EXTRA on Bereishis 32:22

Side-ring · classical material on a skipped passuk

Complete Passuk

וַיָּ֣קָם ׀ בַּלַּ֣יְלָה ה֗וּא וַיִּקַּ֞ח אֶת־שְׁתֵּ֤י נָשָׁיו֙ וְאֶת־שְׁתֵּ֣י שִׁפְחֹתָ֔יו וְאֶת־אַחַ֥ד עָשָׂ֖ר יְלָדָ֑יו וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֖ר אֵ֥ת מַעֲבַ֥ר יַבֹּֽק׃

And he arose that night and took his two wives and his two maidservants and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Yabbok.

Source Citation

Bereshit Rabbah 76:5 (and related on the eleven children).

Sefaria · Bereshit Rabbah 76:5

Core Text of Chazal

ואת אחד עשר ילדיו — ודינה היכן היתה? נתנה בתיבה ונעל בפניה.

“And his eleven children” — and where was Dinah? He placed her in a chest and locked it.

On the daf / in context

The Midrash accounts for the missing twelfth child by explaining that Dinah was concealed.

Type of Learning

Derash on the number eleven (Bereshit Rabbah).

What Is Learned

Yaakov hid Dinah so that Eisav would not see her, accounting for the count of eleven.