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Rebecca said to Jacob her younger son: Behold, I heard your father speaking to Esau your brother, saying: Bring me game, and make me savory food; and having eaten I will bless you before the Lord before I die. Now therefore, son, listen to me, as I command you, and going to the flocks, take for me from there two tender and good kids, and I will make them savory food for your father, and he will eat, so that your father may bless you before he dies. But Jacob said to Rebecca his mother: My brother is a hairy man, but I am a smooth man. Lest my father feel me, and I will be before him as a deceiver; and I will bring upon myself a curse, and not a blessing. But his mother said: Upon me be your curse, child; only obey my voice. And he went and brought them to his mother; and Rebecca took the fine garment of Esau her elder son, which was with her in the house, and she put it on Jacob her younger son, and she placed the skins of the kids around his arms, and on the bare parts of his neck, and she gave the savory food into the hands of Jacob her son, and he brought it to his father. 95.1225 Rachel took the idols, and put them in the camel's saddle, and sat upon them, and said to her father: I cannot rise before you, for the custom of women is upon me. It was told to Tamar, saying: Behold, your father-in-law is going up to shear his sheep. And taking off the garments of her widowhood, she put on a veil, and adorned herself, and sat at the entrance of Timnah. For she saw that Shelah had grown up; but he had not given him to her as a wife. And when Judah saw her, he turned to her, and said to her: Let me come in to you. For he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said: What will you give me, if you come in to me? And he said: I will send you a kid of the goats from my flocks. And she said: Give a pledge, until you send it. And he said: What pledge shall I give you. And she said: Your ring, and your bracelet, and the staff that is in your hand. And he gave them to her, and went in to her, and she conceived by him. Scholion. Tamar's father-in-law Judah had three sons, and he had joined two of them to her one by one. And as they died childless, he refused to join his third son to her, fearing lest he also should die. Tamar therefore, having fallen into the reproach of childlessness, and suspecting the danger from prostitution, using a stratagem against her own father-in-law, had intercourse with him, and bore from him two children, Perez and Zerah. Moses' sister said to Pharaoh's daughter: Do you want me to call for you a nursing woman from the Hebrews, and she will nurse the child for you? And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the young woman went, and called the child's mother. And Pharaoh's daughter said to her: Keep this child for me, and nurse it for me; and I will give you your wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it. Joshua sent two men from Shittim to spy out the land and Jericho. And they entered the house of a prostitute woman, whose name was Rahab, and they lodged there. And it was told to the king of Jericho, saying: Men of the sons of Israel have come here to spy out the land. And the king of Jericho sent, and said to Rahab, saying: Bring out the men who came into your house by night. For they have come to spy out the land; and the woman took the men and hid them. And she said: The men came in to me, but when the gate was being shut in the dark, the men went out, and I do not know where they have gone. And pursue after them and you will overtake them. But she brought them up to the roof, and hid them in the stalks of flax that were laid in order for her on the roof. And the men pursued after them on the road to the Jordan at the fords. And it happened as they went out

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Εἶπε Ῥεβέκκα πρὸς Ἰακὼβ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆς τὸν νεώτερον· Ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἤκουσα λαλοῦντος τοῦ πατρός σου πρὸς Ἡσαῦ τὸν ἀδελφόν σου, λέγοντος· Ἔνεγκέ μοι θήραν, καὶ ποίησόν μοι ἐδέσματα· καὶ φαγὼν εὐλογήσω σε ἐναντίον Κυρίου πρὸ τοῦ ἀποθανεῖν με. Νῦν οὖν, υἱὲ, ἄκουσόν μου, καθὰ ἐγώ σοι ἐντέλλομαι, καὶ πορευθεὶς εἰς τὰ πρόβατα, λάβε μοι ἐκεῖθεν δύο ἐρίφους ἁπαλοὺς καὶ καλοὺς, καὶ ποιήσω αὐτοὺς ἐδέσματα τῷ πατρί σου, καὶ φάγεται, ὅπως εὐλογήσῃ σε ὁ πατήρ σου πρὸ τοῦ αὐτὸν ἀποθανεῖν. Εἶπε δὲ Ἰακὼβ πρὸς Ῥεβέκκαν τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ· Ἔστιν ὁ ἀδελφός μου ἀνὴρ δασὺς, ἐγὼ δὲ ἀνὴρ λεῖος. Μήποτε ψηλαφήσῃ με ὁ πατήρ μου, καὶ ἔσομαι ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ ὡς καταφρονῶν· καὶ ἐπάξω ἐπ' ἐμαυτὸν κατάραν, καὶ οὐκ εὐλογίαν. Εἶπε δὲ μήτηρ· Ἐπ' ἐμὲ ἡ κατάρα σου, τέκνον· μόνον ὑπάκουσον τῆς φωνῆς μου. Καὶ πορευθεὶς ἔνεγκε τῇ μητρὶ αὐτοῦ· καὶ λαβοῦσα Ῥεβέκκα τὴν στολὴν Ἡσαῦ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτῆς τοῦ πρεσβυτέρου τὴν καλὴν, ἣ ἦν παρ' αὐτὴν ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ, ἐνέδυσε Ἰακὼβ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆς τὸν νεώτερον, καὶ τὰ δέρματα τῶν ἐρίφων περιέθηκε περὶ τοὺς βραχίονας αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ γυμνὰ τοῦ τραχήλου αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔδωκε τὰ ἐδέσματα εἰς τὰς χεῖρας Ἰακὼβ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτῆς, καὶ εἰσήνεγκεν τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ. 95.1225 Ῥαχὴλ ἔλαβε τὰ εἴδωλα, καὶ ἐπέβαλεν αὐτὰ εἰς τὰ σάγματα τῆς καμήλου, καὶ ἐπεκάθισεν αὐτοῖς, καὶ εἶπε τῷ πατρὶ αὐτῆς· Οὐ δύναμαι ἀναστῆναι ἐνώπιόν σου, ὅτι ὁ κατεθισμὸς τῶν γυναικείων μοῦ ἐστιν. Ἀπηγγέλη τῇ Θάμαρ λέγοντες· Ἰδοὺ ὁ πενθερός σου ἀναβαίνει κεῖραι τὰ πρόβατα αὐτοῦ. Καὶ ἀφελομένη τὰ ἱμάτια τῆς χηρεύσεως αὐτῆς, περιέβαλε τὸ θέριστρον, καὶ ἐκαλλωπίσατο, καὶ ἐκάθισεν ἐν παρόδῳ Θαμνᾷ. Εἶδε γὰρ ὅτι μέγας γέγονε Σηλώμ· αὐτὸς δὲ οὐ δέδωκεν αὐτὸν εἰς γυναῖκα. Καὶ ἰδὼν Ἰούδας αὐτὴν, ἐξέκλινε πρὸς αὐτὴν, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ· Ἔασόν με εἰσελθεῖν πρὸς σέ. Οὐ γὰρ ἔγνω, ὅτι νύμφη αὐτοῦ ἐστιν. Ἡ δὲ εἶπε· Τί μοι δώσεις, ἐὰν εἰσέλθῃς πρός με; Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν· Ἐγώ σοι ἀποστέλλω ἔριφον αἰγῶν ἐκ τῶν προβάτων μου. Ἡ δὲ εἶπε· ∆ὸς ἀῤῥαβῶνα, ἕως οὐ ἀποστεῖλαί σε. Ὁ δὲ εἶπε· Τίνα δώσω σοι ἀῤῥαβῶνα. Ἡ δὲ εἶπε· Τὸ δακτύλιόν σου, καὶ τὸν ὁρμίσκον, καὶ τὴν ῥάβδον τὴν ἐν τῇ χειρί σου. Καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῇ, καὶ εἰσῆλθε πρὸς αὐτὴν, καὶ ἐν γαστρὶ ἔλαβεν παρ' αὐτοῦ. Σχόλιον. Τρεῖς υἱοὺς ἔσχεν ὁ τῆς Θάμαρ πενθερὸς Ἰούδας, καὶ τοὺς δύο καθ' ἕνα ἦν συνάψας αὐτῇ. Καὶ ὡς ἄπαιδες ἐτελεύτησαν, παρῃτήσατο τὸν τρίτον αὐτοῦ συνάψαι αὐτῇ υἱὸν, εὐλαβηθεὶς μήποτε καὶ αὐτὸς τελευτήσῃ. Θάμαρ οὖν εἰς τὸ τῆς ἀτεκνίας ὄνειδος περιπεσοῦσα, καὶ τὸν ἀπὸ τῆς πορνείας κίνδυνον ὑφορωμένη, οἰκονομίᾳ χρησαμένη κατὰ τοῦ αὑτῆς πενθεροῦ, ἐμίχθη αὐτῷ, καὶ τίκτει ἐξ αὐτοῦ παῖδας δύο, τὸν Φαρὲς καὶ τὸν Ζαρᾶ. Εἶπεν ἡ ἀδελφὴ Μωϋσῇ τῇ θυγατρὶ Φαραώ· Θέλεις καλέσω σοι γυναῖκα τροφεύουσαν ἐκ τῶν Ἑβραίων, καὶ θηλάσει σοι τὸ παιδίον; Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ ἡ θυγάτηρ Φαραῶ, Πορεύου. Ἐλθοῦσα δὲ ἡ νεᾶνις, ἐκάλεσε τὴν μητέρα τοῦ παιδίου. Εἶπε δὲ πρὸς αὐτὴν ἡ θυγάτηρ Φαραῶ· ∆ιατήρησόν μοι τὸ παιδίον τοῦτο, καὶ θήλασόν μοι αὐτό· ἐγὼ δὲ δώσω σοι τὸν μισθόν. Καὶ ἔλαβεν ἡ γυνὴ τὸ παιδίον, καὶ ἐθήλασεν αὐτό. Ἀπέστειλεν Ἰησοῦς δύο ἄνδρας ἐκ Σατὶμ σκοπεῦσαι τὴν γῆν καὶ τὴν Ἱεριχῶ. Καὶ εἰσῆλθον εἰς οἰκίαν γυναικὸς πόρνης, ᾗ ὄνομα Ῥαὰβ, καὶ κατέλυσαν ἐκεῖ. Καὶ ἀπηγγέλη τῷ βασιλεῖ Ἱεριχῶ, λεγόντων· Εἰσπεπόρευνται ὧδε ἄνδρες τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ κατασκοπεῦσαι τὴν γῆν. Καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ὁ βασιλεὺς Ἱεριχῶ, καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς Ῥαὰβ, λέγων· Ἐξάγαγε τοὺς εἰσπορευομένους εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν σου νύκτα. Κατασκοπεῦσαι γὰρ τὴν γῆν ἥκασιν· καὶ λαβοῦσα ἡ γυνὴ τοὺς ἄνδρας, ἔκρυψεν. Καὶ εἶπεν· Εἰσεληλύθασι πρός με οἱ ἄνθρωποι, ὡς δὲ ἡ πύλη ἐκέκλειστο ἐν τῷ σκότει, καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες ἐξῆλθον, καὶ οὐκ ἐπίσταμαι ποῦ πεπόρευνται. Καὶ καταδιώξατε ὀπίσω αὐτῶν καὶ καταλήψεσθε αὐτούς. Αὕτη δὲ ἀνεβίβασεν αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ τὸ δῶμα, καὶ ἔκρυψεν ἐν τοῖς ξύλοις τῆς ληνοκαλάμης τῆς ἐστοιβασμένης αὐτῇ ἐπὶ τοῦ δώματος. Καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες κατεδίωξαν ὀπίσω αὐτῶν ὁδὸν τὴν ἐπὶ τοῦ Ἰορδάνου ἐπὶ τὰς διαβάσεις. Καὶ ἐγένετο ὡς ἐξῆλθον