| 1. And Israel and all that was his set out and came to Beer sheba, and he slaughtered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. |
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א. וַיִּסַּע יִשְׂרָאֵל וְכָל אֲשֶׁר לוֹ וַיָּבֹא בְּאֵרָה שָּׁבַע וַיִּזְבַּח זְבָחִים לֵאלֹהֵי אָבִיו יִצְחָק: |
| to Beer-sheba: Heb. בְּאֵרָה שָׁבַע, like לִבְאֵר שָׁבַע, to Beer-sheba. The “hey” at the end of the word takes the place of the “lammed” at its beginning. [From Yeb. 13b] |
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בארה שבע : כמו לבאר שבע, ה"א בסוף תיבה במקום למ"ד בתחלתה: |
| to the God of his father Isaac: One is required to honor his father more than he is required to honor his grandfather. Therefore, the sacrifices are associated with Isaac and not with Abraham. [From Gen. Rabbah 94:5] |
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לאלהי אביו יצחק : חייב אדם בכבוד אביו יותר מבכבוד זקנו לפיכך תלה ביצחק ולא באברהם: |
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| 2. And God said to Israel in visions of the night, and He said, "Jacob, Jacob!" And he said, "Here I am." |
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ב. וַיֹּאמֶר אֱ־לֹהִים לְיִשְׂרָאֵל בְּמַרְאֹת הַלַּיְלָה וַיֹּאמֶר יַעֲקֹב יַעֲקֹב וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּנִי: |
| “Jacob, Jacob!”: An expression of affection. [From Sifra, Vayikra 1, Toseftas Ber. 1:15] [The repetition of his name is an expression of affection.] |
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יעקב יעקב : לשון חיבה: |
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| 3. And He said, "I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid of going down to Egypt, for there I will make you into a great nation. |
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ג. וַיֹּאמֶר אָנֹכִי הָאֵל אֱלֹהֵי אָבִיךָ אַל תִּירָא מֵרְדָה מִצְרַיְמָה כִּי לְגוֹי גָּדוֹל אֲשִׂימְךָ שָׁם: |
| Do not be afraid of going down to Egypt: [God encouraged him] because he was troubled at being compelled to leave the Holy Land. |
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אל תירא מרדה מצרימה : לפי שהיה מיצר על שנזקק לצאת לחוצה לארץ: |
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| 4. I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also bring you up, and Joseph will place his hand on your eyes. |
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ד. אָנֹכִי אֵרֵד עִמְּךָ מִצְרַיְמָה וְאָנֹכִי אַעַלְךָ גַם עָלֹה וְיוֹסֵף יָשִׁית יָדוֹ עַל עֵינֶיךָ: |
| and I will also bring you up: He promised him (Jacob) that he would be interred in the [Holy] Land. — [from Yerushalmi Sotah 1:10] |
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ואנכי אעלך : הבטיחו להיות נקבר בארץ: |
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| 5. And Jacob arose from Beer sheba, and the sons of Israel carried their father Jacob and their young children and their wives, in the wagons Pharaoh had sent to carry him. |
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ה. וַיָּקָם יַעֲקֹב מִבְּאֵר שָׁבַע וַיִּשְׂאוּ בְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת יַעֲקֹב אֲבִיהֶם וְאֶת טַפָּם וְאֶת נְשֵׁיהֶם בָּעֲגָלוֹת אֲשֶׁר שָׁלַח פַּרְעֹה לָשֵׂאת אֹתוֹ: |
| 6. And they took their livestock and their possessions that they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and they came to Egypt, Jacob and all his descendants with him. |
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ו. וַיִּקְחוּ אֶת מִקְנֵיהֶם וְאֶת רְכוּשָׁם אֲשֶׁר רָכְשׁוּ בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן וַיָּבֹאוּ מִצְרָיְמָה יַעֲקֹב וְכָל זַרְעוֹ אִתּוֹ: |
| that they had acquired in the land of Canaan: But of what he had acquired in Padan-Aram he gave everything to Esau [in payment] for his share in the Cave of Machpelah. He said, “Possessions [acquired] outside the Land (of Israel) are inappropriate for me.” This is the meaning of“which I acquired for myself with heaps (כָּרִיתִי)” (Gen. 50:5). He placed before him stacks of gold and silver like a heap [of grain] (כְּרִי) and said to him,“Take these.” [from Tanchuma Buber, Vayishlach 11] |
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אשר רכשו בארץ כנען : אבל מה שרכש בפדן ארם נתן הכל לעשו בשביל חלקו במערת המכפלה, אמר נכסי חוצה לארץ אינן כדאי לי, וזהו (להלן נ ה) אשר כריתי לי, העמיד לו צבורין של זהב וכסף כמין כרי ואמר לו טול את אלו: |
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| 7. His sons and his sons' sons with him, his daughters and his sons' daughters and all his descendants he brought with him to Egypt. |
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ז. בָּנָיו וּבְנֵי בָנָיו אִתּוֹ בְּנֹתָיו וּבְנוֹת בָּנָיו וְכָל זַרְעוֹ הֵבִיא אִתּוֹ מִצְרָיְמָה: |
| his sons’ daughters: Serah the daughter of Asher and Jochebed the daughter of Levi. |
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ובנות בניו : סרח בת אשר, ויוכבד בת לוי: |
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