Midrasch zu Bereschit 35:29

And in those days after Isaac's death, the Lord called a famine into all the earth. At that time ‎Pharaoh, king of Egypt, was seated upon his throne and he fell asleep that night and he ‎dreamed many dreams. And Pharaoh saw in his dream, and behold he stood by the banks of ‎the river of Egypt, which is Shichor... And as he stood there he saw, and behold, seven cows ‎fat fleshed and well favored came up out of the river, and after them came out seven cows ‎lean fleshed and ill favored. And the seven ill-favored cows did eat up the seven well favored ‎cows and their appearance was yet as bad as before. And he awoke. And he fell asleep and ‎dreamed a second time. And he saw and behold seven ears of corn came up, upon one stalk, ‎rank and good, and right after them grew up seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind. ‎And the seven thin ears swallowed up the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke from ‎his dream. And in the morning when the king thought over his dreams his spirit was greatly ‎disturbed on account of his dreams. And the king hastened and issued a call unto all the ‎magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof, and they came and stood before the king. ‎And the king said unto them: I have dreamed dreams and there is no one to interpret them. ‎And they said unto the king: Relate thy dreams we pray thee, unto thy servants, that we may ‎hear them. And the king related his dreams unto them. And all of them answered and said ‎unto the king, as if with one mouth: May the king live forever! this is the interpretation of his ‎dreams: The seven fat cows that thou hast seen are seven daughters, which will be born unto ‎thee in thy last days. And the seven cows that came up after them which thou hast seen ‎swallow up the first cows are a sign that the daughters which will be born unto thee will all die ‎during the life time of the king. And what thou hast seen in thy second dream, namely, the ‎seven rank and good ears, springing up from one stalk, this is the interpretation that thou wilt ‎build unto thee seven cities in the land of Egypt in thy last days. And what thou hast seen ‎afterwards, namely, the seven blasted ears that grew up after them, and swallowed them up ‎before thine eyes, is a sign that the cities which thou shalt build shall all be destroyed in the ‎latter days during the life time of the king. And when they had spoken these words the king ‎did not incline his ears. unto their speech, nor did he quiet his heart on their account; for the ‎king in his wisdom knew well that they had not interpreted his dreams correctly. And when ‎they ceased speaking before the king, the king answered unto them saying: What are these ‎words which you have spoken unto me? Verily you have allowed lies. And falsehoods to come ‎out of your mouths, and unless you give me the correct interpretation of my dreams, all of you ‎shall be put to death.‎

Abraham also pleaded for death with his own lips, as it is said: What wilt thou give me, seeing I go hence childless (Gen. 15:2). Thereupon the Holy One, blessed be He, said to him: Thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace (ibid., v. 15). Isaac likewise sought death, as is said: That I may eat, and bless thee before the Lord before my death (ibid. 35:29). Similarly, Jacob asked for death, as is said: Now let me die (ibid. 46:30). The Holy One, blessed be He, told him: You have said: Now let me die, but you will live seventeen additional years. After that time had passed he became ill and died.

[(Gen. 43:14:) AND MAY GOD ALMIGHTY (ShDY) GRANT YOU MERCY.] What was the reason for Jacob to bless them with < the formula > GOD ShDY?⁴⁶Tanh., Gen. 10:10; below, 10:16. To teach you that a lot of afflictions had come upon him. While he was in his mother's womb, Esau had contended with him, as stated (in Gen. 25:22): BUT THE CHILDREN STRUGGLED TOGETHER WITHIN HER.⁴⁷Cf. PRK 3:1. And so it says (in Amos 1:11): BECAUSE HE PURSUED HIS BROTHER WITH THE SWORD AND DESTROYED HIS WOMB. "His womb" is < what is > written.⁴⁸DESTROYED HIS WOMB would normally be read as a metaphor and translated by an expression such as “cast off all pity.” Because of Esau he fled to Laban. See how many troubles there were! (Gen. 31:40:) THUS I WAS: BY DAY SCORCHING HEAT CONSUMED ME…. < Look at > how, when he left, < Laban > pursued after him to kill him, [as stated (in Gen. 31:23)]: AND PURSUED AFTER HIM FOR A JOURNEY OF {THREE} [SEVEN] DAYS. He escaped from him; Esau came with the intention of killing him. On account of him he lost all that gift⁴⁹Gk.: doron. (according to Gen. 32:15 [14]): TWO HUNDRED SHE-GOATS…. He went away from Esau; the trouble about Dinah came (in Gen. 34). Then after that, the trouble with Rachel < dying > (in Gen. 35:19). Then, after these troubles, he was intending to rest a bit, until there came the trouble about Joseph (in Gen. 37); and after that, the trouble with his father, Isaac, who died (in Gen. 35:29) ten years after the sale of Joseph. So the Scripture has cried out (in Job 3:26): I WAS NOT TRANQUIL, NOT QUIET, HAD NO REST; AND TROUBLE CAME. After that there came upon him the trouble with Simeon (in Gen. 42:24); and after that, the trouble with Benjamin (in Gen. 42:36; 43:3-15). He therefore prayed (in Genesis 43:14) AND MAY GOD ShDY. Now he says: The one who said: Enough (DY), to the heavens and to the earth should say: Enough (DY), to my afflictions. For, when the Holy One created the heavens and the earth, they continued expanding until the Holy One said to them: Enough (DY).⁵⁰See above, 1:11; 3:25. below, 10:16. It is therefore written (in Gen. 43:14): GOD WHO IS ENOUGH (ShDY).

And also the cave of Machpelah which was in Hebron, and which Abraham had bought from ‎Ephron, Jacob took for the possession of a burial ground for himself and his seed forever. And ‎Jacob wrote down all of these transactions into a book of sale and he sealed it and had it ‎testified to by trustworthy witnesses concerning everything. And these are the words which ‎Jacob wrote into the book, saying: The land of Canaan and all the cities of the Hittites and of ‎the Hivites, and of the Jebusites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and of the Gergasites, of all ‎the seven nations from the river of Egypt even unto the river Euphrates, and the entire city of ‎Hebron, to-wit, Kirjath-arba, and the cave that is in it, all these Jacob hath bought of Esau his ‎brother for value received, to possess and to inherit it for himself and his sons and his seed ‎after him forever. And Jacob took the book of sale, and the seal, the laws and the statutes, ‎and the public documents, and he placed them into an earthen vessel so that it be preserved ‎for many days, and he gave it into the hands of his sons. And Esau took all that his father had ‎left after his death, men and servants and camels and asses and oxen and sheep and gold and ‎silver and precious stones, all the wealth that belonged to Isaac, the son of Abraham. And Esau ‎left not the least thing of all the great wealth but he took it all, and he went into the land of ‎Seir, the Horite, and he returned with his sons and procured pos sessions in the midst of the ‎sons of Seir. And Esau never returned unto the land of Canaan after this day. And all the land ‎of Canaan was an inheritance to the sons of Israel forever, and Esau and his sons possessed ‎the mountain of Seir.‎

Rabbi Levi said: In the hour of the ingathering of Isaac, he left his cattle and his possessions, and all that he had, to his two sons; therefore they both rendered loving-kindness (to him), as it is said, "And Esau and Jacob his sons buried him" (Gen. 35:29).