Rabbi Abbahu began: “House and wealth are the inheritance of fathers, but a capable wife is from the Lord” (Proverbs 19:14) – Rabbi Pinḥas in the name of Rabbi Abbahu: We find in the Torah, the Prophets, and the Writings that a person’s match is only from the Holy One blessed be He. In the Torah, from where is it derived? “Laban and Betuel answered and said: The matter comes from the Lord” (Genesis 24:50).
In the Prophets: “His father and his mother did not know that it was from the Lord” (Judges 14:4). In the Writings, that is what is written: “But a capable wife is from the Lord.” There are instances where one goes to his match and there are instances where one’s match comes to him. Isaac, his match came to him: “Behold, he saw camels coming” (Genesis 24:63). Jacob went to his match, as it is written: “Jacob departed.”