Like Mother Like Daughter and the Proverb on Dinah Going Out

Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Vayishlach 14:1

Curated by Arthur·Translated by Maggid (Beta)·

[(Genesis 34:1:) AND DINAH THE DAUGHTER OF LEAH WENT OUT.] This is what Scripture says (Ezekiel 16:44): "BEHOLD, EVERYONE WHO USES PROVERBS WILL USE THIS PROVERB ABOUT YOU, SAYING: AS THE MOTHER, SO HER DAUGHTER." Our master asked Rabbi Hiyya: What do you say [is the meaning of] "as the mother, so her daughter"? He said to him: As the altar, so its priests. Rabbi pressed him much. He said to him: Tell the truth, what do you say? He said to him: As the prince, so the generation.

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