Toldos 25:23 · unit 1

Parashas Toldos · Passuk 25:23

The Complete Passuk

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהֹוָ֜ה לָ֗הּ שְׁנֵ֤י (גיים) [גוֹיִם֙] בְּבִטְנֵ֔ךְ וּשְׁנֵ֣י לְאֻמִּ֔ים מִמֵּעַ֖יִךְ יִפָּרֵ֑דוּ וּלְאֹם֙ מִלְאֹ֣ם יֶֽאֱמָ֔ץ וְרַ֖ב יַעֲבֹ֥ד צָעִֽיר׃

and Hashem answered her, “Two nations are in your womb, two separate peoples shall issue from your body; one people shall be mightier than the other, and the elder shall serve the younger.”

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Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Yerushalmi Sotah.

TT lemma: ויאמר ה׳ לה.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
וַיֹּאמֶר ה׳ לָהּ — עַל יְדֵי מְתוּרְגְּמָן.

English: “And Hashem said to her” — through an interpreter.

On the daf / in context: The answer came through an intermediary (Shem/Ever); the Yerushalmi notes that Hashem spoke directly with a woman only in the case of Sarah.

Type of Learning

Custom (Yerushalmi — prophecy to Rivkah via intermediary)

What Is Learned

Hashem’s reply to Rivkah was delivered through an interpreter; direct speech to a woman is recorded only for Sarah.