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Eliezer (, "Help/Court of El") was the name of at least three different individuals in the Bible. == Eliezer of Israel == Eliezer of Israel () was, according to the Targums, the son of Nimrod.〔Targum Jonathan Bereishit, 14:14〕 Eliezer was head of the patriarch Abraham's household, as mentioned in the Book of Genesis (15:2). Other translations of Genesis describe Eliezer as Abraham's heir. There is an interpretation in Bereshit Rabbah (43:2), cited by Rashi, that Eliezer went alone with Abraham to rescue Lot, with the reference to "his initiates" stated to be 318 in number (Lech-Lecha 14:14) being the numerical value of Eliezer's name in Hebrew, interpreted in tractate Nedarim (32a) as Abraham not wishing to rely on a miracle by taking only one individual.〔Herczeg, Y.I.Z, ''The Torah: with Rashi's commentary'', Vol.1, Mesorah Publications, New York, 2000, p.138〕 According to most interpretations, the unnamed "...slave, the elder of the household, who controlled all that was his" in Genesis (Chayei Sarah) 24:2 who acted as a marriage broker (''shadchan''; (ヘブライ語:שַׁדְּכָן) ''shadkhán'') for Isaac was this Eliezer אליעזר זה אני 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eliezer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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