Midrash on Genesis 10:5: Bereshit Rabbah & Classical Sources

מֵ֠אֵלֶּה נִפְרְד֞וּ אִיֵּ֤י הַגּוֹיִם֙ בְּאַרְצֹתָ֔ם אִ֖ישׁ לִלְשֹׁנ֑וֹ לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם בְּגוֹיֵהֶֽם׃

Of these were the isles of the nations divided in their lands, every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.

Midrash Tanchuma Buber

Another interpretation (of Gen. 42:1): THEN JACOB SAW THAT THERE WAS GRAIN (ShBR)…. This text is related (to Ps. 146:5): BLESSED IS THE ONE WHOSE HELP IS THE GOD OF JACOB, WHOSE HOPE (SBR) IS IN THE LORD HIS GOD.21Gen. R. 91:1, 6; cf. Tanh., Gen. 10:5. The Holy One showed him that Joseph was alive.
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