Tafsiran yang Mengutip untuk Kejadian 26:20

V. 2. וירב ist nicht תלונה, wie V. 3 וילך, das, wie wir aus der Bedeutung des לון gefunden, das Abhilfe suchen gegen ein fühlbar werdendes Ungemach bedeutet, sondern ist zunächst das Geltendmachen einer vermeintlichen oder wirklichen Rechtsforderung, wie bei dem Streit um die Brunnen, Bereschit 26, 20. Sie machen daher hier noch keine Vorwürfe, weisen nicht auf das Bedürfnis hin, sondern fordern als einen berechtigten Anspruch Wasser. Zu einem Lagerplatz gehört Wasser: תנו לנו וגו׳. — Wenn das ן in תריבון und תנסון die Person hervorhebt, so liegt die Entgegnung wohl darin: ihr wisst doch, daß ich euch nicht hierher geführt, sondern Gott, und ihr habt doch genug von Gott bereits erfahren, um ruhig zu vertrauen, Gott werde euch auch hier nicht verdursten lassen. Unter gewöhnlichen Umständen wäre eure Forderung eine gerechte.

A Midrashic approach (based on Tanchuma Vaeyra 1) When Moses began to question G’d’s methods in our verse, G’d responded by saying to him: “what a pity that the patriarchs are no longer alive; they are indeed unforgettable. When I told Avraham to walk ahead of Me and be perfect, he did not question My ways. When he searched for a piece of ground to bury his wife Sarah and could not find it until he finally paid a fortune of 400 shekel for a cave, he did not question Me and My ways [after all G’d had promised the whole of the land of Canaan to Avraham and his descendants. Ed.]. When I told Yitzchak to stay in the land of Canaan during the famine instead of seeking relief in Egypt, he did not question My ways. How many times did he have to dig for water only to be denied its use by the Philistines? He never questioned My ways. I had promised Yaakov that the land he was lying on was all going to be his and his children’s and when it came to finding a piece of land whereon to put his tent 26 years later he had to acquire a small tract near Shechem for 100 kessitah (an outrageous amount) yet he never questioned My ways. You, on the other hand, who are only at the very beginning of your career as My messenger already are beginning to question My ways! First you wanted to know My name; now you accuse Me of making things worse for the Jewish people! Truly, עתה תראה “what I am going to do to Pharaoh now you will experience, but because you have seen fit to question My ways you will not live to see what I am going to do to the 31 kings of the land of Canaan.” This will be a battle under the leadership of Joshua. According to this Midrash Moses had already accepted the decree that he would not enter the land of Canaan at this time. Thus far the Midrash.

Whatever you do will be subject to altercation. You cannot say [the term עשוק is related to] “You shall not withhold the wages (לא תעשוק) of your fellow” (Vayikra 19:13), which means to withhold the wages of a hireling, as this has nothing to do with our parsha. And robbery is already mentioned [in the word following]. Therefore Rashi explains the term (עשוק) is related to (Bereishis 26:20), “He named the well עשק [Quarrel], because they had quarreled with him.”