## Bekhor Shor, Genesis

###### Bekhor Shor, Genesis 22:1:1
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**אחר הדברים האלה.** שנעשה אברהם שר וגדול והמלכים כרתו עמו ברית:

**Translated by Rb. Eliyahu Munk:**
**After these events:** In which Avraham was made a minister and leader, and the kings made a pact with him.


###### Bekhor Shor, Genesis 22:1:2
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**נסה את אברהם.** הביאו לידי נסיון שלא יוכל שטן ומקטרג ובעל הדין לומר עליו החנם ירא אברהם הלא סך בעדו ובעד כל אשר לו וגם המלכים כורתים עמו ברית כדרך שאמר על איוב וביקש ממנו דבר החביב עליו יותר מגופו וממונו וכיון שלא מנעו ולא נתרעם לומ' הלא אמרת לי כי ביצחק יקרא לך זרע ועכשיו אתה אומר לשוחטו ולשרפו ולא די אם היה נשחט ע"י אחרים שנתת לי להקהות בו את שניי אלא שאתה אומר לי לשחטו בידי וכיון שכל זה לא חשב כלום אלא סמך על מצותו של הק':

**Translated by Rb. Eliyahu Munk:**
**God tested Avraham:** He brought him to a test, such that the Accuser (Satan), the prosecutor and the litigator could not say about him, "Does Avraham fear for nothing; did He not protect him and protect everything he has; and even the kings make a pact with him" - in the way that he said [it] about Iyov (Job 1:9-10). So He requested something from him that was more beloved to him than his body and his money. And [it could not be challenged] because he did not prevent it and he did not [even] argue, saying, "Did You not say to me, 'For it is through Yitzchak that your seed will be called,' and now You say to slaughter him and to burn him; and would it not be enough if he would be slaughtered by others, such that I could grind my teeth at him, that You rather tell me to kill him with my hands?" And it is since he did not think any of this at all, but rather had confidence in the commandment of the Holy One.


###### Bekhor Shor, Genesis 22:2:1
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**והעלהו שם לעולה.** סתם הק' את דבריו וחשב אברהם כי צוה עליו לשחטו ולהקטירו כליל ולפיכך הוליך עמו עצים ואש ומאכלת והוא לא צוה רק להעלותו על גבי מזבח ומשהעלהו גמר ועשה מצותו של הק'. [ויש מפרש נסה הגביהו ונשאו והודיעו לעולם כמה הוא חשוב כמו נסה עלינו אור פניך, וכמו ונשא נס, כי נס דבר גדול הוא ה"ג]:

**Translated by Rb. Eliyahu Munk:**
**And bring him up as a burnt-offering:** The Holy One muted His words. So Avraham thought that He commanded him to slaughter him and to completely incinerate him. Hence he brought wood, fire and a knife with him, whereas He only commanded to bring him up on top of the altar. And from when he brought him up, he had finished and fulfilled the commandment of the Holy One. [And there is someone who explains, *nisa*, is that He raised him and lifted him and made him known to the world, how important he is. It is like, "raise up (*nesa*) over us the light of Your countenance"; and like, "And He will raise a banner (*nasa nes*)." For a banner is a big thing. This is the (correct) version.]


###### Bekhor Shor, Genesis 22:2:2
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**אשר אומר אליך.** ואח"כ פי' לו היכן כמו שמפרש אל המקום אשר אמר לו אלקים אלמא שאמר לו היכן ומשום הכי הכיר את המקום מרחוק שכבר פי' לו:

**Translated by Rb. Eliyahu Munk:**
**Which I will tell you:** And afterwards, He explained to him where it was; as it explains (Genesis 22:3), "which God had told him." Hence, He told him where it was. And because of that, he recognized the place from afar (Genesis 22:4), since He already explained [it] to him.


###### Bekhor Shor, Genesis 22:3:1
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**וישכם אברהם בבוקר.** לחבוש את חמורו כי היה זריז ורדוף לעשות רצון בוראו:

**Translated by Rb. Eliyahu Munk:**
**Avraham awoke early in the morning:** To saddle his donkey, as he was alacritous and driven to do the will of his Maker.


###### Bekhor Shor, Genesis 22:5:1
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**שבו לכם פה עם החמור.** שלא רצה להוליכם כדי שלא יעכבוהו מלשחוט את בנו:

**Translated by Rb. Eliyahu Munk:**
**Remain here with the donkey:** As he did not want to bring them, so that they would not prevent him from slaughtering his son.


###### Bekhor Shor, Genesis 22:8:1
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**אלקים יראה לו השה לעולה בני.** כלו' את בני, אמר לו ענין על ב' משמעות שאמר לו האחת לפי סברתו משמע כאומר בני הק' יראה לו השה ואומר' רבותינו כי הבין יצחק ואעפ"כ הלכו שניהם יחדו בדעת שוה לעשות רצון הבורא:

**Translated by Rb. Eliyahu Munk:**
**God will see to the lamb for Him, my son:** Meaning, my son [will be the lamb for the burnt-offering]. He said to him a matter with two meanings. For he said to him, the [other] one according to his understanding - [its] meaning was like one saying, "My son, the Holy One will see to the lamb for Him." But our Rabbis say (Bereishit Rabbah 56:4) that Yitzchak understood, and nevertheless, "the two of them went together" - with the same mind to fulfil the will of the Creator.


###### Bekhor Shor, Genesis 22:11:1
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**ויקרא אליו מלאך אלקים מן השמים.** ואע"פ שהיה מדבר בלשון שכינה שאמר ולא חשכת את בנך ממני ששלוחו של מקום היה מדבר כאילו הק' מדבר בכל מקום וסוף הוכיח שהיה המלאך מדקאמר בפעם השנית בי נשבעתי נאם ה':

**Translated by Rb. Eliyahu Munk:**
**And an angel of God called to him from the Heavens:** And even though he was speaking in the [manner] of the Divine Presence - as he said, "and you have not withheld your son [...] from Me" (Genesis 22:12), it is since in every place when the messenger of the Omnipresent would speak, it is as if the Holy One would speak. And the end shows that it was an angel - as the second time, he said (Genesis 22:16), "'I have sworn by Myself,' declares the Lord."


###### Bekhor Shor, Genesis 22:12:1
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**אל תשלח ידך אל הנער.** כי כבר עשית את המצוה כי לא צוה לך רק להעלותו ואתה העלית אותו מעל לעצים:

**Translated by Rb. Eliyahu Munk:**
**Do not stretch out your hand against the lad:** For you have already done the commandment. As He only commanded you to bring him up, and you brought him up over the wood.


###### Bekhor Shor, Genesis 22:12:2
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**כי עתה ידעתי.** דרך הוא לדבר כלשון בני אדם כי מתחלה יודע לבות בני אדם כלו' עשיתי עצמי כאילו לא ידעתי ועתה ידעתי להודיע לכל ולא יוכל שום קטרג לקטרג עליך עוד:

**Translated by Rb. Eliyahu Munk:**
**For now I know:** It is [God's] way to speak like the speech of people. For He knows the hearts of people from the beginning. [So this is] meaning to say, I made Myself to be as if I did not know and now I know. [This was] to make it known to all, so no prosecutor will be able to prosecute you any more.


###### Bekhor Shor, Genesis 22:13:1
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**וירא והנה איל.** ומ"מ לא היה לוקחו כי היה ירא שמא אדם אחר אבדו ולא היה פושט ידו בשל אחרים אבל אחר שנאחז בסבך בקרניו ידע כי אות לו שיקחנו ולצורכו נעכב שם והלך ולקחו:

**Translated by Rb. Eliyahu Munk:**
**And he saw; and behold, a ram:** And he nevertheless would not have taken it, as he was afraid lest another person lost it; and he would not extend his hand [to take the property] of others. But "after it was caught in the thicket by its horns," he knew that it was a sign to him that he should take it and that it was stuck there for his sake. So he went and took it.


###### Bekhor Shor, Genesis 22:14:1
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**ה' יראה.** כלו' יראה המקום ויזכור המעשה:

**Translated by Rb. Eliyahu Munk:**
**The Lord will see:** Meaning, He will see this place and remember the deed.


###### Bekhor Shor, Genesis 22:14:2
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**אשר יאמר היום.** בין בני אדם כשמדברים על אותו הר שואל לו מאיזה הר אתה אומר והוא עונה ששמו יראה שכן קראו אברהם:

**Translated by Rb. Eliyahu Munk:**
**As it is said this day:** Among people when they speak about this mountain, [one] will ask [the other], "What mountain are you saying?" And he will answer that its name is, He will see. As this is what Avraham called it.


###### Bekhor Shor, Genesis 22:16:1
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**לא חשכת את יחידך.** אתה הקרבת לפני בנך יחידך ורצית למעט זרעך ואני אתן לך והרבה ארבה את זרעך:

**Translated by Rb. Eliyahu Munk:**
**And did not withhold your only [son]:** You brought up your only son before Me, and you planned to reduce your seed. But I will give you, "and I shall surely increase your seed" (Genesis 22:17).


###### Bekhor Shor, Genesis 22:20:1
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**הנה ילדה מלכה גם היא.** נר' שאף היא היתה עקרה ונפקדה ובשרוה לאברהם ומפני שידע שהיה להם בנים ובנות שלח שם לקחת אשה לבנו:


###### Bekhor Shor, Genesis 22:20:2
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**יבנה אלי אולמיו ואליו, ויקבץ שם גבוריו ואליו, ונקריב לפניו כבשיו ואיליו, וישאו פרי אלוניו ואליו, בסיימי סדר וירא אליו.**