Rebekah Takes Jacob's Curse Upon Herself for the Blessings

Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Toldot 18:4

"My perfect one" (tammati) — "my twin" (tomati), namely she who bore me {two} twins. "My perfect one" (tammati), because it was not from Rebekah, but rather the Holy One, blessed be He, placed it in her heart. She said to him: When the first Adam sinned, was he cursed? Was it not his mother who was cursed? And now it is my turn; do what is yours, and if you should be cursed, your curse shall come upon me, as it is said (Genesis 27:13): "Upon me your curse, my son," etc. [Why?] The Holy One, blessed be He, said to him: Behold, I have crowned the blessings for you, as "my head is filled with dew" (Song of Songs 5:2). Immediately he went, as it is said (Genesis 27:14): "And he went and took and brought them to his mother," etc. He entered before his father and took the blessings, as it is said (Genesis 27:28): "And may God give you," etc.

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