Midrash su Genesi 24:50
וַיַּ֨עַן לָבָ֤ן וּבְתוּאֵל֙ וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ מֵיְהוָ֖ה יָצָ֣א הַדָּבָ֑ר לֹ֥א נוּכַ֛ל דַּבֵּ֥ר אֵלֶ֖יךָ רַ֥ע אוֹ־טֽוֹב׃
Lavàn e Bethuèl risposero e dissero: La parola è uscita dal Signore [l’accaduto dimostra che questo matrimonio è voluto da lui]: noi non dobbiamo parlarti né in male, né in bene [né pro, né contra: non dobbiamo che ubbidire].
Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer
Laban and Bethuel answered: Since (this) word has come forth from the mouth of the Almighty, we cannot prevent it, as it is said, "Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the Lord: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good" (Gen. 24:50). "Behold, Rebecca is before thee; take her and go" (Gen. 24:51).
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Bereishit Rabbah
Rabbi Abahu opened (Proverbs 19,14): “Property and riches are bequeathed by fathers, But an efficient wife comes from the LORD.” Rabbi Pinchas in the name of Rabbi Abahu - we find in Torah, the Prophets, and the Scriptures (Tanakh) that a person’s perfect match is chosen by G-d. In the Torah? (Genesis 24, 50) “Then Laban and Bethuel answered, “The matter was decreed by the LORD.” In the Prophets? (Judges 14, 4) “His father and mother did not realize that this was the LORD’s doing…” In the Scriptures - (Proverbs 19,14) “But an efficient wife comes from the LORD.” There are those who walk to their partner and those whose partner walks to them: Yitzchak's partner came to him, as it says, 'He saw and the camels were arriving' (Genesis 24, 63) and Yaakov went to his partner, as it says 'Yaakov went out from Be'er Sheva' (Genesis 28, 10)."
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