on her shoulder; however, the JPS and the JB both state that Abraham put the food and water on her shoulder, together with the child. 15: Referring to Ishmael, the CEV stated Hagar "put", the REB uses "thrust", the JB states she "cast", and the JPS uses "left" The JB uses shrub, rather than the more common "bush"16: The CEV uses "a long way off" and doesn't use the term "a bowshot distant, as the others. Also, each bible differs with their terms for crying, weeping, or bursting into tears. 17: Both the JB and the JPS state that God has heard the boy crying "where he is", while the CEV does not use the phrase "where he is" and the REB uses "where you laid him". 18: In all texts, first part of sentence minor variations. JB and REB use "make him a great nation", while JPS says "make a great nation of him", and CEV says "make him the father of a great nation.". 19: CEV alone omits the phrase, "God opened her eyes". 20: (CEV combines verses 20 & 21) CEV states "God blessed Ishmael" and uses the term "expert with his bow and arrows". The other texts state "God was with [Ishmael]. JB and REB use the terms "became and archer", while JPS uses "bowman". 21: REB and JPS states that "his mother got a wife for him from", while the CEV states that "his mother chose an Egyptian woman for him to marry". JB states that "his mother took him a wife out of the land of Mizrayim."C. Literary Form: NarrativeD. Summary of Scholarly CommentariesGenesis, Chapter 21:1-12, is recited on the first day of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year (which is why I chose do this particular pericope, or parsha), while Genesis 22 is read on the second day. Various reasons have been given for the choice of the Torah reading on this the holy day. The opening sentence, 21:1, "The Lord took note", fits with the holy day theme of remembrance (sichronot), and that Gen. 22 was chosen because of the Ram (connecting it with the blowing of the Shofar). However, there ma...
