...address with a prediction of his children; the verbs are singular in Hebrew: "you [singular] shall spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south." Jacob is his children; Jacob gains a new name, Israel (Gen. 32:28); Jacob is the nation Israel. The...

...28:14: "Your offspring shall be like the dust of the earth and you shall burst your limits (niTl31) to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south." Again in Gen 30:30 Jacob says to Laban: "For you had little before I arrived, and it has burst forth...

...ri:n-8i ^O?') n»nxn "And your offspring will be like the dust of the land, and you will burst forth to the West and to the East and to the North and to the South; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring." BEREISHIS 28:14...

...father, and the Gd of Isaac: the land whereon thou Nest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; 14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shall spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and...

...desiring to have his body interred in Palestine. God had said to him at Beth-el, "The land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed," and hence he made every endeavor to " Me " in the Holy Land, to make sure it wcjuld belong to him and his...

...of mutual deceit indicates a transfer from matriliny to patriliny in the name of the god of Bethel: And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shall spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and...

...the Lord stood above it and said, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father 292 and the God of Isaac... thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth and thou shall spread abroad to the west ...and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth...

...the west, and to the east, and to the north and to the south, and in you and in your seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. And behold, I am with you and will keep you in all places wherever you go, and will bring you again into this land, for I...

...twilight and set boundaries before sunset, inherited the world without measure, [as it is written] 'And thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, etc.' (ib. XXVIII, 14). In the case of Jacob, however, there is a more specific reference to the observance...

...stood above it, and said, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father and the God of Isaac: the land where thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;...be blessed And behold, I am with thee and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest; and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave...