Category: Genesis (Bereshit)

1 Now יהוה had said unto Avram, “Get you out of your country, and from your kindred, and from your father’s house, unto a land that I will shew you. 2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and you shalt be a…

1 And it came to pass, that when Isaac (Yitschaq) was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esaw his eldest son, and said unto him, “My son”; and he said unto him, “Behold, here am I.” 2 And he said, “Behold now, I am old, I know…

1 And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh (Paroh) dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river. 2 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow. 3 And, behold, seven other kine came up after…

1 And Avram went up out of Egypt (Mitsrayim), he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south. 2 And Avram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. 3 And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel (Beit-El), unto the place…

1 And Isaac (Yitschaq) called Jacob (Yaaqov), and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, “You shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. 2 Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel your mother’s father; and take you a wife from thence of the daughters of Lavan your mother’s…

1 Now when Jacob (Yaaqov) saw that there was corn in Egypt (Mitsrayim), Jacob (Yaaqov) said unto his sons, “Why do you look one upon another?” 2 And he said, “Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt (Mitsrayim); get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live,…

1 And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations; 2 That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king…

1 Then Jacob (Yaaqov) went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east. 2 And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, behold, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was…

1 And the famine was sore in the land. 2 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt (Mitsrayim), their father said unto them, “Go again, buy us a little food.” 3 And Judah (Yehudah) spake unto him, saying, “The man did solemnly protest…

1 After these things the word of יהוה came unto Avram in a vision, saying, “Fear not, Avram. I am your shield, and your exceeding great reward.” 2 And Avram said, “12My Lord (Adonai) יהוה, what wilt You give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus…