Our parasha includes a description of possibly the first shidduch (arranged marriage) in history. With the death of his beloved Sarah, Abraham turns his attention to the future and sends his ...

Abraham, his son, becomes the first patriarch, followed by Isaac and then Jacob. A second son, Haran, is Sarah’s father (Rashi, 11:29). And Rebecca, Rachel, and Leah descend from Nachor, Terach ...