Category: Genesis (Bereshit)

1 And when Avram was ninety years old and nine, יהוה appeared to Avram, and said unto him, “I am 7bAlmighty God (El Shaddai); walk before Me, and be you perfect. 2 And I will make My covenant between Me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.” 3 And Avram fell on his face; and…

1 And he heard the words of Lavan’s sons, saying, Jacob (Yaaqov) hath taken away all that was our father’s; and of that which was our father’s hath he gotten all this glory. 2 And Jacob (Yaaqov) beheld the countenance of Lavan, and, behold, it was not toward him as before. 3 And יהוה said…

1 And Yisrael took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-Sheva, and offered sacrifices unto the God (Elohim) of his father Isaac (Yitschaq). 2 And God (Elohim) spake unto Yisrael in the visions of the night, and said, “Jacob (Yaaqov), Jacob (Yaaqov).” And he said, “Here am I.” 3 And He…

1 And יהוה appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre; and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day. 2 And he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and…

1 And Jacob (Yaaqov) went on his way, and the angels of God (Elohim) met him. 2 And when Jacob (Yaaqov) saw them, he said, “This is God (Elohim)’s host.” And he called the name of that place Mahanaim. 3 And Jacob (Yaaqov) sent messengers before him to Esaw his brother unto the land of…

1 Then Joseph (Yosef) came and told Pharaoh (Paroh), and said, “My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen.” 2 And he took some of his brethren, even five men,…

1 And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom; and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground; 2 And he said, “Behold now, my lords (adonai), please turn in into your servant’s house, and tarry…

1 And Jacob (Yaaqov) lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esaw came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids. 2 And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph…

1 And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph (Yosef), “Behold, your father is sick; and he took with him his two sons, Menashsheh and Efrayim. 2 And one told Jacob (Yaaqov), and said, “Behold, your son Joseph (Yosef) cometh unto you”; and Yisrael strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.…