A Man Goes Out and Learns Wisdom but Blind Isaac Stayed Home

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 113:3

Another explanation [of why Isaac is mentioned first]: It is the way of a woman to sit at home, and the way of a man to go out and learn understanding from other people. But this one [Isaac], because his eyes had dimmed and he sat inside his house [and could not go out to ease his mind among people], therefore Isaac is mentioned first.

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