Rabbi Berekhya interpreted the verse regarding Abraham our patriarch. “We have a little sister [aḥot]” – this is Abraham, as it is stated: “Abraham was one [eḥad], and he inherited the land” (Ezekiel 33:24). He united [iḥa] all mankind before the Holy One blessed be He. Bar Kappara said: Like a person who mends [me’aḥeh] a tear. When he was a child,22This sentence is based on the word “little” in the verse. he was engaged in mitzvot and good deeds. “And she has no breasts” – he had not yet reached the age of [obligation in] mitzvot and good deeds. “What shall we do for our sister on the day that she will be spoken for” – on the day that the wicked Nimrod decreed and said that [Abraham] would be thrown into the fiery furnace.