Job Longs for the Womb Where God Watched Over Him

Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Tazria 1:1

Curated by Arthur·Translated by Maggid (Beta)·

"And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: When a woman conceives and bears a male" (Leviticus 12:1-2). This is what Scripture said: "O that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me" (Job 29:2). This verse Job spoke when the afflictions came upon him. He said: "O that I were [as in the months of old]" - would that I had the days that I had when I was in my mother's belly! "As in the days when God watched over me" - this teaches that the infant is guarded while it is in its mother's belly.

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