Isaac Sends Jacob to Padan Aram to Find a Wife

Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on GenesisTen Years in Canaan Before Sarah Gave Hagar to AbrahamThe Hebrew of (Genesis 16:3) marks the moment with a small, precise number: after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan. Targum Pseudo-Jonathan holds

Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on GenesisThe Letter of Divorce Abraham Gave to HagarDawn in the house of Abraham. Bread on a shoulder. A cruse of water tied to a woman's waist. In Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on (Genesis 21:14), the Aramaic paraphras

Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on GenesisNo Canaanite Wife for the Son of PromiseThe command is unambiguous. In Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on (Genesis 24:3), Abraham makes Eliezer swear by the Word of the Lord God, whose habitation is in heaven

Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on GenesisWhat if the Woman Will Not Come Back With MeEliezer is a wise servant. He foresees a problem before he sets out. In Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on (Genesis 24:5), the Aramaic renders his careful question: supp

Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on GenesisAsenath the Daughter of Dinah Raised in Pharaoh's HouseThe plain verse of (Genesis 46:20) simply records that Joseph married Asenath, daughter of Potiphera priest of On, and had two sons, Menasheh and Ephraim. The T

Book of JubileesThe First TorahThe familiar picture has Moses on Mount Sinai, receiving the divine word directly from God. Forty days and forty nights of dictation. But what if I told you the

Isaac Sends Jacob to Padan Aram to Find a Wife

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