Vayigash 46:15 · unit 1

TT #19 · Parashas Vayigash · Passuk 46:15

The Complete Passuk

אֵ֣לֶּה ׀ בְּנֵ֣י לֵאָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָלְדָ֤ה לְיַעֲקֹב֙ בְּפַדַּ֣ן אֲרָ֔ם וְאֵ֖ת דִּינָ֣ה בִתּ֑וֹ כׇּל־נֶ֧פֶשׁ בָּנָ֛יו וּבְנוֹתָ֖יו שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים וְשָׁלֹֽשׁ׃

These are the sons of Leah whom she bore to Yaakov in Paddan-aram, and Dinah his daughter; all the persons of his sons and his daughters were thirty-three.

Chabad / Judaica Press

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Niddah 31a.

TT lemma: the subtotal of thirty-three.

Chazal

Core Text
אֵלֶּה בְּנֵי לֵאָה אֲשֶׁר יָלְדָה לְיַעֲקֹב בְּפַדַּן אֲרָם וְאֶת דִּינָה בִתּוֹ — תָּלָה הַזְּכָרִים בַּנְּקֵבוֹת וּנְקֵבוֹת בַּזְּכָרִים.

English: “These are the sons of Leah whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan-aram, and Dinah his daughter” — the verse attributes the males to the female and the female to the male.

On the daf / in context: Part of the carefully constructed total of seventy souls.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (midrashic count) — not a formal named middah of the 13.

What Is Learned

Leah’s line contributed thirty-three souls to the household that went down to Egypt.