מי יורש קנייני אלוה כ״אWho is the Heir of Divine Things 21
א׳
1[100] But it is not enough for the lover of wisdom to have high hopes and vast expectations through the oracular promises. If he does not know in what way he will attain the succession of the heritage, it irks him greatly; so thirsty is he for knowledge and insatiate of it. And therefore he asks, “Master, by what shall I know that I shall inherit it?” (Gen. 15:8).
ב׳
2[101] Now perhaps it may be said that this question is inconsistent with the belief ascribed to him. It is the doubter, we may be told, who feels difficulties; what the believer does is to cease from further questioning. We must say, then, that the difficulties and the fact of belief are both there, but do not apply to the same subject. Far from it! He has believed that he will be the inheritor of wisdom; he merely asks how this shall come to pass. That it will come to pass is a fact that he has completely and firmly grasped in virtue of the divine promises.
ג׳
3[102] And so his Teacher praising the desire for learning which he shews, begins His instruction with a rudimentary lesson, in which the first and most vital words are “take for me” (Gen. 15:9). A short phrase, but with a wide meaning, for it suggests not a few thoughts.
ד׳
4[103] First it says to us “you have no good thing of your own, but whatever you think you have, Another has provided.” Hence we infer that all things are the possession of Him who gives, not of creation the beggar, who ever holds out her hands to take.
ה׳
5[104] The second is “even if you take, take not for yourself, but count that which is given a loan or trust and render it back to Him who entrusted and leased it to you, thus as is fit and just requiting goodwill with goodwill.” His was the earlier, yours is the later; His made the advance, yours shall repay.
