Abram as Literate
23[ . . . ] After these five years 24[ . . . ] three men of the princes of Egyp[t came . . .] from Phara[oh] Zoa[n] on account of [my] words and of my wife. They gave 25[me many presents expecting from me] goodness, wisdom and truth. I read in front of them the [book] of the words of Enoch 26[ . . . ] concerning the famine which [ . . . ] . .…
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Abraham and the Idols
Haran died in the presence of Terah, his father (Genesis 11:28). R. Ḥiyya taught: Terah was a maker of idols. He once went away to a certain place and placed Abraham in charge in his stead. A man came…
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The Binding of Isaac
56:7. And He [God] said, “Take your son, [your only son, whom you love, Isaac . . .] (Genesis 22:2). He [God] said to him [Abraham], “Take please—I beg you—your son.”
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Rebekah’s Dying Wishes
She said to him [Jacob—Ed.], “My son, throughout my entire lifetime I have noticed no improper act in you but only proper one[s]. However, I will tell you the truth, my son: I will die during this…
Jacob’s Burial
And there they wailed with a very great and sore wailing (Genesis 50:10). [It is] taught: Even horses and even donkeys [participated in the mourning].
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Dinah and Shechem
Now Theodotus says in his work Concerning the Jews that Sikima took its name from Sikimius son of Emmor, for this man also founded the city. And in his work Concerning the Jews, he describes its…