Vayigash 46:26 · unit 1

TT #22 · Parashas Vayigash · Passuk 46:26

The Complete Passuk

כׇּל־הַ֠נֶּ֠פֶשׁ הַבָּאָ֨ה לְיַעֲקֹ֤ב מִצְרַ֙יְמָה֙ יֹצְאֵ֣י יְרֵכ֔וֹ מִלְּבַ֖ד נְשֵׁ֣י בְנֵֽי־יַעֲקֹ֑ב כׇּל־נֶ֖פֶשׁ שִׁשִּׁ֥ים וָשֵֽׁשׁ׃

All the persons belonging to Yaakov who came to Egypt — his own issue, aside from the wives of Yaakov’s sons — all the persons numbered sixty-six.

Chabad / Judaica Press

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Piskei Mahari"V, Choshen Mishpat 247:3.

TT lemma: the sixty-six.

Chazal

Core Text
יֹצְאֵי יְרֵכוֹ — מִכָּאן שֶׁהָאוֹמֵר נְכָסַי לְיוֹצְאֵי יְרֵכִי אוֹ לְיוֹצְאֵי חֲלָצַי, גַּם הַבָּנוֹת בִּכְלָל, שֶׁהֲרֵי דִּינָה בִּכְלַל שִׁבְעִים נֶפֶשׁ הָיְתָה וּכְלָלָהּ הַכָּתוּב בְּיוֹצְאֵי יְרֵכוֹ.

English: “His own issue” — from here it follows that one who says, “My property is for my descendants,” or “for those who come from my loins,” includes daughters as well, since Dinah was among the seventy souls and Scripture included her under “his own issue.”

On the daf / in context: The classic problem of reconciling the subtotal of sixty-six with the total of seventy.

Type of Learning

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

What Is Learned

Sixty-six of Yaakov’s descendants are listed before adding those already in Egypt or born on the way, yielding the traditional seventy.