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THE TRIALS OF ABRAHAM
(
continued
)
T
HE
seventh trial (was as follows): "After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying" (Gen. 15:1). To all the prophets He was revealed in a vision, but to Abraham He was revealed in a revelation and in a vision. Whence do we know of the revelation? Because it is said, "And the Lord
appeared
unto him by the oaks of Mamre" (Gen. 18:1). Whence do we know of the vision? Because it is said, "After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a
vision
" (Gen. 15:1)…
Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 28:1
THE WORD OF THE ETERNAL CAME UNTO ABRAM IN A VISION. Abraham now merited that the word of G-d should come to him in a daytime vision for at first his prophecy came to him in nocturnal visions. The meaning of the word
bemachzeh
(in a vision) is as in the meaning of the verse,
And all the people saw the thunderings
, and the secret thereof is known to those who are learned in the mysteries of the Torah.
Ramban on Genesis 15:1:1
Another instance we find in Daniel. It is first stated there: “Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed” (Dan. 7:1). The whole allegory is then given, and Daniel is described as sighing that he did not know its interpretation. He asks the angel for an explanation, and he received it in a prophetic vision. He relates as follows: “I came near unto one of those that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things” (ibid. ver. 16)…
Guide for the Perplexed, Part 2 43:2
(3) The third class is the lowest [class of actual prophets, i.e.] of those who introduce their speech by the phrase, “And the word of the Lord came unto me,” or a similar phrase. The prophet sees an allegory in a dream—under those conditions which we have mentioned when speaking of real prophecy—and in the prophetic dream itself the allegory is interpreted. Such are most of the allegories of Zechariah. (4) The prophet hears in a prophetic dream something clearly and distinctly, but does not see the speaker…
Guide for the Perplexed, Part 2 45:7-9
THE three verbs raah, hibbit, and ḥazah, which denote “he perceived with the eye,” are also used figuratively in the sense of intellectual perception. As regards the first of these verbs this is well known, e.g., And he looked (va-yar) and behold a well in the field” (Gen. 29:2) here it signifies ocular perception: “yea, my heart has seen (raah) much of wisdom and of knowledge” (Eccles. 1:16); in this passage it refers to the intellectual perception. In this figurative sense the verb is to be understood, when applied to God e.g…
Guide for the Perplexed, Part 1 4:1-4
“The word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying” – it is referred to by ten expressions: a prophecy, a vision, preaching, speaking, saying, a command, a burden, a parable, a metaphor, an enigma. Which is the harshest of them all? Rabbi Eliezer said: Vision, as it is stated: “A harsh vision was told to me” (Isaiah 21:2). Rabbi Yoḥanan said: Speaking, as it is stated: “The man, lord of the land, spoke harshly with us” (Genesis 42:30). The Rabbis said: Burden, as is its plain sense: “Like an onerous burden, they are too heavy for me” (Psalms 38:5)…
Bereshit Rabbah 44:6
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