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Ei•sauꞋ and éÄùÒÀøÈàÅì Part Company
éÄùÒÀøÈàÅì Travels West Toward ShᵊkhëmꞋ ca. B.C.E. 1966

"Alright, let's travel!" Ei•sauꞋ announced. "Let's go, and I and my battalion will march alongside of you."

"A•don•iꞋ knows," éÄùÒÀøÈàÅì replied, "that there are children in my camp who cannot keep pace with your battalion of warriors. Also, responsibility for pacing the tzon and cattle is absolutely on me. Beating the livestock with a rod to keep pace with your warriors, even one day, and all of the tzon would die.

Rather, please a•don•iꞋ, go on ahead of your servant and I will conduct them slowly, at the walking mᵊlâkh•âhꞋ of the children, until I reach a•don•iꞋ at Sei•irꞋ."

Qever Yoseiph, Shkhem destroyed by Muslim Arabs (1st time), 2000.10.07
Muslim Arab Jihadist-occupied ShᵊkhëmꞋ [Hellenized, then Arabized, to 'Nablus'] – ÷ÆáÆø Yo•seiphꞋ, ha-Tza•diqꞋ, 2000.10.07 – destroyed and desecrated by Muslim Arab Jihadist "Palestinians" of Arab-occupied ShᵊkhëmꞋ (Hellenized, then Arabized, to "Nablus"), celebrating on its ruins with their "Palestinian" flag.

"Please," Ei•sauꞋ offered, "I could introduce some of my kindred battalion of troops, who are with me, alongside your kindred to ensure your protection on your journey?"

"Why would this protection be necessary in Sei•irꞋ when you control Sei•irꞋ?" éÄùÒÀøÈàÅì asked. "Rather, let me find graciousness in the eyes of a•don•iꞋ."

So Ei•sauꞋ returned south that day dërꞋëkh Sei•irꞋ-ward while Ya•a•qovꞋ turned west, on the way toward ShᵊkhëmꞋ, bivouacking in a caravansary of suk•otꞋ, where he built a house for himself and made suk•otꞋ for his staff and livestock. Accordingly, the name of this village was called Suk•otꞋ.

÷ÆáÆø Yo•seiphꞋ, ha-Tza•diqꞋ, burned–again (2015.10.16)–by Muslim Arab Jihadists. And world still learns nothing.

Finally, Ya•a•qovꞋ completed his journey, coming to ShᵊkhëmꞋ, which is in the land of Kᵊna•anꞋ; having returned from Pa•danꞋ, A•râmꞋ and bivouacking for a while east of the city.

Then, for the price of 40 grams of silver coins,1 he acquired part of a field outside the city where he had pitched his tent, adjacent to the Bᵊn•eiꞋ-Kha•morꞋ.2 (Kha•morꞋ was the patriarch of ShᵊkhëmꞋ.) And éÄùÒÀøÈàÅì constructed a mi•zᵊbeiꞋakh there, and called the place "àÅì àÁìÉäÅé éÄùÒÀøÈàÅì."

Optional parental preparation:

  1. Note 1 – A qesitah is given as 1/24 of an ancient shëqꞋël (Beresheis, vol. 2, p. 1467, Artscroll Tanach Series), which averaged about 10 grams of silver (www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/weightsandmeasures.html). If we round-off the qesitah to 1/25 of a shëqꞋël, then the qesitah was approx. .4 grams of silver. At this valuation, 100 qesitah coins totaled approx. 40 grams of silver. You can find today's valuation of the field by accessing today's prices of silver/gram, in your currency, on the internet – a bit less than US $20 in late 2015. Return to text
  2. Note 2 – Namely, relatives of Lâ•vânꞋ and the Aramaeans as well as relatives of Ei•sauꞋ, the Patriarch-Chief of Ë•dōmꞋ. Return to text

Questions you might anticipate that your child might raise and be prepared to discuss:

  1. How much is 40 grams? What is silver and why was silver valuable?
  2. How does the name of Ya•a•qovꞋ's settlement on the outskirts of ShᵊkhëmꞋ presage the Shᵊm•aꞋ? (Answer is in the pop-up balloons and links; hover your cursor over, and click on, the words in the name.)
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