EXTRA · classical (not a TT unit)

Toldos 26:7 · EXTRA

Parashas Toldos · Passuk 26:7

The Complete Passuk

וַֽיִּשְׁאֲל֞וּ אַנְשֵׁ֤י הַמָּקוֹם֙ לְאִשְׁתּ֔וֹ וַיֹּ֖אמֶר אֲחֹ֣תִי הִ֑וא כִּ֤י יָרֵא֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר אִשְׁתִּ֔י פֶּן־יַֽהַרְגֻ֜נִי אַנְשֵׁ֤י הַמָּקוֹם֙ עַל־רִבְקָ֔ה כִּֽי־טוֹבַ֥ת מַרְאֶ֖ה הִֽיא׃

When the men of the place asked him about his wife, he said, “She is my sister,” for he was afraid to say “my wife,” thinking, “The men of the place might kill me on account of Rivkah, for she is beautiful.”

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Source Citation

Rashi on Bereishis 26:7 (classical source on this passuk; not listed as a numbered Torah Temimah unit here).

Lemma / focus: לאשתו.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
עַל אִשְׁתּוֹ, כְּמוֹ אִמְרִי לִי אָחִי הוּא.

English: Concerning his wife—as in “Say of me, He is my brother.”

On the daf / in context: Yitzchak repeats the “sister” strategy used by Avraham; the preposition is fixed as “concerning.”

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Rashi) — not a formal named middah of the 13: the syntax of the question is clarified by parallel usage.

What Is Learned

When asked about his wife, Yitzchak said she was his sister, fearing the men of the place would kill him because of Rivkah’s beauty.