Lech-Lecha
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thumb|350px|The Meeting between Abraham and Melchizedek (Rubens)|The Meeting between Abraham and Melchizedek (painting circa 1625 by [[Peter Paul Rubens)]] Lech-Lecha, Lekh-Lekha, or '''Lech-L'cha' (—the fifth and sixth words) is the third weekly Torah portion (, parashah'') in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. It constitutes Genesis 12:1–17:27. The parashah tells the stories of God's calling of Abram, Abram's passing off his wife Sarai as his sister, Abram's dividing the land with his nephew Lot, the war between the four kings and the five, the covenant between the pieces, Sarai's te
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73 sectionsContents
- Readings
- First reading—Genesis 12:1–13
- Second reading—Genesis 12:14–13:4
- Third reading—Genesis 13:5–18
- Fourth reading—Genesis 14:1–20
- Fifth reading—Genesis 14:21–15:6
- Sixth reading—Genesis 15:7–17:6
- Seventh reading—Genesis 17:7–27
- Readings according to the triennial cycle
- In ancient parallels
- Genesis chapter 14
- In inner-biblical interpretation
- Genesis chapter 12
- Genesis chapter 15
- Genesis chapter 17
- In early nonrabbinic interpretation
- Genesis chapter 12
- In classical rabbinic interpretation
- Genesis chapter 12
- Ten trials of Abraham
- Abraham and idol shop
- Knowledge of Abraham
- Abraham as a communicator to god
- Gematria interpretations
- Scope of blessing
- Conversion
- Prophecy
- Dealing with misfortune
- Parallel stories to that of the childrens
- The whereabouts of Sarah in Egypt
- Regarding beauty of women figures in the bible
- Other miscellaneous interpretations
- Genesis chapter 13
- Genesis chapter 14
- Explanations of ''va-yehi''
- Explanations of names and places
- The Og
- Interpretation of punishment of Abraham
- Eliezer
- Melchizedek
- Genesis chapter 15
- Genesis chapter 16
- Genesis chapter 17
- In medieval Jewish interpretation
- Genesis chapters 11–22
- Genesis chapter 12
- Genesis chapter 13
- Genesis chapter 15
- In modern interpretation
- Genesis chapters 12–36
- Genesis chapter 12
- Genesis chapter 13
- Genesis chapter 14
- Genesis chapter 15
- Genesis chapter 16
- Genesis chapter 17
- Commandments
- In the liturgy
- The Weekly Maqam
- Haftarah
- Connection to the parashah
- See also
- Notes
- Further reading
- Ancient
- Biblical
- Early nonrabbinic
- Classical rabbinic
- Medieval
- Modern
- External links
- Texts
- Commentaries
thumb|350px|The Meeting between Abraham and Melchizedek (Rubens)|The Meeting between Abraham and Melchizedek (painting circa 1625 by [[Peter Paul Rubens)]] Lech-Lecha, Lekh-Lekha, or '''Lech-L'cha' (—the fifth and sixth words) is the third weekly Torah portion (, parashah'') in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. It constitutes Genesis 12:1–17:27. The parashah tells the stories of God's calling of Abram, Abram's passing off his wife Sarai as his sister, Abram's dividing the land with his nephew Lot, the war between the four kings and the five, the covenant between the pieces, Sarai's tensions with her maid Hagar and Hagar's son Ishmael, the changing of Abram's name to Abraham, and the covenant of circumcision (brit milah).
The parashah is made up of 6336 Hebrew letters, 1,686 Hebrew words, 126 verses, and 208 lines in a Torah scroll. Jews read it on the third Shabbat after Simchat Torah, in October or November.