words in their ears, and the men were very much afraid."

Vayikra Avimelech le-Avraham vayomer lo meh-asita lanu umeh-chatati lach ki-heveta alai ve'al mamlachti chata'ah gedolah ma'asim asher lo-ye'asu asita imadi.
9. Avimelech summoned Avraham and said to him, "What have you done to us? What terrible thing did I do to you that you brought such great guilt upon me and upon my kingdome? What you have done to me is simply not done."

Vayomer Avimelech el-Avraham mah ra'ita ki asita et-hadavar hazeh.
10. Avimelech said to Avraham, "What did you see that you did such a thing?"

Vayomer Avraham ki amarti rak ein-yir'at Elohim bamakom hazeh vaharaguni al-devar ishti.
11. Avraham said, "I assumed that the one thing missing here was the fear of G-d. They could then kill me for my wife."

Vegam omnah achoti vat-avi hi ach lo vat-imi vatehi-li le'ishah.
12. "Anyway, she is my sister. She is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother, and she became my wife."

Vayehi ka'asher hite'u oti Elohim mibeit avi va'omar lah zeh chasdech asher ta'asi imadi el kol-hamakom asher navo shamah imri-li achi hu.
13. "When G-d made me wander from my father's home, I said to her, 'This is the favor that I want you to do for me: Wherever we come to, say of me, 'He is my brother.'"

Vayikach Avimelech tzon uvakar va'avadim ushfachot vayiten le-Avraham vayashev lo et Sarah ishto.
14. Avimelch took sheep, cattle, and male and female slaves, and he gave [them] to Avraham. He [also] returned his wife Sarah to him.

Vayomer Avimelech hineh artzi lefaneicha batov be'eineicha shev.
15. Avimelech said, "Behold my land is before you. Settle where you see fit."

Ule-Sarah amar hineh natati elef kesef le'achich hineh hu-lach ksut einayim lechol asher itach ve'et kol venochachat.
16. To Sarah he said, "Behold, I have given your brother a thousand silver coins. Let it be for you an eye covering for all who are with you and everyone else. You can stand up tall."

Vayitpalel Avraham el-ha'Elohim vayirpa Elohim et-Avimelech ve'et-ishto ve'amehotav vayeledu.
17. Avraham prayed to G-d. G-d healed Avimelech, his wife, and his female slaves, and they gave birth.

Ki-atzor atzar HASHEM be'ad kol-rechem leveit Avimelech al-devar Sarah eshet-Avraham.
18. For HASHEM had tightly sealed every womb in Avimelech's house because of Sarah, Avraham's wife.

bereishit 21

1 Va-A-do-na-y-~ Pa-ka-d E-t Sa-ra-~ Ka-a-she-r A-ma-r Va-ya-a-s A-do-na-y-~ L-sa-ra-~ Ka-a-she-r Di-bei-r:
2 Va-ta-ha-r Va-tei-le-d Sa-ra-~ L-a-v-ra-ha-m Bei-n Li-z-ku-na-~-v La-m-o-ei-d A-she-r Di-be-r O-t-o E-lo-hi-y-m:
3 Va-yi-k-ra-~ A-v-ra-ha-m E-t She-m B-n-o Ha-n-o-la-d L-o A-she-r Ya-l-da-~ L-o Sa-ra-~ Yi-tz-cha-k:
4 Va-ya-ma-l A-v-ra-ha-m E-t Yi-tz-cha-k B-n-o Be-n Sh-mo-na-t Ya-mi-y-m Ka-a-she-r Tzi-~ O-t-o E-lo-hi-y-m:
5 V-a-v-ra-ha-m Be-n M-a-t Sha-na-~ B-hi-le-d L-o Ei-t Yi-tz-cha-k B-n-o:
6 Va-to-~-me-r Sa-ra-~ Tz-cho-k A-sa-~ Li-y E-lo-hi-y-m Ka-l Ha-sho-mei-a Yi-tza-cha-k Li-y:
7 Va-to-~-me-r Mi-y Mi-lei-l L-a-v-ra-ha-m Hei-y-ni-y-ka-~ Va-ni-y-m Sa-ra-~ Ki-y Ya-la-d-ti-y Vei-n Li-z-ku-na-~-v:
8 Va-yi-g-da-l Ha-ye-le-d Va-yi-ga-ma-l Va-ya-a-s A-v-ra-ha-m Mi-sh-te-~ Ga-d-o-l B-y-o-m Hi-ga-mei-l E-t Yi-tz-cha-k:
9 Va-tei-re-~ Sa-ra-~ E-t Be-n Ha-ga-r Ha-mi-tz-ri-y-t A-she-r Ya-l-da-~ L-a-v-ra-ha-m M-tza-chei-k:
10 Va-to-~-me-r L-a-v-ra-ha-m Ga-rei-sh Ha-a-ma-~ Ha-zo-~-t V-e-t B-na-~ Ki-y Lo-~ Yi-y-ra-sh Be-n Ha-a-ma-~ Ha-zo-~-t I-m B-ni-y I-m Yi-tz-cha-k:
11 Va-yei-ra-a Ha-da-va-r M-o-d B-ei-y-nei-y A-v-ra-ha-m A-l O-do-t B-n-o:
12 Va-yo-~-me-r E-lo-hi-y-m E-l A-v-ra-ha-m A-l Yei-ra-a B-ei-y-ne-~-cha A-l Ha-na-a-r V-a-l A-ma-te-cha Ko-l A-she-r To-~-ma-r Ei-le-~-cha Sa-ra-~ Sh-ma-a B-ko-la-~ Ki-y V-yi-tz-cha-k Yi-ka-rei-~ L-cha Za-ra-a:
13 V-ga-m E-t Be-n Ha-a-ma-~ L-g-o-y A-si-y-me-nu Ki-y Za-r-a-cha Hu-a:
14 Va-ya-sh-kei-m A-v-ra-ha-m Ba-bo-ke-r Va-yi-ka-ch Le-che-m V-chei-ma-t Ma-yi-m Va-yi-tei-n E-l Ha-ga-r Sa-m A-l Shi-ch-ma-~ V-e-t Ha-ye-le-d Va-y-sha-l-che-ha Va-tei-le-ch Va-tei-ta-a B-mi-d-ba-r B-ei-r Sha-va-a:
15 Va-yi-ch-lu Ha-ma-yi-m Mi-n Ha-che-me-t Va-ta-sh-lei-ch E-t Ha-ye-le-d Ta-cha-t A-cha-d Ha-si-y-chi-m:
16 Va-tei-le-ch Va-tei-she-v La-~ Mi-ne-ge-d Ha-r-chei-k Ki-m-ta-cha-vei-y Ke-she-t Ki-y A-m-ra-~ A-l E-r-e-~ B-m-o-t Ha-ya-le-d Va-tei-she-v Mi-ne-ge-d Va-ti-sa-~ E-t Ko-la-~ Va-tei-v-ch:
17 Va-yi-sh-ma-a E-lo-hi-y-m E-t K-o-l Ha-na-a-r Va-yi-k-ra-~ Ma-l-a-ch E-lo-hi-y-m E-l Ha-ga-r Mi-n Ha-sha-ma-yi-m Va-yo-~-me-r La-~ Ma-~ La-ch Ha-ga-r A-l Ti-y-r-i-y Ki-y Sha-ma-a E-lo-hi-y-m E-l K-o-l Ha-na-a-r Ba-a-she-r Hu-a Sha-m:
18 Ku-mi-y S-i-y E-t Ha-na-a-r V-ha-cha-zi-y-ki-y E-t Ya-dei-ch B-o Ki-y L-g-o-y Ga-d-o-l A-si-y-me-nu:
19 Va-yi-f-ka-ch E-lo-hi-y-m E-t Ei-y-ne-~-ha Va-tei-re-~ B-ei-r Ma-yi-m Va-tei-le-ch Va-t-ma-lei-~ E-t Ha-chei-me-t Ma-yi-m Va-ta-sh-k E-t Ha-na-a-r:
20 Va-y-hi-y E-lo-hi-y-m E-t Ha-na-a-r Va-yi-g-da-l Va-yei-she-v Ba-mi-d-ba-r Va-y-hi-y Ro-ve-~ Ka-sha-t:
21 Va-yei-she-v B-mi-d-ba-r Pa-~-ra-n Va-ti-ka-ch L-o I-m-o I-sha-~ Mei-e-re-tz Mi-tz-ra-yi-m:
22 Va-y-hi-y Ba-ei-t Ha-hi-v-a Va-yo-~-me-r A-vi-y-me-le-ch U-fi-y-cho-l Sa-r Tz-va-o E-l A-v-ra-ha-m Lei-~-mo-r E-lo-hi-y-m I-m-cha B-cho-l A-she-r A-ta-~ O-se-~:
23 V-a-ta-~ Hi-sha-v-a-~ Li-y Vei-~-lo-hi-y-m Hei-na-~ I-m Ti-sh-ko-r Li-y U-l-ni-y-ni-y U-l-ne-ch-di-y Ka-che-se-d A-she-r A-si-y-ti-y I-m-cha Ta-a-se-~ I-ma-di-y V-i-m Ha-a-re-tz A-she-r Ga-r-ta-~ Ba-~:
24 Va-yo-~-me-r A-v-ra-ha-m A-no-chi-y I-sha-vei-a:
25 V-h-o-chi-ach A-v-ra-ha-m E-t A-vi-y-me-le-ch A-l O-d-o-t B-ei-r Ha-ma-yi-m A-she-r Ga-z-lu A-v-dei-y A-vi-y-me-le-ch:
26 Va-yo-~-me-r A-vi-y-me-le-ch Lo-~ Ya-da-ti-y Mi-y A-sa-~ E-t Ha-da-va-r Ha-ze-~ V-ga-m A-ta-~ Lo-~ Hi-ga-d-ta Li-y V-ga-m A-no-chi-y Lo-~ Sha-ma-ti-y Bi-l-ti-y Ha-y-o-m:
27 Va-yi-ka-ch A-v-ra-ha-m Tzo-~-n U-va-ka-r Va-yi-tei-n La-a-vi-y-me-le-ch Va-yi-ch-r-tu Sh-nei-y-he-m B-ri-y-t:
28 Va-ya-tzei-v A-v-ra-ha-m E-t She-va-a Ki-v-s-t Ha-tzo-~-n L-va-d-he-n:
29 Va-yo-~-me-r A-vi-y-me-le-ch E-l A-v-ra-ha-m Ma-~ Hei-na-~ She-va-a K-va-s-t Ha-ei-le-~ A-she-r Hi-tza-v-ta L-va-da-na-~:
30 Va-yo-~-me-r Ki-y E-t She-va-a K-va-s-t Ti-ka-ch Mi-ya-di-y Ba-a-vu-r Ti-h-ye-~ Li-y L-ei-da-~ Ki-y Cha-fa-r-ti-y E-t Ha-b-ei-r Ha-zo-~-t:
31 A-l Kei-n Ka-ra-~ La-ma-k-o-m Ha-hu-a B-ei-r Sha-va-a Ki-y Sha-m Ni-sh-b-u Sh-nei-y-he-m:
32 Va-yi-ch-r-tu V-ri-y-t Bi-v-ei-r Sha-va-a Va-ya-ka-m A-vi-y-me-le-ch U-fi-y-cho-l Sa-r Tz-va-o Va-ya-shu-vu E-l E-re-tz P-li-sh-ti-y-m:
33 Va-yi-ta-a Ei-she-l Bi-v-ei-r Sha-va-a Va-yi-k-ra-~ Sha-m B-shei-m A-do-na-y-~ Ei-l O-la-m:
34 Va-ya-ga-r A-v-ra-ha-m B-e-re-tz P-li-sh-ti-y-m Ya-mi-y-m Ra-bi-y-m:


Bereishit 21

1 And the LORD remembered Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as He had spoken. 2 And Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. 3 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac. 4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him. 5 And Abraham was a hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him. 6 And Sarah said: ‘God hath made laughter for me; every one that hears will laugh on account of me.’ 7 And she said: ‘Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should give children suck? for I have borne him a son in his old age.’
8 And the child grew, and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned. 9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne unto Abraham, making sport. 10 Wherefore she said unto Abraham: ‘Cast out this bondwoman and her son; for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.’ 11 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight on account of his son. 12 And God said unto Abraham: ‘Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah saith unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall seed be called to thee. 13 And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.’ 14 And Abraham arose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away; and she departed, and strayed in the wilderness of Beer-sheba. 15 And the water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. 16 And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bow-shot; for she said: ‘Let me not look upon the death of the child.’ And she sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept. 17 And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her: ‘What ails thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. 18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him fast by thy hand; for I will make him a great nation.’ 19 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink. 20 And God was with the lad, and he grew; and he dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer. 21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran; and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
22 And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his host spoke unto Abraham, saying: ‘God is with thee in all that you do. 23 Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son; but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.’ 24 And Abraham said: ‘I will swear.’ 25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away. 26 And Abimelech said: ‘I know not who hath done this thing; neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to-day.’ 27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and they two made a covenant. 28 And Abraham set seven ewe-lambs of the flock by themselves. 29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham: ‘What mean these seven ewe-lambs which thou hast set by themselves?’ 30 And he said: ‘Verily, these seven ewe-lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that it may be a witness unto me, that I have dug this well.’ 31 Wherefore that place was called Beer-sheba; because there they swore both of them. 32 So they made a covenant at Beer-sheba; and Abimelech rose up, and Phicol the captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines. 33 And Abraham planted a tamarisk-tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the Everlasting God. 34 And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.

 

bereishit 22

1 Va-y-hi-y A-cha-r Ha-d-va-ri-y-m Ha-ei-le-~ V-ha-e-lo-hi-y-m Ni-sa-~ E-t A-v-ra-ha-m Va-yo-~-me-r Ei-la-~-v A-v-ra-ha-m Va-yo-~-me-r Hi-nei-ni-y:
2 Va-yo-~-me-r Ka-ch Na-~ E-t Bi-n-cha E-t Y-chi-y-d-cha A-she-r A-ha-v-ta E-t Yi-tz-cha-k V-le-ch L-cha E-l E-re-tz Ha-mo-ri-ya-~ V-ha-a-lei-hu Sha-m L-o-la-~ A-l A-cha-d He-ha-ri-y-m A-she-r O-ma-r Ei-le-~-cha:
3 Va-ya-sh-kei-m A-v-ra-ha-m Ba-bo-ke-r Va-ya-cha-v-sh E-t Cha-mo-r-o Va-yi-ka-ch E-t Sh-nei-y N-a-ra-~-v I-t-o V-ei-t Yi-tz-cha-k B-n-o Va-y-va-ka-a A-tzei-y O-la-~ Va-ya-ka-m Va-yei-le-ch E-l Ha-ma-k-o-m A-she-r A-ma-r L-o Ha-e-lo-hi-y-m:
4 Ba-y-o-m Ha-sh-li-y-shi-y Va-yi-sa-~ A-v-ra-ha-m E-t Ei-y-na-~-v Va-ya-r-~ E-t Ha-ma-k-o-m Mei-ra-cho-k:
5 Va-yo-~-me-r A-v-ra-ha-m E-l N-a-ra-~-v Sh-vu La-che-m Po-~ I-m Ha-cha-m-o-r Va-a-ni-y V-ha-na-a-r Nei-l-cha-~ A-d Ko-~ V-ni-sh-ta-cha-ve-~ V-na-shu-va-~ A-lei-y-che-m:
6 Va-yi-ka-ch A-v-ra-ha-m E-t A-tzei-y Ha-o-la-~ Va-ya-se-m A-l Yi-tz-cha-k B-n-o Va-yi-ka-ch B-ya-d-o E-t Ha-ei-sh V-e-t Ha-ma-a-che-le-t Va-yei-l-chu Sh-nei-y-he-m Ya-ch-da-v:
7 Va-yo-~-me-r Yi-tz-cha-k E-l A-v-ra-ha-m A-vi-~-v Va-yo-~-me-r A-vi-y Va-yo-~-me-r Hi-ne-ni-y V-ni-y Va-yo-~-me-r Hi-nei-~ Ha-ei-sh V-ha-ei-tzi-y-m V-a-yei-~ Ha-se-~ L-o-la-~:
8 Va-yo-~-me-r A-v-ra-ha-m E-lo-hi-y-m Yi-r-e-~ L-o Ha-se-~ L-o-la-~ B-ni-y Va-yei-l-chu Sh-nei-y-he-m Ya-ch-da-v:
9 Va-ya-vo-u E-l Ha-ma-k-o-m A-she-r A-ma-r L-o Ha-e-lo-hi-y-m Va-yi-ve-n Sha-m A-v-ra-ha-m E-t Ha-mi-z-bei-ach Va-ya-a-ro-ch E-t Ha-ei-tzi-y-m Va-ya-a-ko-d E-t Yi-tz-cha-k B-n-o Va-ya-se-m O-t-o A-l Ha-mi-z-bei-ach Mi-ma-a-l La-ei-tzi-y-m:
10 Va-yi-sh-la-ch A-v-ra-ha-m E-t Ya-d-o Va-yi-ka-ch E-t Ha-ma-a-che-le-t Li-sh-cho-t E-t B-n-o:
11 Va-yi-k-ra-~ Ei-la-~-v Ma-l-a-ch A-do-na-y-~ Mi-n Ha-sha-ma-yi-m Va-yo-~-me-r A-v-ra-ha-m A-v-ra-ha-m Va-yo-~-me-r Hi-nei-ni-y:
12 Va-yo-~-me-r A-l Ti-sh-la-ch Ya-d-cha E-l Ha-na-a-r V-a-l Ta-a-s L-o M-u-ma-~ Ki-y A-ta-~ Ya-da-ti-y Ki-y Y-rei-~ E-lo-hi-y-m A-ta-~ V-lo-~ Cha-sa-ch-ta E-t Bi-n-cha E-t Y-chi-y-d-cha Mi-me-ni-y:
13 Va-yi-sa-~ A-v-ra-ha-m E-t Ei-y-na-~-v Va-ya-r-~ V-hi-nei-~ A-yi-l A-cha-r Ne-e-cha-z Ba-s-va-ch B-ka-r-na-~-v Va-yei-le-ch A-v-ra-ha-m Va-yi-ka-ch E-t Ha-a-yi-l Va-ya-a-lei-hu L-o-la-~ Ta-cha-t B-n-o:
14 Va-yi-k-ra-~ A-v-ra-ha-m Shei-m Ha-ma-k-o-m Ha-hu-a A-do-na-y-~ Yi-r-e-~ A-she-r Yei-a-mei-r Ha-y-o-m B-ha-r A-do-na-y-~ Yei-ra-e-~:
15 Va-yi-k-ra-~ Ma-l-a-ch A-do-na-y-~ E-l A-v-ra-ha-m Shei-ni-y-t Mi-n Ha-sha-ma-yi-m:
16 Va-yo-~-me-r Bi-y Ni-sh-ba-ti-y N-u-m A-do-na-y-~ Ki-y Ya-a-n A-she-r A-si-y-ta E-t Ha-da-va-r Ha-ze-~ V-lo-~ Cha-sa-ch-ta E-t Bi-n-cha E-t Y-chi-y-de-cha:
17 Ki-y Va-rei-ch A-va-re-ch-cha V-ha-r-ba-~ A-r-be-~ E-t Za-r-a-cha K-ch-o-ch-vei-y Ha-sha-ma-yi-m V-cha-ch-o-l A-she-r A-l S-fa-t Ha-ya-m V-yi-ra-sh Za-r-a-cha Ei-t Sha-a-r O-y-va-~-v:
18 V-hi-t-ba-ra-chu V-za-r-a-cha Ko-l G-o-yei-y Ha-a-re-tz Ei-ke-v A-she-r Sha-ma-ta B-ko-li-y:
19 Va-ya-sha-v A-v-ra-ha-m E-l N-a-ra-~-v Va-ya-ku-mu Va-yei-l-chu Ya-ch-da-v E-l B-ei-r Sha-va-a Va-yei-she-v A-v-ra-ha-m Bi-v-ei-r Sha-va-a:
20 Va-y-hi-y A-cha-rei-y Ha-d-va-ri-y-m Ha-ei-le-~ Va-yu-ga-d L-a-v-ra-ha-m Lei-~-mo-r Hi-nei-~ Ya-l-da-~ Mi-l-ka-~ Ga-m Hi-v-a Ba-ni-y-m L-na-ch-o-r A-chi-y-cha:
21 E-t U-tz B-cho-r-o V-e-t Bu-z A-chi-~-v V-e-t K-mu-ei-l A-vi-y A-ra-m:
22 V-e-t Ke-se-d V-e-t Cha-z-o V-e-t Pi-l-da-sh V-e-t Yi-d-la-f V-ei-t B-tu-ei-l:
23 U-v-tu-ei-l Ya-la-d E-t Ri-v-ka-~ Sh-mo-na-~ Ei-le-~ Ya-l-da-~ Mi-l-ka-~ L-na-ch-o-r A-chi-y A-v-ra-ha-m:
24 U-fi-y-la-g-sh-o U-sh-ma-~ R-u-ma-~ Va-tei-le-d Ga-m Hi-v-a E-t Te-va-ch V-e-t Ga-cha-m V-e-t Ta-cha-sh V-e-t Ma-a-cha-~:

 

22:1 And it came to pass after these things, that God did prove Abraham, and said unto him: ‘Abraham’; and he said: ‘Here am I.’ 2 And He said: ‘Take now thy son, thine only son, whom thou lovest, even Isaac, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt-offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.’ 3 And Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he cleaved the wood for the burnt-offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him. 4 On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. 5 And Abraham said unto his young men: ‘Abide ye here with the ass, and I and the lad will go yonder; and we will worship, and come back to you.’ 6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt-offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took in his hand the fire and the knife; and they went both of them together. 7 And Isaac spoke unto Abraham his father, and said: ‘My father.’ And he said: ‘Here am I, my son.’ And he said: ‘Behold the fire and the wood; but where is the lamb for a burnt-offering?’ 8 And Abraham said: ‘God will aprovide Himself the lamb for a burnt-offering, my son.’ So they went both of them together. 9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, upon the wood. 10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. 11 And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said: ‘Abraham, Abraham.’ And he said: ‘Here am I.’ 12 And he said: ‘Lay not thy hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him; for now I know that thou art a God-fearing man, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, from Me.’ 13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in the thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt-offering in the stead of his son. 14 And Abraham called the name of that place aAdonai-jireh; as it is said to this day: ‘In the mount where the LORD is seen.’ 15 And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham a second time out of heaven, 16 and said: ‘By Myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, 17 that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; 18 and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast hearkened to My voice.’ 19 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.
20 And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying: ‘Behold, Milcah, she also hath borne children unto thy brother Nahor: 21 Uz his first-born, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram; 22 and Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.’ 23 And Bethuel begot Rebekah; these eight did Milcah bear to Nahor, Abraham’s brother. 24 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she also bore Tebah, and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maacah.