Toldos 25:23 · unit 2
TT #6 · 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.”
Chabad / Judaica Press
Source Citation
Torah Temimah points to Berachos 57b . E-Daf · Sefaria — Berachos 57b
שְׁנֵי גוֹיִם בְּבִטְנֵךְ — אַל תִּקְרִי גוֹיִם אֶלָּא גֵּאִים, אֵלּוּ אַנְטוֹנִינוּס וְרַבִּי…
“Two nations are in your womb” — do not read goyim but ge’im, “proud ones”: these are Antoninus and Rebbi…
On the daf / in context: The dual reading yields two proud/royal lines emerging from the womb.
Type of Learning
Custom (Bavli — ge’im reading of goyim)
What Is Learned
The verse may be read as “two proud ones” in the womb, alluding to the royal lines that would emerge.
Source pointed to by Torah Temimah. Only Chazal’s words and what they derived are presented. Ashkenazi transliteration.