Bereishit - Genesis - Chapter 30
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| 1And Rachel saw that she had not borne [any children] to Jacob, and Rachel envied her sister, and she said to Jacob, "Give me children, and if not, I am dead." | ××•Ö·×ªÖµÖ¼Ö£×¨Ö¶× ×¨Ö¸×—ÖµÖ—×œ ×›Ö´Ö¼Ö£×™ ×œÖ¹Ö¤× ×™Ö¸Ö½×œÖ°×“Ö¸×”Ö™ לְיַֽעֲקֹ֔ב ×•Ö·×ªÖ°Ö¼×§Ö·× ÖµÖ¼Ö¥× ×¨Ö¸×—ÖµÖ–×œ בַּֽ×ֲחֹתָ֑הּ וַתֹּ֤×מֶר ×ֶל־יַֽעֲקֹב֙ הָֽבָה־לִּ֣י ×‘Ö¸× Ö´Ö”×™× ×•Ö°×Ö´×Ö¾×ַ֖יִן מֵתָ֥ה ×Ö¸× Ö¹Ö½×›Ö´×™: | |
| and Rachel envied her sister: She envied her good deeds. She said, “If she had not been more righteous than I, she would not have merited children” (Gen. Rabbah 71:5). | ×•×ª×§× × ×¨×—×œ ב×חותה: ×§× ××” במעשיה הטובי×, ×מרה ×לולי שצדקה ×ž×ž× ×™ ×œ× ×–×›×ª×” ×œ×‘× ×™×: | |
| Give me: Did your father [not] do that for your mother? Did he not pray for her?- [from Gen. Rabbah 71:7] | הבה לי: וכי כך עשה ×ביך ל×מך, ×•×”×œ× ×”×ª×¤×œ×œ עליה: | |
| I am dead: From here [we learn] that whoever has no children is counted as dead. — [from Gen. Rabbah 71:6] | מתה ×× ×›×™: מכ×ן למי ש×ין לו ×‘× ×™× ×©×—×©×•×‘ כמת: | |
| 2And Jacob became angry with Rachel, and he said, "Am I instead of God, Who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?" | בוַיִּֽחַר־×Ö·Ö¥×£ יַֽעֲקֹ֖ב בְּרָחֵ֑ל וַיֹּ֗×מֶר הֲתַ֤חַת ×ֱלֹהִי×Ö™ ×Ö¸× Ö¹Ö”×›Ö´×™ ×ֲשֶ××¨Ö¾×žÖ¸× Ö·Ö¥×¢ מִמֵּ֖ךְ פְּרִי־בָֽטֶן: | |
| Am I instead of God: Am I in His place? | התחת ×-×œ×”×™× ×× ×›×™: וכי במקומו ×× ×™: | |
| Who has withheld from you: You say that I should do as my father did. I am not like my father. My father had no sons [at the time he prayed], but I have sons. [It is thus apparent that] He has withheld [children] from you, not from me. — [from Gen. Rabbah 71:7] | ×שר ×ž× ×¢ ממך: ×ת ×מרת ש×עשה ×›×ב×, ×× ×™ ××™× ×™ ×›×ב×, ××‘× ×œ× ×”×™×• לו ×‘× ×™× ×× ×™ יש לי ×‘× ×™×, ממך ×ž× ×¢ ×•×œ× ×ž×ž× ×™: | |
| 3So she said, "Here is my maidservant Bilhah; come to her, and she will bear [children] on my knees, so that I, too, will be built up from her." | גוַתֹּ֕×מֶר ×”Ö´× ÖµÖ¼Ö›×” ×ֲמָתִ֥י בִלְהָ֖ה ×‘Ö¹Ö¼Ö£× ×ֵלֶ֑יהָ וְתֵלֵד֙ עַל־בִּרְכַּ֔י וְ×Ö´×‘Ö¸Ö¼× Ö¶Ö¥×” ×’Ö·×Ö¾×Ö¸Ö½× Ö¹×›Ö´Ö–×™ ×žÖ´×žÖ¶Ö¼Ö½× Ö¸Ö¼×”: | |
| on my knees: As the Targum renders: and I will rear [them]. | על ברכי: כתרגומו ו×× × ×רבי: | |
| so that I, too, will be built up: What is [the meaning of] “too” ? She said to him, “Your grandfather Abraham had sons from Hagar; yet he girded his loins (he prayed fervently) on Sarah’s behalf.” He replied, “My grandmother brought her rival into her house.” She said, “If this matter is holding things up (prevents me from having children), here is my maidservant.” - [from Gen. Rabbah 71:7] | ו××‘× ×” ×’× ×× ×›×™: מהו ×’×, ×מרה לו ×–×§× ×š ××‘×¨×”× ×”×™×• לו ×‘× ×™× ×ž×”×’×¨, וחגר ×ž×ª× ×™×• ×›× ×’×“ שרה, ×מר לה ×–×§× ×ª×™ ×”×›× ×™×¡×” צרתה לביתה, ×מרה לו ×× ×”×“×‘×¨ ×”×–×” מעכב, ×”× ×” ×מתי בלהה: | |
| so that I, too, will be built up from her: like Sarah. — [from Gen. Rabbah 71:7] | ו××‘× ×” ×’× ×× ×›×™ ×ž×ž× ×”: כשרה: | |
| 4So she gave him her maidservant Bilhah for a wife, and Jacob came to her. | דוַתִּתֶּן־ל֛וֹ ×ֶת־בִּלְהָ֥ה שִ×פְחָתָ֖הּ לְ×ִשָּ×Ö‘×” ×•Ö·×™Ö¸Ö¼×‘Ö¹Ö¥× ×ֵלֶ֖יהָ יַֽעֲקֹֽב: | |
| 5And Bilhah conceived, and she bore Jacob a son. | הוַתַּ֣הַר בִּלְהָ֔ה וַתֵּ֥לֶד לְיַֽעֲקֹ֖ב בֵּֽן: | |
| 6And Rachel said, "God has judged me, and He has also hearkened to my voice and has given me a son"; so she named him Dan. | ווַתֹּ֤×מֶר רָחֵל֨ ×“Ö¸Ö¼× Ö·Ö£× Ö´Ö¼×™ ×Ö±×œÖ¹×”Ö´Ö”×™× ×•Ö°×’Ö·×Ö™ שָ×מַ֣ע בְּקֹלִ֔י וַיִּתֶּן־לִ֖י בֵּ֑ן עַל־כֵּ֛ן קָֽרְ×Ö¸Ö¥×” שְ×מ֖וֹ דָּֽן: | |
| God has judged me: He judged me, declared me guilty, and then declared me innocent. — [from Gen. Rabbah 71:7]. | ×“× × ×™ ×-להי×: ×“× × ×™ ×•×—×™×™×‘× ×™ ×•×–×›× ×™: | |
| 7And Bilhah, Rachel's maidservant, conceived again and bore Jacob a second son. | זוַתַּ֣הַר ע֔וֹד וַתֵּ֕לֶד בִּלְהָ֖ה שִ×פְחַ֣ת רָחֵ֑ל בֵּ֥ן שֵ×× Ö´Ö–×™ לְיַֽעֲקֹֽב: | |
| 8And Rachel said, "[With] divine bonds I have been joined to my sister; I have also prevailed"; so she named him Naftali. | חוַתֹּ֣×מֶר רָחֵ֗ל × Ö·×¤Ö°×ªÖ¼×•Ö¼×œÖµÖ¨×™ ×Ö±×œÖ¹×”Ö´Ö§×™× | × Ö´×¤Ö°×ªÖ·Ö¼Ö›×œÖ°×ªÖ´Ö¼×™ ×¢Ö´×Ö¾×ֲחֹתִ֖י ×’Ö·Ö¼×־יָכֹ֑לְתִּי ×•Ö·×ªÖ´Ö¼×§Ö°×¨Ö¸Ö¥× ×©Ö°×מ֖וֹ × Ö·×¤Ö°×ªÖ¸Ö¼×œÖ´Ö½×™: | |
| divine bonds: Heb. × Ö·×¤Ö°×ªÖ¼×•Ö¼×œÖµ×™ ×ֱלֹהִי×. Menachem ben Saruk (p. 147) classified it in the grouping of Num. 19:15,“a cover bound (פָּתִיל) .” With bonds from the Omnipresent, I have joined my sister to merit children. But I interpret it as an expression of“perverse and crooked (וּפְתַלְתֹּל).” (Deut. 32:5). I have stubbornly pleaded many tortuous pleas to the Omnipresent to be equal to my sister. | × ×¤×ª×•×œ×™ ×-להי×: ×ž× ×—× ×‘×Ÿ סרוק פירשו במחברת (במדבר יט טו) צמיד פתיל, חבורי×, מ×ת ×”×ž×§×•× × ×ª×—×‘×¨×ª×™ ×¢× ×חותי לזכות ×œ×‘× ×™×. ו×× ×™ מפרשו לשון (×“×‘×¨×™× ×œ×‘ ×”) עקש ופתלתול, × ×ª×¢×§×©×ª×™ והפצרתי פצירות ×•× ×¤×ª×•×œ×™× ×”×¨×‘×” ×œ×ž×§×•× ×œ×”×™×•×ª שוה ל×חותי: | |
| I have also prevailed: He yielded to my importunities. Onkelos, however, rendered it as an expression of prayer (תְּפִלָּה) : × Ö·×¤Ö°×ªÖ¼×•Ö¼×œÖµ×™ ×Ö±×œÖ¹×”Ö´×™× × Ö´×¤Ö°×ªÖ·Ö¼×œÖ°×ªÖ´Ö¼×™. Requests beloved to Him were accepted on my behalf, and I was answered like my sister. | ×’× ×™×›×œ×ª×™: ×”×¡×›×™× ×¢×œ ידי. ו××•× ×§×œ×•×¡ ×ª×¨×’× ×œ×©×•×Ÿ תפילה, כמו × ×¤×ª×•×œ×™ ×-להי×, × ×ª×¤×œ×œ×ª×™ בקשות החביבות ×œ×¤× ×™×•, × ×ª×§×‘×œ×ª×™ ×•× ×¢×ª×¨×ª×™ ×›×חותי: | |
| × Ö´×¤Ö°×ªÖ·Ö¼×œÖ°×ªÖ´Ö¼×™: means my prayer was accepted. There are many aggadic midrashim that interpret this phrase with the method of notarikon, (i.e., each group of letters represents a word). | × ×¤×ª×œ×ª×™: × ×ª×§×‘×œ×” תפלתי. ומדרש ×גדה יש ×¨×‘×™× ×‘×œ×©×•×Ÿ × ×•×˜×¨×™×§×•×Ÿ: | |
| 9When Leah saw that she had stopped bearing [children], she took her maidservant Zilpah, and gave her to Jacob for a wife. | ×˜×•Ö·×ªÖµÖ¼Ö£×¨Ö¶× ×œÖµ×Ö¸Ö”×” ×›Ö´Ö¼Ö¥×™ עָֽמְדָ֖ה מִלֶּ֑דֶת וַתִּקַּח֙ ×ֶת־זִלְפָּ֣ה שִ×פְחָתָ֔הּ וַתִּתֵּ֥ן ×ֹתָ֛הּ לְיַֽעֲקֹ֖ב לְ×ִשָּֽ××”: | |
| 10And Zilpah, Leah's maidservant, bore Jacob a son. | יוַתֵּ֗לֶד זִלְפָּ֛ה שִ×פְחַ֥ת לֵ×Ö¸Ö–×” לְיַֽעֲקֹ֥ב בֵּֽן: | |
| And Zilpah…bore: In the case of all of them (i.e., all Jacob’s wives), conception is mentioned, except for Zilpah, because she was the youngest of them all and so young in years that her pregnancy was not noticed. In order to deceive Jacob, Laban gave her to Leah, so that he would not perceive that they were bringing in Leah, for this was their custom, to give the older maidservant to the older [daughter] and the younger [maidservant] to the younger [daughter]. — [from Gen. Rabbah 71: 9] | ותלד זלפה: בכולן × ×מר הריון חוץ מזלפה לפי שהיתה בחורה מכולן ×•×ª×™× ×•×§×ª ×‘×©× ×™× ×•×ין הריון × ×™×›×¨ בה, וכדי לרמות ליעקב × ×ª× ×” לבן לל××” ×©×œ× ×™×‘×™×Ÿ ×©×ž×›× ×™×¡×™×Ÿ לו ×ת ל××”, שכך ×ž× ×”×’ ליתן שפחה גדולה לגדולה ×•×§×˜× ×” ×œ×§×˜× ×”: | |
| 11And Leah said, "Luck has come"; so she named him Gad. | ×™×וַתֹּ֥×מֶר לֵ×Ö¸Ö–×” ×‘Ö¸Ö¼Ö£× ×’Ö¸Ö‘×“ (כתיב בגד) ×•Ö·×ªÖ´Ö¼×§Ö°×¨Ö¸Ö¥× ×ֶת־שְ×מ֖וֹ גָּֽד: | |
| “Luck has come”: Heb. ×‘Ö¸Ö¼× ×’Ö¸Ö¼×“. Good luck has come [Targum Jonathan ben Uzziel] similar to (Shab. 67b)“ May my fate be lucky (גָד גַדִּי) and not fatigued,” and similar to this (Isa. 65:11), “who set a table for Gad.” According to the Aggadah [Midrash Aggadah in the name of“some say”], he was born circumcised גָּד, meaning “cut off”), like Dan. 4:11,“cut down (גֹּדוּ) the tree,” but I do not know why it is written as one word (בָּגָד) [in our verse]. Another explanation: Why is it read as one word? בָּגָד is like בָּגַדְתּ ָבִּי, you betrayed me when you came to my handmaid, as a man who has betrayed (בָּגַד) the wife of his youth. | ×‘× ×’×“: ×‘× ×ž×–×œ טוב, כמו (שבת סז ב) גד גדי ×•×¡× ×•×§ ל×, ודומה לו (ישעיה סה ×™×) ×”×¢×•×¨×›×™× ×œ×’×“ שלחן. ומדרש ×גדה ×©× ×•×œ×“ מהול, כמו (×“× ×™×ל ד ×›) גדו ××™×œ× ×, ×•×œ× ×™×“×¢×ª×™ על מה × ×›×ª×‘×” תיבה ×חת. דבר ×חר למה × ×§×¨×ת תיבה ×חת בגד, כמו בגדת בי כשב×ת ×ל שפחתי, ×›×יש שבגד ב×שת × ×¢×•×¨×™×: | |
| 12And Zilpah, Leah's maidservant, bore Jacob a second son. | יבוַתֵּ֗לֶד זִלְפָּה֙ שִ×פְחַ֣ת לֵ×Ö¸Ö”×” בֵּ֥ן שֵ×× Ö´Ö–×™ לְיַֽעֲקֹֽב: | |
| 13And Leah said, "Because of my good fortune, for women have declared me fortunate"; so she named him Asher. | יגוַתֹּ֣×מֶר לֵ×Ö¸Ö”×” בְּ×ָשְ×רִ֕י ×›Ö´Ö¼Ö¥×™ ×ִשְּ××¨Ö–×•Ö¼× Ö´×™ ×‘Ö¸Ö¼× Ö‘×•Ö¹×ª ×•Ö·×ªÖ´Ö¼×§Ö°×¨Ö¸Ö¥× ×ֶת־שְ×מ֖וֹ ×ָשֵֽ×ר: | |
| 14Reuben went in the days of the wheat harvest, and he found dudaim in the field and brought them to Leah, his mother, and Rachel said to Leah, "Now give me some of your son's dudaim." | ידוַיֵּ֨לֶךְ רְ×וּבֵ֜ן בִּימֵ֣י ×§Ö°×¦Ö´Ö½×™×¨Ö¾×—Ö´×˜Ö´Ö¼Ö—×™× ×•Ö·×™Ö´Ö¼×žÖ°×¦Ö¸Ö¤× ×“Ö½×•Ö¼×“Ö¸×Ö´×™×Ö™ בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה ×•Ö·×™Ö¸Ö¼×‘ÖµÖ£× ×Ö¹×ªÖ¸Ö”× ×ֶל־לֵ×Ö¸Ö–×” ×ִמּ֑וֹ וַתֹּ֤×מֶר רָחֵל֨ ×ֶל־לֵ×Ö¸Ö”×” ×ªÖ°Ö¼× Ö´×™Ö¾× Ö¸Ö£× ×œÖ´Ö”×™ מִדּֽוּדָ×ÖµÖ–×™ ×‘Ö°Ö¼× ÖµÖ½×šÖ°: | |
| in the days of the wheat harvest: [This is] to tell the praise of the [progenitors of] the tribes. It was harvest time, and he did not stretch out his hand upon stolen property, to bring wheat or barley, but only upon an ownerless thing, which no one cares about. — [from Gen. Rabbah 72: 2] | בימי קציר חטי×: להגיד שבחן של שבטי×, שעת הקציר ×”×™×” ×•×œ× ×¤×©×˜ ידו בגזל ×œ×”×‘×™× ×—×˜×™× ×•×©×¢×•×¨×™× ××œ× ×“×‘×¨ ההפקר ש×ין ××“× ×ž×§×¤×™×“ בו: | |
| dudaim: (Sanh. 99b) Sigli. This is an herb, [called] jasmine in Arabic. | דוד××™×: סיגלי, עשב ×”×•× ×•×‘×œ×©×•×Ÿ ישמע×ל יסמי"ן: | |
| 15And she said to her, "Is it a small matter that you have taken my husband, that [you wish] also to take my son's dudaim?" So Rachel said, "Therefore, he shall sleep with you tonight as payment for your son's dudaim." | טווַתֹּ֣×מֶר לָ֗הּ הַֽמְעַט֙ קַחְתֵּ֣ךְ ×ֶת־×ִישִ×Ö”×™ וְלָקַ֕חַת ×’Ö·Ö¼Ö¥× ×ֶת־דּֽוּדָ×ÖµÖ–×™ ×‘Ö°Ö¼× Ö´Ö‘×™ וַתֹּ֣×מֶר רָחֵ֗ל לָכֵן֙ יִשְ×כַּ֤ב עִמָּךְ֙ הַלַּ֔יְלָה תַּ֖חַת דּֽוּדָ×ÖµÖ¥×™ ×‘Ö°× ÖµÖ½×šÖ°: | |
| that [you wish] also to take my son’s dudaim?: This is a question: and [do you wish] to do this also, to take also my son’s dudaim? The Targum for this is וּלְמֵיסַב, and to take. | ולקחת ×’× ×ת דוד××™ ×‘× ×™: בתמיה, ולעשות עוד ×–×ת ליקח ×’× ×ת דוד××™ ×‘× ×™ ותרגומו ולמיסב: | |
| Therefore, he shall sleep with you tonight: Tonight’s cohabitation belonged to me, but I will give it to you in lieu of your son’s dudaim. Since she treated the cohabitation of the righteous man lightly, she did not merit to be buried with him. — [from Gen. Rabbah 72:3] | לכן ישכב עמך הלילה: שלי היתה שכיבת לילה זו ו×× ×™ × ×•×ª× ×” לך תחת דוד××™ ×‘× ×š. ולפי שזלזלה במשכב הצדיק ×œ× ×–×›×ª×” להקבר עמו: | |
| 16When Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah came forth toward him, and she said, "You shall come to me, because I have hired you with my son's dudaim," and he slept with her on that night. | ×˜×–×•Ö·×™Ö¸Ö¼×‘Ö¹Ö¨× ×™Ö·Ö½×¢Ö²×§Ö¹Ö¥×‘ מִן־הַשָּׂדֶה֘ בָּעֶ֒רֶב֒ ×•Ö·×ªÖµÖ¼×¦ÖµÖ¨× ×œÖµ×ָ֜ה לִקְרָ×ת֗וֹ וַתֹּ֨×מֶר֙ ×ֵלַ֣י ×ªÖ¸Ö¼×‘Ö”×•Ö¹× ×›Ö´Ö¼Öš×™ שָׂכֹ֣ר שְׂכַרְתִּ֔יךָ בְּדֽוּדָ×ÖµÖ–×™ ×‘Ö°Ö¼× Ö´Ö‘×™ וַיִּשְ×כַּ֥ב עִמָּ֖הּ בַּלַּ֥יְלָה הֽוּ×: | |
| I have hired you: I gave Rachel her payment. — [from Targum Jonathan] | שכר שכרתיך: × ×ª×ª×™ לרחל שכרה: | |
| on that night: Heb. בָּלַיְלָה הוּ×. The Holy One, blessed be He, assisted that Issachar should be born from that union. — [from Niddah 31a] | בלילה הו×: הקב"×” סייע ×©×™×¦× ×ž×©× ×™×©×©×›×¨: | |
| 17And God hearkened to Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son. | יזוַיִּשְ×מַ֥ע ×Ö±×œÖ¹×”Ö´Ö–×™× ×ֶל־לֵ×Ö¸Ö‘×” וַתַּ֛הַר וַתֵּ֥לֶד לְיַֽעֲקֹ֖ב בֵּ֥ן חֲמִישִֽ××™: | |
| And God hearkened to Leah: That she desired and was seeking means to increase the number of tribes. — [from Gen. Rabbah 72:5] | וישמע ×-×œ×”×™× ×ל ל××”: שהיתה מת×וה ומחזרת להרבות שבטי×: | |
| 18And Leah said, "God has given [me] my reward for I have given my maidservant to my husband"; so she named him Issachar. | יחוַתֹּ֣×מֶר לֵ×Ö¸Ö—×” × Ö¸×ªÖ·Ö¤×Ÿ ×ֱלֹהִי×Ö™ שְׂכָרִ֔י ×ֲשֶ××¨Ö¾× Ö¸×ªÖ·Ö¥×ªÖ´Ö¼×™ שִ×פְחָתִ֖י לְ×ִישִ×Ö‘×™ ×•Ö·×ªÖ´Ö¼×§Ö°×¨Ö¸Ö¥× ×©Ö°×מ֖וֹ יִשָּׂשכָֽר: | |
| 19And Leah conceived again, and she bore Jacob a sixth son. | יטוַתַּ֥הַר ע֖וֹד לֵ×Ö¸Ö‘×” וַתֵּ֥לֶד בֵּֽן־שִ×שִּ×Ö–×™ לְיַֽעֲקֹֽב: | |
| 20And Leah said, "God has given me a good portion. This time, my husband will live with me, for I have borne him six sons"; so she named him Zebulun. | כוַתֹּ֣×מֶר לֵ×Ö¸Ö—×” ×–Ö°×‘Ö¸×“Ö·Ö¨× Ö´×™ ×Ö±×œÖ¹×”Ö´Ö¥×™× | ×ֹתִי֘ זֶ֣בֶד טוֹב֒ הַפַּ֨עַ×Ö™ ×™Ö´×–Ö°×‘Ö°Ö¼×œÖµÖ£× Ö´×™ ×ִישִ×Ö”×™ כִּֽי־יָלַ֥דְתִּי ל֖וֹ שִ×שָּ×Ö£×” ×‘Ö¸× Ö´Ö‘×™× ×•Ö·×ªÖ´Ö¼×§Ö°×¨Ö¸Ö¥× ×ֶת־שְ×מ֖וֹ זְבֻלֽוּן: | |
| a good portion: Heb. זֶבֶד טוֹב. [To be interpreted] according to its Aramaic translation [חוּלַק טַב, a good portion]. | זבד טוב: כתרגומו: | |
| will live with me: An expression of a dwelling place; herberjerie in O.F.; lodging, abode, home. From now on, his principal dwelling will be only with me, because I have as many sons as all his [other] wives have. | ×™×–×‘×œ× ×™: לשון (×ž×œ×›×™× ×' ×— ×™×’) בית זבול הירביריירי×"×” בלע"×– [×œ×™× ×”] בית מדור. מעתה ×œ× ×ª×”× ×¢×™×§×¨ דירתו ××œ× ×¢×ž×™ שיש לי ×‘× ×™× ×›× ×’×“ כל × ×©×™×•: | |
| 21And afterwards, she bore a daughter, and she named her Dinah. | ×›×וְ×ַחַ֖ר יָ֣לְדָה בַּ֑ת ×•Ö·×ªÖ´Ö¼×§Ö°×¨Ö¸Ö¥× ×ֶת־שְ×מָ֖הּ ×“Ö´Ö¼×™× Ö¸Ö½×”: | |
| Dinah: Our Sages explained that Leah pronounced judgment (×“Ö¸Ö¼× Ö¸×”) upon herself. [She reasoned:] If this is a male, my sister Rachel will not be [esteemed even] as one of the handmaids. So she prayed over him, and he was turned into a female (Ber. 60a). | ×“×™× ×”: פירשו ×¨×‘×•×ª×™× ×• ×©×“× ×” ל××” דין בעצמה ×× ×–×” זכר ×œ× ×ª×”× ×¨×—×œ ×חותי ×›×חת השפחות, והתפללה עליו ×•× ×”×¤×š ×œ× ×§×‘×”: | |
| 22And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and He opened her womb. | כבוַיִּזְכֹּ֥ר ×Ö±×œÖ¹×”Ö´Ö–×™× ×ֶת־רָחֵ֑ל וַיִּשְ×מַ֤ע ×ֵלֶ֨יהָ֙ ×Ö±×œÖ¹×”Ö´Ö”×™× ×•Ö·×™Ö´Ö¼×¤Ö°×ªÖ·Ö¼Ö–×— ×ֶת־רַחְמָֽהּ: | |
| And God remembered Rachel: (Gen. Rabbah 73:4) He remembered for her that she gave over her signs to her sister [Leah] and that she was troubled lest she fall into Esau’s lot, perhaps Jacob would divorce her because she had no children. The wicked Esau also got that idea when he heard that she had no children. This is what the paytan incorporated [into his poem for the first day of Rosh Hashanah, entitled ×ֶבֶן חוּג]: When the ruddy one (Esau) saw that she (Rachel) had not experienced birth pangs, he wished to take her for himself, and she was terrified. | ויזכר ×-×œ×”×™× ×ת רחל: זכר לה שמסרה ×¡×™×ž× ×™×” ל×חותה, ושהיתה מצירה ×©×œ× ×ª×¢×œ×” בגורלו של עשו ×©×ž× ×™×’×¨×©× ×” יעקב לפי ש×ין לה ×‘× ×™×, ו××£ עשו הרשע כך עלה בלבו כששמע ש×ין לה ×‘× ×™×. ×”×•× ×©×™×™×¡×“ הפייט (קרובות דר"×” שחרית) ×”×דמון כבט ×©×œ× ×—×œ×”, צבה לקחתה לו ×•× ×ª×‘×”×œ×”: | |
| 23And she conceived and bore a son, and she said, "God has taken away my reproach." | כגוַתַּ֖הַר וַתֵּ֣לֶד בֵּ֑ן וַתֹּ֕×מֶר ×ָסַ֥ף ×Ö±×œÖ¹×”Ö´Ö–×™× ×ֶת־חֶרְפָּתִֽי: | |
| has taken away: Heb. ×ָסַף He took it into a place where it would not be seen, and similarly (Isa. 4:1):“take away (×ֱסֹף) our reproach” ; (Ex. 9:19):“and will not be taken in (×™Öµ×ָסֵף) the house” ; (Joel 4:15):“have withdrawn (×ָסְפוּ) their shining” ; (Isa. 60: 20):“shall your moon be gathered in (×™Öµ×ָסֵף) ,” [meaning that] it will not be hidden. | ×סף: ×”×›× ×™×¡×” ×‘×ž×§×•× ×©×œ× ×ª×¨××” וכן (ישעיה ד ×) ×סף ×—×¨×¤×ª× ×•, (שמות ט יט) ×•×œ× ×™×סף הביתה, (יו×ל ד טו) ×ספו × ×’×”×, (ישעיה ס ×›) וירחך ×œ× ×™×סף, ×œ× ×™×˜×ž×Ÿ: | |
| my reproach: For I was put to shame, having been barren, and [people] were saying about me that I would fall to the lot of the wicked Esau (Tan. Buber, Vayetze 20). The Aggadah (Gen. Rabbah 73:5) [explains it thus:] As long as a woman has no child, she has no one to blame for her faults. As soon as she has a child, she blames him. “Who broke this dish?” “Your child!” “Who ate these figs?” “Your child!” | חרפתי: שהייתי לחרפה ש×× ×™ עקרה, והיו ××•×ž×¨×™× ×¢×œ×™ ש×עלה לחלקו של עשו הרשע. ומדרש ×גדה כל זמן ש×ין ל×שה בן ×ין לה במי לתלות ×¡×¨×—×•× ×”, משיש לה בן תולה בו. מי שבר כלי ×–×”, ×‘× ×š, מי ×כל ת×× ×™× ×לו, ×‘× ×š: | |
| 24So she named him Joseph, saying, "May the Lord grant me yet another son!" | ×›×“×•Ö·×ªÖ´Ö¼×§Ö°×¨Ö¸Ö§× ×ֶת־שְ×מ֛וֹ יוֹסֵ֖ף לֵ×מֹ֑ר יֹסֵ֧ף יְהֹוָ֛ה לִ֖י בֵּ֥ן ×ַחֵֽר: | |
| May the Lord grant me yet another son: She knew through prophecy that Jacob was destined to establish only twelve tribes. She said, “May it be His will that the one he is destined to establish be from me.” Therefore, she prayed only for another son [and no more]. — [from Gen. Rabbah 72:6] | יוסף ×”' לי בן ×חר: יודעת היתה ×‘× ×‘×•××” ש×ין יעקב עתיד להעמיד ××œ× ×©× ×™× ×¢×©×¨ שבטי×, ×מרה ×™×”×™ רצון ש×ותו ×©×”×•× ×¢×ª×™×“ להעמיד ×™×”× ×ž×ž× ×™, לכך ×œ× × ×ª×¤×œ×œ×” ××œ× ×¢×œ בן ×חר: | |
| 25It came to pass when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said to Laban, "Send me away, and I will go to my place and to my land. | כהוַיְהִ֕י ×›Ö·Ö¼Ö½×ֲשֶ×֛ר יָֽלְדָ֥ה רָחֵ֖ל ×ֶת־יוֹסֵ֑ף וַיֹּ֤×מֶר יַֽעֲקֹב֙ ×ֶל־לָבָ֔ן שַ××œÖ°Ö¼×—ÖµÖ¨× Ö´×™Ö™ וְ×ֵ֣לְכָ֔ה ×ֶל־מְקוֹמִ֖י וּלְ×ַרְצִֽי: | |
| when Rachel had borne Joseph: When the adversary of Esau was born, as it is said (Obadiah 1:18): “And the house of Jacob shall be fire and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau shall become stubble.” Fire without a flame does not burn anything a distance away. As soon as Joseph was born, Jacob trusted in the Holy One, blessed be He and desired to return [to Canaan]. — [from B.B. 123b, Targum Jonathan ben Uzziel, Gen. Rabbah 73:7] | ×›×שר ילדה רחל ×ת יוסף: ×ž×©× ×•×œ×“ ×©×˜× ×• של עשו, ×©× ×מר (עובדיה × ×™×—) והיה בית יעקב ×ש ובית יוסף להבה ובית עשו לקש, ×ש ×‘×œ× ×œ×”×‘×” ××™× ×• שולט למרחוק, ×ž×©× ×•×œ×“ יוסף בטח יעקב בהקב"×” ורצה לשוב: | |
| 26Give [me] my wives and my children for whom I worked for you, and I will go, for you know my work, which I have worked for you." | ×›×•×ªÖ°Ö¼× Ö¸Öž×” ×Ö¶×ªÖ¾× Ö¸×©Ö·×Ö£×™ וְ×ֶת־יְלָדַ֗י ×ֲשֶ×֨ר עָבַ֧דְתִּי ×ֹֽתְךָ֛ בָּהֵ֖ן וְ×ֵלֵ֑כָה ×›Ö´Ö¼Öš×™ ×ַתָּ֣ה יָדַ֔עְתָּ ×ֶת־עֲבֹֽדָתִ֖י ×ֲשֶ×֥ר עֲבַדְתִּֽיךָ: | |
| Give [me] my wives, etc.: I do not wish to leave without permission. — [from Zohar vol. 1, 158b] | ×ª× ×” ×ת × ×©×™ וגו': ××™× ×™ רוצה לצ×ת ×›×™ ×× ×‘×¨×©×•×ª: | |
| 27And Laban said to him, "If only I have now found favor in your eyes! I have divined, and the Lord has blessed me for your sake." | כזוַיֹּ֤×מֶר ×ֵלָיו֙ לָבָ֔ן ×Ö´×Ö¾× Ö¸Ö›× ×žÖ¸×¦Ö¸Ö¥×תִי חֵ֖ן ×‘Ö°Ö¼×¢Öµ×™× Ö¶Ö‘×™×šÖ¸ × Ö´×—Ö·Ö•×©Ö°×תִּי ×•Ö·×™Ö°×‘Ö¸Ö½×¨Ö²×›ÖµÖ¥× Ö´×™ יְהֹוָ֖ה בִּגְלָלֶֽךָ: | |
| I have divined: He was a diviner. [He said:] I ascertained with my divination that a blessing came to me through you. When you came here, I had no sons, as it is said (above, 29:6): “and behold, his daughter Rachel is coming with the sheep” (is it possible that he has sons, yet sends his daughter along with the shepherds?). Now, however, he had sons, as it is said (31: 1):“And he heard the words of Laban’s sons.” - [from Tanchuma Shemoth 16] | × ×—×©×ª×™: ×ž× ×—×© ×”×™×”, × ×¡×™×ª×™ ×‘× ×—×•×© שלי שעל ידך ב××” לי ברכה, כשב×ת לכ×ן ×œ× ×”×™×• לי ×‘× ×™×, ×©× ×מר (לעיל כט ו) ×•×”× ×” רחל בתו ב××” ×¢× ×”×¦×ן, ×פשר יש לו ×‘× ×™× ×•×”×•× ×©×•×œ×— בתו ×צל הרועי×, ועכשיו היו לו ×‘× ×™× ×©× ×מר (להלן ×œ× ×) וישמע ×ת דברי ×‘× ×™ לבן: | |
| 28Then he said, "Specify your wages for me, and I will give [them]." | כחוַיֹּ×מַ֑ר × Ö¸×§Ö°×‘Ö¸Ö§×” שְׂכָֽרְךָ֛ עָלַ֖י וְ×Ö¶×ªÖµÖ¼Ö½× Ö¸×”: | |
| Specify your wages: Heb. × Ö¸×§Ö°×‘Ö¸×”, [to be interpreted] as the Targum renders: ×¤Ö¸Ö¼×¨Öµ×™×©× ×גרך, specify your wages. | × ×§×‘×” שכרך: כתרגומו פריש ×גרך: | |
| 29And he said to him, "You know how I have worked for you and how your livestock was with me. | כטוַיֹּ֣×מֶר ×ֵלָ֔יו ×ַתָּ֣ה יָדַ֔עְתָּ ×ֵ֖ת ×ֲשֶ×֣ר עֲבַדְתִּ֑יךָ וְ×ֵ֛ת ×ֲשֶ×ר־הָיָ֥ה ×žÖ´×§Ö°× Ö°×šÖ¸Ö– ×ִתִּֽי: | |
| and how your livestock was with me: The small amount of your livestock that came into my hands-how many were they? | ו×ת ×שר ×”×™×” ×ž×§× ×š ×תי: ×ת חשבון מעוט ×ž×§× ×š ×©×‘× ×œ×™×“×™ מתחלה כמה היו: | |
| 30For the little that you had before me has increased in multitude, and the Lord blessed you upon my arrival; but now, when will I, too, provide [something] for my household? " | לכִּ֡י מְעַט֩ ×ֲשֶ×ר־הָיָ֨ה לְךָ֤ ×œÖ°×¤Ö¸× Ö·×™Ö™ וַיִּפְרֹ֣ץ לָרֹ֔ב וַיְבָ֧רֶךְ יְהֹוָ֛ה ×ֹֽתְךָ֖ לְרַגְלִ֑י וְעַתָּ֗ה מָתַ֛י ×ֶֽעֱשֶׂ֥ה ×’Ö·×Ö¾×Ö¸Ö½× Ö¹×›Ö´Ö–×™ לְבֵיתִֽי: | |
| upon my arrival: lit., to my foot, with my foot; because of the arrival of my foot, the blessing came to you, like (Exod. 11:8):“the people that follow you (×‘Ö°Ö¼×¨Ö·×’Ö°×œÖ¶×™î ƒ)” ; (Jud. 8:5):“to the people that follow me (בְּרַגְלִי) ,” who come with me. — [from Gen. Rabbah 73:8] | לרגלי: ×¢× ×¨×’×œ×™, בשביל בי×ת רגלי ב×ת ×צלך הברכה, כמו (שמות ×™× ×—) ×”×¢× ×שר ברגלך, (×©×•×¤×˜×™× ×— ×”) ×œ×¢× ×שר ברגלי, הב××™× ×¢×ž×™: | |
| when will I, too, provide [something] for my household: For the needs of my household. Now only my children work for my needs, and I too must work with them to assist them. This is the meaning of “too.” | ×’× ×× ×›×™ לביתי: לצורך ביתי, עכשיו ×ין עושין לצרכי ××œ× ×‘× ×™ וצריך ×× ×™ להיות עושה ×’× ×× ×™ ×¢×ž×”× ×œ×¡×ž×›×Ÿ, וזהו ×’×: | |
| 31And he said, "What shall I give you?" And Jacob said, "You shall give me nothing; if you do this thing for me, I will return, I will pasture your flocks, [and] I will watch [them]. | ל×וַיֹּ֖×מֶר מָ֣ה ×ֶתֶּן־לָ֑ךְ וַיֹּ֤×מֶר יַֽעֲקֹב֙ לֹֽ×־תִתֶּן־לִ֣י מְ×֔וּמָה ×Ö´×־תַּֽעֲשֶׂה־לִּי֙ הַדָּבָ֣ר ×”Ö·×–Ö¶Ö¼Ö”×” ×ָש×֛וּבָה ×ֶרְעֶ֥ה צֹֽ×× Ö°×šÖ¸Ö– ×ֶשְ×מֹֽר: | |
| 32I will pass throughout all your flocks today, removing from there every speckled and spotted kid, and every brown lamb among the sheep, and [every] spotted and speckled [one from] among the goats, and this shall be my wages. | לב×ֶֽעֱבֹ֨ר בְּכָל־צֹֽ×× Ö°×šÖ¸Öœ ×”Ö·×™Ö¼Ö—×•Ö¹× ×”Ö¸×¡ÖµÖ¨×¨ מִשָּ×Öœ× ×›Ö¸Ö¼×œÖ¾×©Ö¶×‚Ö£×” | × Ö¸×§Ö¹Ö£×“ ×•Ö°×˜Ö¸×œÖ—×•Ö¼× ×•Ö°×›Ö¸×œÖ¾×©Ö¶×‚×”Ö¾×—×•Ö¼×Ö™ ×‘Ö·Ö¼×›Ö°Ö¼×©Ö¸×‚×‘Ö´Ö”×™× ×•Ö°×˜Ö¸×œÖ¥×•Ö¼× ×•Ö°× Ö¸×§Ö¹Ö–×“ ×‘Ö¸Ö¼Ö½×¢Ö´×–Ö´Ö¼Ö‘×™× ×•Ö°×”Ö¸×™Ö¸Ö–×” שְׂכָרִֽי: | |
| speckled: Heb. × Ö¸×§Ö¹×“, spotted with small patches like dots, poynture in Old French, speckled. | × ×§×“: ×ž× ×•×ž×¨ בחברבורות דקות, כמו × ×§×•×“×•×ª, ×¤×•×™× ×˜×•×¨"× ×‘×œ×¢×– [× ×™×§×•×“]: | |
| spotted: Heb. טָלוּ×, an expression of patches, wide spots. | טלו×: לשון טל××™× ×—×‘×¨×‘×•×¨×•×ª רחבות: | |
| brown: Heb. חוּ×, [Onkelos renders] שְ×חוּ×, somewhat reddish, rosso in Italian, reddish brown, russet. In the language of the Mishnah (B.B. 83b):“[If someone purchases] red (שְ×חַמְתִּית) [wheat] and it was found to be white,” regarding grain. | חו×: ×©×—×•× ×“×•×ž×” ל×דו×, רוש בלעז [×דו×] לשון ×ž×©× ×” שחמתית ×•× ×ž×¦×ת ×œ×‘× ×”, ×œ×¢× ×™×Ÿ התבו××”: | |
| and this shall be my wages: Those that will be born from now on speckled or spotted among the goats or brown among the sheep shall be mine. Those that are here now, separate from them and entrust them with your sons, so that you do not say to me concerning those born from now on, “These were there from the beginning,” and furthermore, so that you should not say to me,“Through the males that are speckled and spotted, the females will give birth to similar animals from now on.” | והיה שכרי: ×ותן שיולדו מכ×ן ×•×œ×”×‘× × ×§×•×“×™× ×•×˜×œ××™× ×‘×¢×–×™× ×•×©×—×•×ž×™× ×‘×›×©×‘×™× ×™×”×™×• שלי ו×ותן ×©×™×©× ×Ÿ עכשיו הפרש ×ž×”× ×•×”×¤×§×™×“× ×‘×™×“ ×‘× ×™×š, ×©×œ× ×ª×מר לי על ×”× ×•×œ×“×™× ×ž×¢×ª×” ×לו היו ×©× ×ž×ª×—×œ×”, ועוד ×©×œ× ×ª×מר לי על ידי ×”×–×›×¨×™× ×©×”×Ÿ × ×§×•×“×™× ×•×˜×œ×•××™× ×ª×œ×“× ×” ×”× ×§×‘×•×ª דוגמתן מכ×ן ו×ילך: | |
| 33And my righteousness will testify for me at a future date for it will come upon my wages before you. Whatever is not speckled or spotted among the goats or brown among the sheep [shall be counted as] stolen with me." | ×œ×’×•Ö°×¢Ö¸Ö½× Ö°×ªÖ¸×”Ö¾×‘Ö´Ö¼Ö¤×™ צִדְקָתִי֙ ×‘Ö°Ö¼×™Ö£×•Ö¹× ×žÖ¸×—Ö¸Ö”×¨ ×›Ö´Ö¼Ö½×™Ö¾×ªÖ¸×‘Ö¥×•Ö¹× ×¢Ö·×œÖ¾×©Ö°×‚×›Ö¸×¨Ö´Ö–×™ ×œÖ°×¤Ö¸× Ö¶Ö‘×™×šÖ¸ כֹּ֣ל ×ֲשֶ×ר־×Öµ×™× Ö¶Ö©× Ö¼×•Ö¼Ö© × Ö¸×§Ö¹Ö¨×“ ×•Ö°×˜Ö¸×œÖœ×•Ö¼× ×‘Ö¸Ö¼Ö½×¢Ö´×–Ö´Ö¼Ö—×™× ×•Ö°×—×•Ö¼×Ö™ ×‘Ö·Ö¼×›Ö°Ö¼×©Ö¸×‚×‘Ö´Ö”×™× ×’Ö¸Ö¼× Ö¥×•Ö¼×‘ ×”Ö–×•Ö¼× ×ִתִּֽי: | |
| And my righteousness will testify for me, etc.: If you suspect me of taking anything of yours, my righteousness will testify for me. My righteousness will come and testify about my wages before you, that you will find in my flock only speckled and spotted ones, and whatever you find among them that is not speckled or spotted or brown, I have obviously stolen from you, and [only] through theft is it in my possession. | ×•×¢× ×ª×” בי וגו': ×× ×ª×—×©×“× ×™ ש×× ×™ × ×•×˜×œ משלך כלו×, ×ª×¢× ×” בי צדקתי, ×›×™ ×ª×‘× ×¦×“×§×ª×™ ותעיד על שכרי ×œ×¤× ×™×š, ×©×œ× ×ª×ž×¦× ×‘×¢×“×¨×™ ×›×™ ×× × ×§×•×“×™× ×•×˜×œ×•××™×, וכל ×©×ª×ž×¦× ×‘×”×Ÿ ש××™× ×• × ×§×•×“ ×ו ×˜×œ×•× ×ו ×—×•× ×‘×™×“×•×¢ ×©×’× ×‘×ª×™×• לך, ×•×‘×’× ×™×‘×” ×”×•× ×©×¨×•×™ ×צלי: | |
| 34And Laban said, "Very well! If only it would be as you say!" | לדוַיֹּ֥×מֶר לָבָ֖ן הֵ֑ן ל֖וּ ×™Ö°×”Ö´Ö¥×™ כִדְבָרֶֽךָ: | |
| Very well!: Heb. הֵן, an expression denoting the acceptance of terms. | הן: לשון הן, קבלת דברי×: | |
| If only it would be as you say: If only you would want this! | לו ×™×”×™ כדברך: הלו××™ שתחפוץ בכך: | |
| 35And he removed on that day the ringed and the spotted male goats and all the speckled and spotted female goats, whichever had white on it, and all the brown [from] among the sheep, and he gave [them] into the hands of his sons. | להוַיָּ֣סַר בַּיּוֹ×Ö© ×”Ö·×”Ö¨×•Ö¼× ×ֶת־הַתְּיָשִ×Öœ×™× ×”Ö¸Ö½×¢Ö²×§Ö»×“Ö´Ö¼Ö£×™× ×•Ö°×”Ö·×˜Ö°Ö¼×œÖ»×Ö´Ö—×™× ×•Ö°×ֵ֤ת כָּל־הָֽעִזִּי×Ö™ ×”Ö·× Ö°Ö¼×§Ö»×“Ö¼Ö£×•Ö¹×ª וְהַטְּלֻ×ֹ֔ת כֹּ֤ל ×ֲשֶ×ר־לָבָן֙ בּ֔וֹ ×•Ö°×›Ö¸×œÖ¾×—Ö–×•Ö¼× ×‘Ö·Ö¼×›Ö°Ö¼×©Ö¸×‚×‘Ö´Ö‘×™× ×•Ö·×™Ö´Ö¼×ªÖµÖ¼Ö–×Ÿ ×‘Ö°Ö¼×™Ö·×“Ö¾×‘Ö¸Ö¼× Ö¸Ö½×™×•: | |
| And he removed: [I.e.,] Laban [removed] on that day, etc. | ויסר: לבן ×‘×™×•× ×”×”×•× ×•×’×•': | |
| the male goats: Heb. הַתְּיָשִ××™×, male goats. | התישי×: ×¢×–×™× ×–×›×¨×™×: | |
| whichever had white on it: whichever had white patches on it. | כל ×שר לבן בו: כל ×שר היתה בו חברבורת ×œ×‘× ×”: | |
| and he gave [them]: [I.e.] Laban [gave them] into the hands of his sons. | ויתן: לבן ביד ×‘× ×™×•: | |
| 36And he set three days' journey between himself and Jacob, and Jacob tended Laban's remaining animals. | ×œ×•×•Ö·×™Ö¸Ö¼Ö—×©Ö¶×‚× ×“Ö¶Ö¼Öš×¨Ö¶×šÖ° שְ×ל֣שֶ×ת ×™Ö¸×žÖ´Ö”×™× ×‘ÖµÖ¼×™× Ö–×•Ö¹ וּבֵ֣ין יַֽעֲקֹ֑ב וְיַֽעֲקֹ֗ב רֹעֶ֛ה ×ֶת־צֹ֥×ן לָבָ֖ן ×”Ö·× Ö¼Ö½×•Ö¹×ªÖ¸×¨Ö¹Ö½×ª: | |
| Laban’s remaining animals: The weakest among them, the sick and the barren, which are only leftovers, he gave over to him. | ×”× ×•×ª×¨×ª: הרעועות שבהן החולות והעקרות, ש××™× ×Ÿ ××œ× ×©×™×¨×™×, ×ותן מסר לו: | |
| 37And Jacob took himself moist rod[s] of trembling poplar and hazelnut, and chestnut, and he peeled white streaks upon them, baring the white that was on the rods. | לזוַיִּקַּח־ל֣וֹ יַֽעֲקֹ֗ב מַקַּ֥ל ×œÖ´×‘Ö°× Ö¶Ö›×” לַ֖ח וְל֣וּז וְעַרְמ֑וֹן וַיְפַצֵּ֤ל בָּהֵן֙ פְּצָל֣וֹת ×œÖ°×‘Ö¸× Ö”×•Ö¹×ª מַחְשׂף֙ הַלָּבָ֔ן ×ֲשֶ×֖ר עַל־הַמַּקְלֽוֹת: | |
| rod[s] of trembling poplar: This is a tree named ×œÖ´×‘Ö°× Ö¶×”, as it is said (Hosea 4:13):“under oaks and trembling poplars (×•Ö°×œÖ´×‘Ö°× Ö¶×”)” and I believe that ×œ×‘× ×” is the one called trenble in Old French, trembling poplar and aspen, which is white (לָבָן). | מקל ×œ×‘× ×”: ×¢×¥ ×”×•× ×•×©×ž×• ×œ×‘× ×”, כמה ×“×ª×™×ž× (הושע ד ×™×’) תחת ×לון ×•×œ×‘× ×”, ו×ומר ×× ×™ ×”×•× ×©×§×•×¨×™×Ÿ ×˜×¨×™× ×‘×œ"× ×‘×œ×¢"×– ×©×”×•× ×œ×‘×Ÿ [צפצפה ×¢×¦× ×™×ª]: | |
| moist: When it was moist. | לח: ×›×©×”×•× ×¨×˜×•×‘: | |
| and hazelnut: And he took also a rod of לוּז, a tree upon which small nuts grow, coldre in Old French, hazelnut. | לוז: ועוד לקח מקל לוז, ×¢×¥ שגדלין בו ××’×•×–×™× ×“×§×™× ×§×•×œ×“×¨"× ×‘×œ×¢"×– [×לסר]: | |
| and chestnut: c(h)astanyer in Old French, chestnut. | וערמון: ×§×©×˜×™× ×™×™"ר בלע"×– [×¢×¥ ערמון]: | |
| streaks: Many peelings, for it made it spotted. | פצלות: ×§×œ×•×¤×™× ×§×œ×•×¤×™×, שהיה עושהו ×ž× ×•×ž×¨: | |
| baring the white: When he peeled it, its white appeared and was bared in the place where it was peeled. | מחשף הלבן: גלוי לובן של מקל. כשהיה קולפו ×”×™×” × ×¨××” ×•× ×’×œ×” לובן שלו ×‘×ž×§×•× ×”×§×™×œ×•×£: | |
| 38And he thrust the rods that he had peeled, into the gutters in the watering troughs where the animals would come to drink opposite the [other] animals, and they would come into heat when they came to drink. | לחוַיַּצֵּ֗ג ×ֶת־הַמַּקְלוֹת֙ ×ֲשֶ×֣ר פִּצֵּ֔ל ×‘Ö¸Ö¼Ö½×¨Ö°×”Ö¸×˜Ö´Ö–×™× ×‘Ö°Ö¼×©Ö´Ö½×קֲת֣וֹת ×”Ö·×žÖ¸Ö¼Ö‘×™Ö´× ×ֲשֶ×ר֩ תָּבֹ֨×ןָ הַצֹּ֤×ן לִשְ×תּוֹת֙ ×œÖ°× Ö¹Ö£×›Ö·×— הַצֹּ֔×ן ×•Ö·×™ÖµÖ¼×—Ö·Ö–×žÖ°× Ö¸×” בְּבֹ×ָ֥ן לִשְ×תּֽוֹת: | |
| And he thrust: Heb. וַּיַּצֵג. The Targum renders וְדָעִיץ, an Aramaic term denoting thrusting and sticking in, of which there are many [examples] in the Talmud, [e.g.] (Shab. 50b):“he inserted it (דָּצָהּ) and pulled it out” ; and (Chul. 93b):“If he thrust (דָץ) something into it.” [The word] דָּצָהּ is like דְּעָצָהּ, but it is a contracted form. | ויצג: תרגומו ודעיץ, לשון תחיבה ×•× ×¢×™×¦×” ×”×•× ×‘×œ×©×•×Ÿ ×רמית, והרבה יש בתלמוד (שבת × ×‘) דצה ושלפה, (חולין צג ב) דץ ביה מידי. דצה כמו דעצה, ××œ× ×©×ž×§×¦×¨ ×ת ×œ×©×•× ×•: | |
| into the gutters: Where the water was running, in pools made in the ground in which to water the flocks. — [from Mishnath Rabbi Eliezer, ch. 7] | ברהטי×: במרוצת המי×, בבריכות העשויות ב×רץ, להשקות ×©× ×”×¦×ן: | |
| where…would come, etc.: In the gutters where the animals would come to drink, he thrust the rods opposite the animals. — [from Targumim] | ×שר תב×ן וגו': ברהטי×, ×שר תב×× ×” הצ×ן לשתות, ×©× ×”×¦×™×’ המקלות ×œ× ×›×— הצ×ן: | |
| and they would come into heat, etc.: (Gen. Rabbah 73:10) The animal would see the rods, and she would be startled backwards. Then the male would mount her and she would give birth to offspring similar to him. Rabbi Hoshaya says: The water would become sperm in their innards, and they did not require a male, and that is the meaning of ×•Ö·×™Öµ×—Ö·×žÖ°× Ö¸×” וגוֹ. (I.e, in this word, there is a combination of masculine and feminine forms, as mentioned by Rabbi Abraham Ibn Ezra.) | ×•×™×—×ž× ×”: הבהמה רו××” ×ת המקלות ×•×”×™× × ×¨×ª×¢×ª ל×חוריה, והזכר רובעה ויולדת ×›×™×•×¦× ×‘×•. ר' ×”×•×©×¢×™× ×ומר ×”×ž×™× × ×¢×©×™×Ÿ זרע במעיהן ×•×œ× ×”×™×• צריכות לזכר, וזהו ×•×™×—×ž× ×” וגו': | |
| 39And the flocks came into heat by the rods, and the animals bore ringed, spotted, and striped [young]. | לטוַיֶּֽחֱמ֥וּ הַצֹּ֖×ן ×ֶל־הַמַּקְל֑וֹת וַתֵּלַ֣דְןָ הַצֹּ֔×ן ×¢Ö²×§Ö»×“Ö´Ö¼Ö¥×™× × Ö°×§Ö»×“Ö´Ö¼Ö–×™× ×•Ö¼×˜Ö°×œÖ»×Ö´Ö½×™×: | |
| by the rods: At the sight of the rods. | ×ל המקלות: ×ל מר×ות המקלות: | |
| ringed: Unusual in the place where they are bound. Those are the joints of their forelegs and hind legs. | עקדי×: ×ž×©×•× ×™× ×‘×ž×§×•× ×¢×§×™×“×ª×Ÿ, ×”× ×§×¨×¡×•×œ×™ ידיהן ורגליהן: | |
| 40And Jacob separated the sheep, and he turned the faces of the animals toward the ringed one[s] and every brown one among Laban's animals, and he made himself flocks by himself, and he did not place them with Laban's animals. | מוְהַכְּשָׂבִי×Ö˜ הִפְרִ֣יד יַֽעֲקֹב֒ ×•Ö·Ö ×™Ö´Ö¼×ªÖµÖ¼Ö ×Ÿ ×¤Ö°Ö¼× ÖµÖ¨×™ הַצֹּ֧×ן ×ֶל־עָקֹ֛ד ×•Ö°×›Ö¸×œÖ¾×—Ö–×•Ö¼× ×‘Ö°Ö¼×¦Ö¹Ö£×ן לָבָ֑ן וַיָּ֨שֶ×ת ל֤וֹ עֲדָרִי×Ö™ לְבַדּ֔וֹ ×•Ö°×œÖ¹Ö¥× ×©Ö¸××ªÖ¸Ö–× ×¢Ö·×œÖ¾×¦Ö¹Ö¥×ן לָבָֽן: | |
| And Jacob separated the sheep: Those born ringed or speckled he divided and separated for himself, and he made them [in a formation of] each flock separately, and he led the ringed flock ahead of the [ordinary] animals, and the faces of the animals following them gazed at them. This is what Scripture says [further]:“and he turned the faces of the animals toward the ringed one[s],” that the faces of the animals were directed toward the ringed ones and toward every brown one that he found in Laban’s flocks. | ×•×”×›×©×‘×™× ×”×¤×¨×™×“ יעקב: ×”× ×•×œ×“×™× ×¢×§×•×“×™× × ×§×•×“×™× ×”×‘×“×™×œ והפריד לעצמן ועשה ×ותן עדר עדר לבדו, והוליך ×ותו העדר העקוד ×œ×¤× ×™ הצ×ן, ×•×¤× ×™ הצ×ן ההולכות ××—×¨×™×”× ×¦×•×¤×•×ª ×ליה×, וזהו ×©× ×מר ויתן ×¤× ×™ הצ×ן ×ל עקוד, שהיו ×¤× ×™ הצ×ן ×ל העקודי×, ו×ל כל ×—×•× ×©×ž×¦× ×‘×¦×ן לבן: | |
| and he made himself flocks: As I explained. | וישת לו עדרי×: כמו שפרשתי: | |
| 41And it came to pass, that whenever the animals that were bearing their first would come into heat, Jacob would place the rods in the troughs, before the eyes of the animals, [in order] to bring them into heat by [means of] the rods. | מ×וְהָיָ֗ה בְּכָל־יַחֵ×Ö˜ הַצֹּ֣×ן הַֽמְקֻשָּ×רוֹת֒ ×•Ö°×©Ö¸×‚Ö¨× ×™Ö·Ö½×¢Ö²×§Ö¹Ö§×‘ ×ֶת־הַמַּקְל֛וֹת ×œÖ°×¢Öµ×™× ÖµÖ¥×™ הַצֹּ֖×ן ×‘Ö¸Ö¼Ö½×¨Ö°×”Ö¸×˜Ö´Ö‘×™× ×œÖ°×™Ö·×—Ö²×žÖµÖ–× Ö¸Ö¼×” בַּמַּקְלֽוֹת: | |
| that were bearing their first: הַמְקֻשָּ×רוֹת. [To be interpreted] according to the TArgum : Those who were giving birth to their first, but [for this interpretation] there is no evidence in Scripture. (Machbereth Menachem p. 160), however, associated it with (II Sam. 15:31):“Ahithophel is among the conspirators (בַּקּוֹשְ×רִי×)” ; (ibid. 12):“And the conspiracy (הַקֶּשֶ×ר) was strong.” Those who bind themselves together to hasten their conception. | המקשרות: כתרגומו הבכירות ו×ין לו עד ×‘×ž×§×¨× ×œ×”×•×›×™×— עליו. ×•×ž× ×—× ×—×‘×¨×• ×¢× (שמו×ל ב' טו ל×) ×חיתופל בקושרי×, (×©× ×˜×• ×™) ויהי הקשר ×מיץ, ×ותן המתקשרות יחד למהר עיבורן: | |
| 42But if the animals would delay, he would not place them, so that the ones that delayed were Laban's, and the ones that bore their first became Jacob's. | מבוּבְהַֽעֲטִ֥יף הַצֹּ֖×ן ×œÖ¹Ö£× ×™Ö¸×©Ö´×‚Ö‘×™× ×•Ö°×”Ö¸×™Ö¸Ö¤×” הָֽעֲטֻפִי×Ö™ לְלָבָ֔ן וְהַקְּשֻ××¨Ö´Ö–×™× ×œÖ°×™Ö·Ö½×¢Ö²×§Ö¹Ö½×‘: | |
| But if…would delay: Heb. וּבְהַעִטִיף, a term denoting delay, as the Targum renders וּבְלַקְש×וּת, but Menachem (Machbereth Menachem p. 132) associated it with (Isa. 3:22):“the tunics and the wraps (וְהַמַּעִטָפוֹת),” a term denoting a wrap, meaning that they enwrapped themselves in their skin and their wool, and they did not desire to come into heat through the males. | ובהעטיף: לשון ×יחור, כתרגומו ובלקישות. ×•×ž× ×—× ×—×‘×¨×• ×¢× (ישעיה ×’ ×›×’) המחלצות והמעטפות, לשון עטיפת כסות, כלומר מתעטפות בעורן וצמרן ו××™× ×Ÿ מת×וות ×œ×”×ª×™×—× ×¢×œ ידי הזכרי×: | |
| 43And the man became exceedingly wealthy, and he had prolific animals, and maidservants and manservants, and camels and donkeys. | מגוַיִּפְרֹ֥ץ ×”Ö¸×Ö´Ö–×™×©× ×žÖ°×ֹ֣ד מְ×ֹ֑ד וַֽיְהִי־לוֹ֙ צֹ֣×ן רַבּ֔וֹת וּשְ×פָחוֹת֙ ×•Ö·Ö½×¢Ö²×‘Ö¸×“Ö´Ö”×™× ×•Ö¼×’Ö°×žÖ·×œÖ´Ö¼Ö–×™× ×•Ö·Ö½×—Ö²×žÖ¹×¨Ö´Ö½×™×: | |
| prolific animals: Heb רַבּוֹת. They were fruitful and multiplied more than other animals. — [from Tanchuma Buber, Vayetze 24] | צ×ן רבות: פרות ורבות יותר מש×ר צ×ן: | |
| and maidservants and manservants: He would sell his animals at a high price and purchase all these for himself. — [from Gen. Rabbah 74:5] |
