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Common terms and phrasesAbraham Abraham and Sarah aggada angels Babel become Bereshit Bereshit Raba biblical birth blessing brothers called chapter child command covenant created creation divine drama dreams earth Egypt Elokim encounter Esau Esau’s Exodus face faith father father’s house fear forgiveness freedom Genesis give God’s halakha happen Hashem heaven Hebrew holy human Isaac Ishmael Israel Jacob Jewish Jews Joseph Joseph story journey Judah Judaism justice kill knew Laban land later Leah live Lord Maimonides marry means Menasheh midrash Miketz Mishneh Torah moral Moses Nahmanides narrative nation Noah parasha parents patriarchs person Pharaoh phrase prayer Raba Rabbi Rachel Ramban Rashbam Rashi Rebecca relationship Resh Lakish responsibility Reuben Ruth sages says Shabbat slavery Sodom sons speak story Talmud Tamar Tanakh tells Terah teshuva things tion told Torah truth universe Vayeshev verse wife woman words wrestling Bibliographic information |