Israel Kept Their Names Language and Guarded Tongues

Another interpretation: "A locked garden, a locked spring" - referring to two acts of intimacy. And they were not suspected of slander, as it is said, "And each woman shall ask of her neighbor" (Exodus 3:22) - the borrowed goods were already in their hands for twelve months, and you do not find a single one of them who informed against his fellow. And they did not change their names: just as Scripture traces their lineage at their descent, Reuben and Simeon, so it traces their lineage at their ascent, as it is said, "and they declared their lineage according to their families" (Numbers 1:18). And there was no harlotry among them, as it is said, "the tribes of the LORD, a testimony for Israel, for there the tribes went up, the tribes of the LORD" (Psalms 122:4). The Holy One, blessed be He, said: My Name testifies concerning Israel that they were not defiled in Egypt through harlotry. And they did not change their language, "Who made you a man, a ruler and a judge" (Exodus 2:14), "two Hebrew men were quarreling" (Exodus 2:13) - from here that they were speaking Hebrew, as it is said, "for it is my mouth that speaks to you" (Genesis 45:12).