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text: Targum Jonathan on Genesis
  תרגום יונתן על בראשית
  Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009
  
  
  Targum Jonathan on Genesis
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  For signs for seasons for days and for years. That is, to serve as portents, to signal the times of the festivals, to mark the passage of days and to indicate the onset of new months and years.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  And every tree. Even non-fruit-bearing trees were at their disposal for construction and fuel.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  As gods (<i>keilohim</i>). That is, like mighty angels.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  In another seven days. Hashem gave them one last chance to repent.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Hagar. Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he gave to Sarah as a maidservant when he took her to be his wife.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Must be circumcised. <i>Himol yimol</i> in Hebrew — the double usage indicates that only one who is circumcised may perform circumcision.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Avraham returned. Yitzchok is not mention because the angels took him to the study hall of Shem, where he remained for three years.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Yitzchok had just come. He had just returned from the study hall of Shem.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Exhausted. He was worn out after committing five sins that day: idolatry, murder, adultery, denial of the World to Come and scorning his birthright.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Avimelech came. When Yitzchok left Gerar their wells dried up and their trees ceased giving fruit and Avimelech guessed that it was because they had sent him away.
  
  We have seen. They realized that their prosperity was dependant upon him and thought to bring him back and renew the covenant between them.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Rivkah had heard. Through prophecy.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  He brought him wine. Yaakov did not have any with him but an angel gave him some of the wine that has been stored in its grapes since the creation of the world.
  
  Like the fragrance of a field. Like the fragrance of the incense that would be offered in the Holy Temple, which is called “the field blessed by Hashem”.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  And guards me. From spilling innocent blood, worshipping idols or engaging in sexual immorality.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Lavan gathered all the local people. He reminded them that ever since Yaakov had arrived they had prospered and urged that they trick him into remaining longer.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Yehudah. From this child would come King David who would give praise (<i>hoda’ah</i>) to Hashem.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Elokim has given me my reward. And in the same way He will grant my children reward for toiling in Torah study.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  On the third day. The shepherds noticed that the water in the well no longer rose up for them. After this occurred three days in a row they knew that Yaakov had fled.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Yaakov was very frightened. Because for twenty years he did not fulfill the commandment of honoring one’s parents. Two camps. One comprised of Leah’s household and one of Rochel’s.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The dawn is breaking. It is the hour that the angels sing praises and my turn has never come up until now.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  To see the local girls. To learn their customs.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  One man said to another (literally, “to his brother”). These were Shimon and Leivi, who were “brothers” in their thinking.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Her name was Tamar. She was the daughter of Shem.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Why would you have everyone gazing at you. Or, “Why are you afraid [to go to Egypt]?”
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Because it was loathsome. Because the Hebrew ate the very species that the Egyptians worshipped.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  It is too much. Hashem has showered me with much goodness — He saved me from Eisav, Lavan and the Canaanites. My son Yoseif still lives. I anticipated receiving many consolations from Him, but I never anticipated seeing Yoseif again.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  But the land of the priests. He owed the priests his life because they were the ones who saved him from the capital charge brought by Potiphar.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Your brothers will praise (or “acknowledge”). Because you acknowledged Tamar’s righteousness, your brothers will acknowledge you. Moreover, the entire nation will be called <i>Yehudim</i> (“Jews”) in your honor.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  A gazelle-like messenger. He skips over rocky hillsides to bring good tidings. It was he who brought Yaakov the news that Yoseif was alive and it was he who ran back to Egypt to fetch the deed to the Machpeilah cave before Yaakov’s burial (see Rashi in the name of the Sages).
  
  
  
  
  
  Binyamin is like a wolf that preys. The Holy Temple would be built in his portion. In the morning he will eat. The kohanim would offer the daily sacrifice there by the fourth hour of the day. In the evening he will divide. In the evening they would divide up the meat of the sacrifices.