God Remembers Rachel and Her Descendant Joshua Stops the Sun

Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Vayetzei 18:1

[Another interpretation of (Gen. 30:22): "And God remembered Rachel."] This is what Scripture says (Ps. 98:3): "He has remembered His loving-kindness and His faithfulness." It speaks of Joshua, who was among the children of Rachel's children. (Continuing the verse:) "All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God" (ibid.) — that salvation which Joshua performed, as it is said (Josh. 10:12): "Sun, stand still over Gibeon."

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