Why Scripture Says Jacob Sent Joseph From the Valley of Hebron

Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Vayeshev 13:2

Curated by Arthur·Translated by Maggid (Beta)·

(Genesis 37:14:) "SO HE SENT HIM FROM THE VALLEY OF HEBRON." But is there a valley in Hebron? Is it not entirely highland, as it is said (Numbers 13:22), "And they went up into the Negev, and he came to Hebron"? And likewise it says (Numbers 13:17), "Go up here into the Negev, and you shall go up into the hill country." Yet here it says, "from the valley (emek) of Hebron"! Rabbi Yochanan said: From the deep counsel (etzah amukah) which the Holy One, blessed be He, took between Himself and Himself, between the pieces, with Abraham.

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