Jacob Calls His Sons and the Earthly Court Heaven Affirms

Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Vayechi 10:1

Curated by Arthur·Translated by Maggid (Beta)·

Another interpretation (of Gen. 49:1): THEN JACOB CALLED HIS SONS. This is what Scripture says (in Ps. 57:3 [2]): I WILL CALL TO GOD MOST HIGH, TO THE GOD WHO BRINGS THINGS TO COMPLETION FOR ME. Rabbi Joshua ben Levi said: Three things the earthly court decreed, and the Holy One, blessed be He, concurred with them. These are they:

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