ְַל-ֵל
Lekh-Lekha
Overview: Genesis 12:1–13:18 “Get up and get going”— that’s what God tells Abram in the beginning of this parashah. Abram is instructed to leave his birthplace and his father’s home and move to Canaan. He takes Sarai, his wife, and Lot, his nephew, with him. When famine strikes the land, Abram takes Sarai to Egypt, where they let people believe Sarai is Abram’s sister. When they return to Canaan Abram and Lot go their separate ways. God makes a covenant of the pieces with Abram, promising him the land of Israel and many future generations. Hagar, Sarai’s servant, gives birth to Abram’s first son, Ishmael. God sets another covenant with Abram, the sign of which is circumcision. God then changes Abram’s and Sarai’s names to Abraham and Sarah.
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