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Shabbat Shalom!
Welcome to Vayera / And He Appeared - this week’s Prophetic reading

Prophecy 51, 63, 71;
Genesis 18:1–22:24;
2 Kings 4:1–37;
Luke 1:26–38; Luke 24:36–53;

2 Kings 4:1–37

1 And a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets had cried to Elisha, saying, My husband, your servant, is dead. And you know that your servant has seen YAHUVEH. And the lender has come to take my two children to himself for slaves.
2 And Elisha said to her, What shall I do for you? Tell me. What do you have in the house? And she said, Your handmaid has nothing in the house except a pot of oil.
3 And he said, Go, beg vessels for yourself from outside, from your neighbors, empty vessels. Do not let them be few.
4 And you shall go in and shut the door on you, and on your sons, and shall pour out into all these vessels. And you shall set aside the full ones.
5 And she left him, and shut the door on her and on her sons. They carried to her, and she poured out.
6 And it happened when the vessels were full, she said to her son, Bring another vessel to me. And he said to her, There is no other vessel; and the oil stopped.
7 And she came and told the man of Elohim. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and repay your loan. And you and your sons shall live from the rest.
8 And the day came that Elisha crossed over to Shunem. And a great woman was there. And she lay hold on him to eat bread. And it happened, as often as he passed by, he turned aside there to eat bread.
9 And she said to her husband, Behold now, I know that he is a holy man of Elohim who passes by us continually.
10 Now let us make a little walled roof room, and let us set a bed for him there, and a table, and a chair, and a lampstand. And it shall be, when he comes to us, he shall turn in there.
11 And the day came when he came in there and turned into the roof room, and lay there.
12 And he said to his young man Gehazi, Call this Shunammite. And he called her, and she stood before him.
13 And he said to him, Now say to her, Behold, you have trembled with all this care for us. What shall I do for you? Shall I speak to the king for you, or to the army commander? And she said, I live among my people.
14 And he said, What then shall I do for her? And Gehazi said, Truly there is no son to her. And her husband is old.
15 And he said, Call for her. And he called for her. And she stood at the door.
16 And he said, At this season, according to the time of life you shall embrace a son. And she said, No, my master, O man of Elohim, do not lie to your handmaid.
17 And the woman conceived and bore a son, at this season, according to the time of life that Elisha spoke of to her.
18 And the boy grew, and the day came that he went out to his father, to the reapers.
19 And he said to his father, My head! My head! And he said to the young man, Carry him to his mother.
20 And he carried him, and brought him to his mother. And he sat on her knees until noon, and died.
21 And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of Elohim, and shut the door on him, and went out.
22 And she called to her husband, and said, Please send to me one of the young men, and one of the donkeys, and I shall run to the man of Elohim, and return.
23 And he said, Why are you going to him today; it is neither new moon nor Sabbath? And she said, Peace.
24 And she saddled the donkey and said to her young man, Lead on, and go. Do not hold back riding for me except I speak to you.
25 And she went, and came to the man of Elohim, to Mount Carmel. And it happened, when the man of Elohim saw her from afar, he said to his young man Gehazi, Behold, The Shunam-mite!
26 Now please run to meet her, and say to her, Is it well with you? Is it well with your husband? Is it well with the boy? And she said, Well.
27 And she came to the mountain to the man of Elohim, and lay hold on his feet. And Gehazi came near to thrust her away. But the man of Elohim said, Let her alone, for her soul is bitter in her, and YAHUVEH has hidden it from me, and has not told me.
28 And she said, Did I ask a son from my master? Did I not say, Do not deceive me?
29 And he said to Gehazi, Gird up your loins and take my staff in your hand, and go. When you meet a man, you shall not greet him. And when a man shall greet you, you shall not answer him. And you shall lay my staff on the face of the boy.
30 And the mother of the boy said, As YAHUVEH lives, and your soul lives, I will not leave you. And he rose up and went after her.
31 And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff on the face of the boy. But there was no voice, and there was no hearing. And he turned back to meet him, and told him, saying, The boy has not awakened.
32 And Elisha came into the house. And, behold, the boy was dead, laid out on his bed.
33 And he went in and shut the door on both of them, and prayed to YAHUVEH.
34 And he went up and lay down on the boy, and put his mouth on his mouth, and his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands, and stretched himself on him. And the flesh of the boy became warm.
35 And he returned, and walked in the house, once here and once there. And he went up and stretched himself on him. And the boy sneezed seven times, and the boy opened his eyes.
36 And he called Gehazi and said, Call this Shunammite. And he called her, and she came in to him. And he said, Take up your son.
37 And she went in and fell at his feet, and bowed to the earth, and took up her son, and went out.

Luke 1:26–38

26 And in the sixth month, the cherub Gabriel was sent from the presence of Elohim to Galilee to the city whose name is Nazareth,
27 to a virgin who had been betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David and the virgin’s name was Mariam.
28 And entering, the cherub said to her, Peace to you full of grace! Our Adonai is with you. You are blessed among women!
29 And seeing this, she was disturbed at his word, and considered what kind of greeting this might be.
30 And the cherub said to her, Do not fear, Mariam, for you have found grace from YAHUVEH.
31 For behold you will receive conception and bear a son and you will call His name YAHUSHUA.
32 This One will be great and will be called Son of the Most High. And YAHUVEH Elohim will give Him the throne of His father David.
33 And He will reign over the house of Jacob to the ages, and of His kingdom there will be no end.
34 But Mariam said to the cherub, How will this be since I do not know a man?
35 And the cherub answered and said to her, The Holy Spirit will come and the power of the Highest will rest upon you. Because of this, He who is to be born of you is holy and will be called the Son of YAHUVEH.
36 And behold, your kinswoman Elizabeth! She also conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month to her who was called barren;
37 for nothing shall be impossible with YAHUVEH.
38 Mariam said, Behold I am the handmaid of YAHUVEH. Let it be to me according to your word! And the cherub departed from her presence.

Luke 24:36–53

36 And as they were telling these things, YAHUSHUA Himself stood in their midst, and said to them, Peace to you!
37 But being terrified, and being filled with fear, they thought they saw a ghost.
38 And He said to them, Why are you troubled? And why do doubts come up in your hearts.
39 See My hands and My feet, that I am He? Feel Me and see, because a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see Me having.
40 And saying this, He showed them His hands and feet.
41 But yet they not believing from the joy, and marveling, He said to them, Have you any food here?
42 And they handed a broiled part of a fish to Him, and from a honeycomb.
43 And taking these before them, He ate.
44 And He said to them, These are the Words which I spoke to you yet being with you, that all the things must be fulfilled having been written in the Torah of Moses, and the Prophets, and the Psalms, concerning Me.
45 Then He opened up their mind to understand the Scriptures,
46 and said to them, So it is written, and so the Messiah must suffer, and to rise from the dead on the third day.
47 And repentance and remission of sins must be preached on His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
48 And you are witnesses of these things.
49 And, behold, I send forth the promise of My Father on you. But you sit in the city of Jerusalem until you are clothed with power from on high.
50 He led them out as far as to Bethany. And lifting up His hands, He blessed them.
51 And it happened that while He blessed them, He was separated from them and ascended into Heaven.
52 And worshiping Him, they returned to Jerusalem with great joy,
53 and were continually in the sanctuary, praising and blessing YAHUVEH. Amen.