Luke 16:22

And it came to pass that El'azar died, and he was carried away by the malachim to the tish at the kheyk (bosom) of Avraham Avinu. And then the oisher (rich man) died also, and he was buried.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;

In Context

21And the ish oni El'azar longed to fill his mogen (stomach) with what fell from the oisherʼs tish. But even the kelevim (dogs) were coming and licking the sores of the ish oni (poor man).

23And lifting up his eynayim in Sheol, where he was in the torments of agony, he sees Avraham Avinu off in the distance and El'azar at tish at his kheyk (bosom).

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Cross References

2 Kings 9:34And when he went in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see now this arurah (cursed woman), and bury her; for she is a Bat Melech.

Job 21:13They spend their yamim in tov, 1 and in a moment go down to Sheol. 1

Psalms 49:6Why should I fear in the days of rah, 1 when the avon (iniquity) of my akev (supplanters, deceivers) surrounds me? 1

Psalms 73:18Surely Thou didst set them in slippery places; 1 Thou castedst them down into mashu'ot (ruins, destruction). 1

Proverbs 14:32The reshah is banished in his ra'ah, 1 but the tzaddik hath refuge in his mot (death). 1

Isaiah 14:18Kol melachim (all kings) of the Goyim, even all of them, lie in kavod, 1 every one in his own bais (house, i.e., tomb). 1

Matthew Henry on Luke 16:20-31

The Rich Man and Lazarus. 19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: 20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, 21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. 22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; 23 And in hell he lift up… Read the whole commentary →

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