Vayeira 21:22 · EXTRA

EXTRA · Parashas Vayeira · Passuk 21:22

Supplementary classical material; Torah Temimah lists no citation under this passuk.

The Complete Passuk

וַֽיְהִי֙ בָּעֵ֣ת הַהִ֔וא וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲבִימֶ֗לֶךְ וּפִיכֹל֙ שַׂר־צְבָא֔וֹ אֶל־אַבְרָהָ֖ם לֵאמֹ֑ר אֱלֹהִ֣ים עִמְּךָ֔ בְּכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּ֖ה עֹשֶֽׂה׃

At that time Avimelech and Phichol, chief of his troops, said to Avraham, “God is with you in all that you do.”

Chabad / Judaica Press

Source Citation

Rashi on Genesis 21:22.

Sefaria — Rashi on Genesis 21:22

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
אֱלֹהִים עִמְּךָ. לְפִי שֶׁרָאוּ שֶׁיָּצָא מִשְּׁכוּנַת סְדוֹם לְשָׁלוֹם, וְעִם הַמְּלָכִים נִלְחַם וְנָפְלוּ בְּיָדוֹ, וְנִפְקְדָה אִשְׁתּוֹ לִזְקֻנָיו.

English: “God is with you.” Because they saw that he had left the neighborhood of Sedom in peace, that he had fought the kings and they had fallen into his hand, and that his wife had been remembered in his old age.

On the daf / in context: Avimelech’s recognition is based on a chain of visible successes that can only be explained by divine accompaniment.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Rashi) — not a formal named middah of the 13. Observable history is read as evidence of God’s presence with Avraham.

What Is Learned

Consistent deliverance and blessing become public testimony; even a foreign king can discern that God is with Avraham in all he does.