1
Yoaqim is introduced as wealthy and generous in Yisra'el.
2
He brings abundant offerings, expecting the first portion of his gifts to be accepted.
3
Re'uven rebukes him, saying that one without seed should not present himself first.
4
Yoaqim is deeply ashamed.
5
He searches the records of Yisra'el to see whether the righteous were ever denied descendants.
6
Remembering Avraham and Sarah, he withdraws into the wilderness.
7
He fasts there forty days and nights, praying that Elohim Himself become his food and drink.