וְיַעֲקֹ֣ב שָׁמַ֗ע כִּ֤י טִמֵּא֙ אֶת־דִּינָ֣ה בִתּ֔וֹ וּבָנָ֛יו הָי֥וּ אֶת־מִקְנֵ֖הוּ בַּשָּׂדֶ֑ה וְהֶחֱרִ֥שׁ יַעֲקֹ֖ב עַד־בֹּאָֽם׃
Jacob apprit qu’on avait déshonoré Dina, sa fille. Ses fils étaient avec son bétail, dans les champs; Jacob se tut jusqu’à leur retour.
Tractate Kallah Rabbati
BARAITHA.49K 9. R. Joḥanan b. Dahabai said: The Ministering Angels told me four things, viz.: Why [are children born] lame? Because [their parents] overturned their tables. Why [are children born] blind? Because [their parents] gazed at ‘that place’. Why [are children born] dumb? Because [their parents] kiss ‘that place’. Why [are children born] deaf? Because [their parents] converse during cohabitation.
GEMARA. Raba said: All the attributes of the Holy One, blessed be He, [are exercised towards man on the principle of] measure for measure. Man ‘overturned his table’, therefore the feet of his children are deformed;50lit. ‘overturned’. he gazed at the pudenda which should be hidden from all, therefore is he hidden from his children;51Being blind, they never see him. he showed no regard for the mouth that speaks and by which the kiss [of love] is given and kissed what is closed,52i.e. the ‘dumb mouth’ of the body. therefore the mouth of his children is closed; he conversed at a time when he should have been silent, therefore the ear [52a] of his children is silenced. Why is [a deaf person] termed ḥeresh? Because he keeps silent [ḥoresh], as it is written, And Jacob held his peace [weheḥerish] until they came.53Gen. 34, 5. Raba said: All these [children are so affected only] if they are conceived from such cohabitation.
GEMARA. Raba said: All the attributes of the Holy One, blessed be He, [are exercised towards man on the principle of] measure for measure. Man ‘overturned his table’, therefore the feet of his children are deformed;50lit. ‘overturned’. he gazed at the pudenda which should be hidden from all, therefore is he hidden from his children;51Being blind, they never see him. he showed no regard for the mouth that speaks and by which the kiss [of love] is given and kissed what is closed,52i.e. the ‘dumb mouth’ of the body. therefore the mouth of his children is closed; he conversed at a time when he should have been silent, therefore the ear [52a] of his children is silenced. Why is [a deaf person] termed ḥeresh? Because he keeps silent [ḥoresh], as it is written, And Jacob held his peace [weheḥerish] until they came.53Gen. 34, 5. Raba said: All these [children are so affected only] if they are conceived from such cohabitation.