Vayeira 19:15 · unit 2

Parashas Vayeira · Passuk 19:15

The Complete Passuk

וּכְמוֹ֙ הַשַּׁ֣חַר עָלָ֔ה וַיָּאִ֥יצוּ הַמַּלְאָכִ֖ים בְּל֣וֹט לֵאמֹ֑ר קוּם֩ קַ֨ח אֶֽת־אִשְׁתְּךָ֜ וְאֶת־שְׁתֵּ֤י בְנֹתֶ֙יךָ֙ הַנִּמְצָאֹ֔ת פֶּן־תִּסָּפֶ֖ה בַּעֲוֺ֥ן הָעִֽיר׃

And as the dawn rose the angels urged Lot, saying, “Arise, take your wife and your two daughters who are found, lest you be swept away in the punishment of the city.”

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Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Yevamos 77a.

TT lemma: הנמצאות.

Sefaria — Yevamos 77a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
הַנִּמְצָאֹת. דָּרַשׁ רָבָא, מַאי דִּכְתִיב אָז אָמַרְתִּי הִנֵּה בָאתִי בִּמְגִלַּת סֵפֶר כָּתוּב עָלָי? אָמַר דָּוִד, אֲנִי אָמַרְתִּי עַתָּה בָּאתִי וְלֹא יָדַעְתִּי שֶׁבִּמְגִלַּת סֵפֶר כָּתוּב עָלָי; הָתָם כְּתִיב הַנִּמְצָאֹת, הָכָא כְּתִיב מָצָאתִי דָּוִד עַבְדִּי.

English: “Who are found.” Rava expounded: What is the meaning of “Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come; in the scroll of the book it is written of me’”? David said, “I thought I had only now come [into the world], and I did not know that it was already written of me in the scroll of the book.” There it is written “who are found,” and here it is written “I have found David My servant.”

On the daf / in context: The word “hanimtzaot” is linked to the discovery language used of David, showing that the righteous are “found” in the divine record from the beginning.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Bavli sugya) — not a formal named middah of the 13. Parallel vocabulary connects Lot’s daughters to the later finding of David.

What Is Learned

The phrase “who are found” anticipates the language of finding David; the righteous are already written in the divine scroll.