Toldos 26:3 · unit 1

TT #16 · Parashas Toldos · Passuk 26:3

The Complete Passuk

גּ֚וּר בָּאָ֣רֶץ הַזֹּ֔את וְאֶֽהְיֶ֥ה עִמְּךָ֖ וַאֲבָרְכֶ֑ךָּ כִּֽי־לְךָ֣ וּֽלְזַרְעֲךָ֗ אֶתֵּן֙ אֶת־כׇּל־הָֽאֲרָצֹ֣ת הָאֵ֔ל וַהֲקִֽמֹתִי֙ אֶת־הַשְּׁבֻעָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר נִשְׁבַּ֖עְתִּי לְאַבְרָהָ֥ם אָבִֽיךָ׃

Reside in this land, and I will be with you and bless you; I will assign all these lands to you and to your heirs, fulfilling the oath that I swore to your father Avraham.

Chabad / Judaica Press

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sanhedrin 111a. E-Daf · Sefaria — Sanhedrin 111a

אָמַר הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לְמֹשֶׁה: חֲבָל עַל דְּאֲבַדִין וְלָא מִשְׁתַּכְּחִין… אָמַרְתִּי לְיִצְחָק: גּוּר בָּאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת…

The Holy One said to Moshe: Woe for those who are gone and cannot be found… I said to Yitzchak, “Reside in this land…” yet he did not question My ways.

On the daf / in context: Even when the wells were contested, Yitzchak accepted the command to sojourn without complaint.

Type of Learning

Custom (Bavli — Patriarchal acceptance without questioning)

What Is Learned

Yitzchak accepted “Reside in this land” without questioning the Divine attributes, even when circumstances made the blessing difficult.