Derasha 2 on Vaeira 6:4

Parashas Vaeira · Passuk 6:4

The Complete Passuk

וְגַ֨ם הֲקִמֹ֤תִי אֶת־בְּרִיתִי֙ אִתָּ֔ם לָתֵ֥ת לָהֶ֖ם אֶת־אֶ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן אֵ֛ת אֶ֥רֶץ מְגֻרֵיהֶ֖ם אֲשֶׁר־גָּ֥רוּ בָֽהּ׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sanhedrin 90b (verified).

Sefaria — Exodus 6:4
Sefaria — Sanhedrin 90b
E-Daf — Sanhedrin 90b

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Sanhedrin 90b
תַּנְיָא, רַבִּי סִימַאי אוֹמֵר: מִנַּיִין לִתְחִיַּית הַמֵּתִים מִן הַתּוֹרָה? שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וְגַם הֲקִמֹתִי אֶת־בְּרִיתִי אִתָּם לָתֵת לָהֶם אֶת־אֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן״. ״לָכֶם״ לֹא נֶאֱמַר אֶלָּא ״לָהֶם״. מִכָּאן לִתְחִיַּית הַמֵּתִים מִן הַתּוֹרָה.

English: “I have also established My covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan” — it was taught: Rabbi Simai says, from where is the resurrection of the dead derived from the Torah? It is from the words “to give them”; “to you” is not said, but “to them.” From here is the resurrection of the dead derived from the Torah.

On the daf / in context: See the cited source for the full section.

Type of Learning

Aggadic exegesis — deriving resurrection of the dead from the wording of the verse.

What Is Learned

Rabbi Simai reads “to them” as referring to the patriarchs themselves: the covenant includes their future possession of the land, which presupposes resurrection.