Naphtali the Sweetness of Torah and Zilpah's Hidden Birth

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 127:4

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Another interpretation: "sweetness" [nofet] it was not mine the words of Torah of which it is said (Psalms 19:11) "the drippings of the honeycomb" [nofet tzufim] were destined to be spoken in the portion of Naphtali. (Genesis 30:10) "And Zilpah bore." Of all the others it is written "and she conceived," but here "and she bore" rather, she was a young woman and her pregnancy was not noticeable.

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