8-11. El nacimiento de Abraham- version 1: La mujer de Terah

We mentioned that the figure of Abraham, the first circumcised Israelite, is central to the brit milah. This copla, mentioning Abraham’s mother and his father, Terah, is based on a midrashic interpretation of Abraham’s birth. Terah’s wife was pregnant. She changed and grew pale; although she knew the cause, she did not reveal her situation even to her husband. She wandered through fields and vineyards, suffering birth pains, and finally gave birth to Abraham in a cave. The song continues with the story of Abraham’s old age (at a hundred years) and about his wife, Sarah (at the age of ninety), their son, Isaac, and the Biblical story of Isaac’s binding.