Derasha 5 on Vaeira 6:7

Parashas Vaeira · Passuk 6:7

The Complete Passuk

וְלָקַחְתִּ֨י אֶתְכֶ֥ם לִי֙ לְעָ֔ם וְהָיִ֥יתִי לָכֶ֖ם לֵֽאלֹהִ֑ים וִֽידַעְתֶּ֗ם כִּ֣י אֲנִ֤י יְהֹוָה֙ אֱלֹ֣הֵיכֶ֔ם הַמּוֹצִ֣יא אֶתְכֶ֔ם מִתַּ֖חַת סִבְל֥וֹת מִצְרָֽיִם׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sanhedrin 111a (verified).

Sefaria — Exodus 6:7
Sefaria — Sanhedrin 111a
E-Daf — Sanhedrin 111a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Sanhedrin 111a
תַּנְיָא, רַבִּי סִימַאי אוֹמֵר: נֶאֱמַר ״וְלָקַחְתִּי אֶתְכֶם לִי לְעָם״ וְנֶאֱמַר ״וְהֵבֵאתִי אֶתְכֶם״ — מַקִּישׁ יְצִיאָתָן מִמִּצְרַיִם לְבִיאָתָן לָאָרֶץ: מַה בִּיאָתָן לָאָרֶץ שְׁנַיִם מִשִּׁשִּׁים רִבּוֹא, אַף יְצִיאָתָן מִמִּצְרַיִם שְׁנַיִם מִשִּׁשִּׁים רִבּוֹא.

English: “Rabbi Simai taught: “I will take you to Me as a people” is linked with “I will bring you to the land.” Just as only two of six hundred thousand entered the land, so only two of six hundred thousand left Egypt.”

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

Type of Learning

Talmudic analogy between the Exodus and entry into the land

What Is Learned

Chazal connect the language of “taking” Israel as God’s people with the eventual entry into the land, using the parallel verses to derive a numerical comparison.