A citation from the library
Rashi, on Gen 12:7
Rashi · 1040–1105
Gen 12:7 · Douay-Rheims
“And the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him: To thy seed will I give this land. And he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.”
On this verse:
“ויבן שם מזבח AND HE BUILDED THERE AN ALTAR — in thanksgiving for the good tidings that he would have children, and for the good tidings that they would possess the land of Israel.”
PD · Rashi on the Pentateuch
check against source ↗
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.
This page is the stable address of one quotation — verbatim, dated, attributed, with its edition. Cite it freely.