Design Thinking Texts

(8) And he said: ‘Hagar, Sarai’s handmaid, whence camest thou? and whither goest thou?’ And she said: ‘I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.’

The angel certainly knows where Hagar was coming from, rather the angel asked in order to give Hagar an opening to enter into speech. The language of "Where have you come from," this is the place that allows Hagar to say, "this is what I have come from."

There is a Baraitha to the effect that R. Simeon the Holy said, These are nine hundred and seventy-four generations, which were held back from being created before the world was created, and so were not created.

(1) And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: (2) ’See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; (3) and I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, (4) to devise skilful works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, (5) and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all manner of workmanship. (6) And I, behold, I have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the hearts of all that are wise-hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee:

How old was Bezalel when he worked on the mishkan? He was 13.