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Torah Reading
Genesis 12:1 - 17:27
Haftarah
Isaiah 40:27 - 41:16
In this Torah portion, God makes a covenant with Abram promising to make his descendants a great nation. God changes Abram’s name to Abraham. Abraham has a child with Hagar and names him Ishmael. God then promises Abraham’s barren wife, Sarah, that she will have a child.
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