The Three Possessions the Holy One Calls His Own

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 74:3

Curated by Arthur·Told by Maggid·

"Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth" (Genesis 14:19). There are three acquisitions [that God calls His own]. Torah is one acquisition, as it is written, "The LORD acquired me as the beginning of His way" (Proverbs 8:22). Heaven and earth are one acquisition, as it is written, "possessor of heaven and earth" (Genesis 14:19). Israel is one acquisition, as it is written, "until the people You acquired pass over" (Exodus 15:16).

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