EXTRA · classical (not a TT unit)

Toldos 26:1 · EXTRA

Parashas Toldos · Passuk 26:1

The Complete Passuk

וַיְהִ֤י רָעָב֙ בָּאָ֔רֶץ מִלְּבַד֙ הָרָעָ֣ב הָרִאשׁ֔וֹן אֲשֶׁ֥ר הָיָ֖ה בִּימֵ֣י אַבְרָהָ֑ם וַיֵּ֧לֶךְ יִצְחָ֛ק אֶל־אֲבִימֶ֥לֶךְ מֶֽלֶךְ־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים גְּרָֽרָה׃

There was a famine in the land—aside from the previous famine that had occurred in the days of Avraham—and Yitzchak went to Avimelech, king of the Philistines, in Gerar.

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Source Citation

Classical on the second famine (classical source on this passuk; not listed as a numbered Torah Temimah unit here).

Lemma / focus: מלבד הרעב הראשון.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
מִלְּבַד הָרָעָב הָרִאשׁוֹן אֲשֶׁר הָיָה בִּימֵי אַבְרָהָם — לְלַמֵּד שֶׁזֶּה רָעָב שֵׁנִי, וְהָלַךְ יִצְחָק אֶל אֲבִימֶלֶךְ וְלֹא יָרַד מִצְרָיְמָה.

English: Aside from the first famine that was in the days of Avraham—to teach that this was a second famine, and Yitzchak went to Avimelech and did not go down to Egypt until he was commanded.

On the daf / in context: The verse marks a distinct famine from Avraham’s day; Yitzchak’s first impulse is toward Gerar, not yet Egypt.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (plain sense with classical continuity) — not a formal named middah of the 13: the phrase “aside from the first famine” distinguishes this trial from Avraham’s.

What Is Learned

A second famine arose, distinct from Avraham’s; Yitzchak went toward Avimelech in Gerar rather than immediately descending to Egypt.