The King Removes the Noblewoman's Last Blemish

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 81:6

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Another interpretation. This is like a noblewoman who came in to inquire after the welfare of the king. The king said, "How beautiful she is, except that she has a slight blemish." She said to him, "I beg of you, tell me what my blemish is." He said to her, "Trim your nails and you will be perfect." She said to him, "I do not know how to trim them." The king stretched out his hand and trimmed them. So Abraham said to Him, "Remove my reproach" (Psalms 119:39), and immediately, "and made a covenant with him." And it is written (Song of Songs 7:2), "The curves of your thighs are like jewels, the work of a craftsman's hands."

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