To•lᵊd•otꞋ 2nd Eve
Famine Drives Yi•tzᵊkhâqꞋ To Border of Greco-Minoan Philistia1
 452x363.jpg "Gᵊrâr (Tel Haror)") |
| Gᵊrâr2 (Tël Ha•rorꞋ2), southwest of Khë•vᵊr•onꞋ, between Hellenist Greco-Minoan Philistia1 and Bᵊeir ShëvꞋa and showing Mo•âvꞋ ( corrupted to "Moab") and Am•ōnꞋ (corrupted to "Ammon" and Arabized to Amman), capital of modern Jordan. (Hammond) |
In the wake of a famine in ËrꞋëtz Yi•sᵊrâ•eilꞋ (distinct from the first famine that occurred during the lifetime of Avᵊrâ•hâmꞋ), Yi•tzᵊkhâqꞋ went toward Gᵊrâr2 — of Avi-mëlꞋëkh, who was mëlꞋëkh of the Hellenist Greco-Philistines.1
Yi•tzᵊkhâqꞋ envisaged ä' saying to him, "Don't go down to Mi•tzᵊraꞋyim. Neighbor in the âꞋrëtz that I will tell you. Reside in this âꞋrëtz and I will be with you. And I will bless you because to you and your seed shall I give these lands. So I will uphold the oath that I swore to Avᵊrâ•hâmꞋ, your father. And I will multiply your seed like the stars of the heavens and all of the goy•imꞋ of the land shall bless themselves in your seed; the product of Avᵊrâ•hâmꞋ hearkening to My Voice, watch-guarding My Watch-guard of My Mi•tzᵊw•otꞋ and My Khuq•otꞋ — My Tor•ōtꞋ."3
Yi•tzᵊkhâqꞋ Dissimulates Ri•vᵊq•âh As His Sister
 Tel Haror 400x300.jpg "Gerar (lodging) Tel Haror") |
| Gᵊrâr ("lodging"), modern Tel Ha•rorꞋ in the NëgꞋëv of Yi•sᵊr•â•eilꞋ near the ancient Hellenist Greco-Minoan Philistine (modern Gaza) border. |
So Yi•tzᵊkhâqꞋ settled in Gᵊrâr.2 The men there inquired about his woman.4 And Yi•tzᵊkhâqꞋ told them she was his sister, because he was terrified to say "my woman," 4 lest the men there might kill him in order to have Ri•vᵊq•âh, because she was so good-looking.
One day, as Yi•tzᵊkhâqꞋ prolonged his stay there, Avi-mëlꞋëkh, mëlꞋëkh of the Hellenist Greco-Philistines, leaned out of his window, he noticed Yi•tzᵊkhâqꞋ playing flirtatiously with his woman, Ri•vᵊq•âh; not like one would play with his sister. So Avi-mëlꞋëkh summoned Yi•tzᵊkhâqꞋ and demanded, "Whereas Ri•vᵊq•âh is your woman, how is it that, behold, you told me that she's your sister?!?"
"I said it lest I would die over her," Yi•tzᵊkhâqꞋ replied.
Gᵊrâr2
 habsor co il 300x200.jpg "Nakhal Gerar Park") |
 habsor co il 972x648.jpg "Click to enlarge"){kind=small} NaꞋkhal Gᵊrar Park |
"What have you done to us?" thundered Avi-mëlꞋëkh. "One of my kindred almost went to bed with your woman. So you have brought guilt upon us!" Then Avi-mëlꞋëkh issued a proclamation to all of his kindred saying, "No one may touch this man or his woman, under penalty of death!"
That year, Yi•tzᵊkhâqꞋ planted seeds in that land and yielded a hundredfold. Thusly did ä' bless him.
Optional parental preparation:
- Note 1 – Scientists have demonstrated that the Philistines were Mycenaean-Greeks, Hellenists long before Alexandria (not Arabs!); "Sea People" who first migrated from Pilos (hence, Pilos-tines) in the Mycenaean province of Greece, to Santorini-Thera (the Minoans) and, after the island-volcano blew up (ca. B.C.E. ), migrated to Crete and the coastlands of the southeastern Mediterranean – the Egyptian Delta, Sinai and Canaan where they established a number of cities they named Pilos, becoming known as Pilostines (Philistines). In Canaan, they established a new (pre-Alexandrian) Hellenist country called Pilostia (Philistia; modern Gaza).
- Note 2 – Archeologists identify ancient (pre-Alexandrian) Hellenist Greco-Minoan Philistine1 Gᵊrâr with Teil Ha•rorꞋ
- Note 3 – Note that this is plural: Tor•âhꞋs, likely implying, even at this early juncture, written khuq•otꞋ Tor•âhꞋ distinct from oral mi•shᵊpât•imꞋ Tor•âhꞋ.
- Note 4 – There was no Hebrew term in Biblical times for "wife" as we know it today. Without any specific modifier, a female was a girl-child, young woman, woman, divorcée or widow. (Thus, unless otherwise specified, a woman was assumed to be married (a wife), just as a young woman was assumed to be a virgin.)
Questions you might anticipate that your child might raise and be prepared to discuss:
- What does "Greco-" mean? (Greek)
- What is Mi•tzᵊraꞋyim? (Egypt)
- Who were the Minoans?
- Who were the Philistines?
- What's a famine?
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