Talmud for Genesis 33:10
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יַעֲקֹ֗ב אַל־נָא֙ אִם־נָ֨א מָצָ֤אתִי חֵן֙ בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָ וְלָקַחְתָּ֥ מִנְחָתִ֖י מִיָּדִ֑י כִּ֣י עַל־כֵּ֞ן רָאִ֣יתִי פָנֶ֗יךָ כִּרְאֹ֛ת פְּנֵ֥י אֱלֹהִ֖ים וַתִּרְצֵֽנִי׃
And Jacob said: ‘Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found favour in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand; forasmuch as I have seen thy face, as one seeth the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.
Tractate Soferim
In Lord of lords,21Deut. 10, 17. the first is sacred and the second is secular; in the God of Abraham22Gen. 31, 53. it is sacred; in the God of Nahor23ibid.; Nahor did not worship the true God. it is secular; in the God of their father24ibid.; Terah (their father) was an idolater. it is secular. In Thou shalt not revile God25Ex. 22, 27. [the noun may bear] a sacred or secular meaning.26It may denote God or judges. R. Simeon maintains that the noun is sacred.27V inserts ‘as it says’ within brackets, the words being redundant. [H omits and reads ‘Ishmael’ instead of ‘Simeon’.] In Forasmuch as I have seen thy face, as one seeth the face of God28Gen. 33, 10. the noun is secular;29Because it refers to an angel or prince. in God’s camp30ibid. XXXII, 3. the noun is sacred.
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