Isaac's Trembling Greater Than the Altar When Esau Returns

Midrash Aggadah, Genesis 27:33

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"And Isaac trembled" (Genesis 27:33). Rabbi Hama bar Hanina said: This trembling was very great, greater than the trembling that was upon the altar. "And he said: Who then" — Gehinnom opened beneath him, for he wished to curse. "It is he who hunted" — he who hunted the blessings. "And I ate of all" — of all the delicacies that the Holy One, blessed be He, created in His world, I tasted in it. "He too shall be blessed" — by my will.

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Divine ProvidencePatriarchsJacobCreationTemple

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