Eikev 11:21 · unit 5

Parashas Eikev · Passuk 11:21

The Complete Passuk

לְמַ֨עַן יִרְבּ֤וּ יְמֵיכֶם֙ וִימֵ֣י בְנֵיכֶ֔ם עַ֚ל הָֽאֲדָמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר נִשְׁבַּ֧ע יְהֹוָ֛ה לַאֲבֹתֵיכֶ֖ם לָתֵ֣ת לָהֶ֑ם כִּימֵ֥י הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ*(בספרי תימן הָאָֽרֶץ בצד״י גדולה)׃ {ס}        

to the end that you and your children may endure, in the land that GOD swore to your fathersifathers See note at 1.35. to assign to them, as long as there is a heaven over the earth.

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Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Bava Basra 2b.

TT lemma: וימי בניכם (unit 5 of 9).

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
יכול בניכם ולא בנותיכם, ת"ל למען ירבו – ברכה היא.

English: One might have thought that “your children” excludes daughters. Therefore it says “so that they may be multiplied” — it is a blessing.

On the daf / in context: Torah Temimah places this derasha on Devarim 11:21. The Core Text is the words of Chazal (as transmitted in the source named above).

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Bavli sugya) — not a formal named middah of the 13

The Gemara uses this passuk in a sugya (proof, illustration, or dispute). Named as one of R' Yishmael’s 13 or R' Eliezer’s 32 only when that move is explicit.

What Is Learned

The blessing of increase is not read stingily; daughters are not shut out of “that your days multiply.”