Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 86:5

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 86:5

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Another interpretation: the beginning of his conception was not for the sake of Heaven but for the sake of harlotry; "his boasts" did not act so for the sake of harlotry but for the sake of Heaven, as it is said, "and she went down to the threshing floor and did according to all that her mother-in-law had commanded her" (Ruth 3:6).

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