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Midrash su Genesi 27:13

וַתֹּ֤אמֶר לוֹ֙ אִמּ֔וֹ עָלַ֥י קִלְלָתְךָ֖ בְּנִ֑י אַ֛ךְ שְׁמַ֥ע בְּקֹלִ֖י וְלֵ֥ךְ קַֽח־לִֽי׃

E sua madre gli disse: Sia sopra di me la tua maledizione, figliuol mio; ma ubbidiscimi, e vammeli a prendere.

Midrash Tanchuma Buber

(Cant. 5:2, cont.:) MY INNOCENT (tammati), < i.e., > MY TWIN (when vocalized as tomati), since she had borne {two} twins. MY INNOCENT (tammati) because < the plan > was not from Rebekah. Rather the Holy One had put it in her heart. She said to him: When the first Adam sinned, was he cursed? Was not his mother cursed?76The point is explained in Gen. R. 65:15, which adds the following: “Thus it is stated (in Gen. 3:17): CURSED IS THE LAND BECAUSE OF YOU.” Since LAND here is the feminine form of “Adam,” the midrash interprets the cursed land as his mother. And now it is my < turn >. Fulfill your < destiny > ; and if you should be cursed, your curse will fall upon me. Thus it is stated (in Gen. 27:13): YOUR CURSE, MY SON, BE UPON ME! … [Why?] The Holy One said to him: See, I have crowned you with blessings, as stated (in Cant. 5:2, cont.): FOR MY HEAD IS DRENCHED WITH DEW. He went immediately. (According to Gen. 27:14:) THEN HE WENT TO GET THEM AND BROUGHT THEM TO HIS MOTHER…. He went in with his father and received the blessings, as stated (in vs. 28): SO MAY GOD GIVE TO YOU < FROM THE DEW OF HEAVEN >….
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Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer

Rabbi Meir said: Esau, the brother of Jacob, saw the coats of Nimrod, and in his heart he coveted them, and he slew him, and took them from him. Whence (do we know) that they were desirable in his sight? Because it is said, "And Rebecca took the precious raiment of Esau, her elder son" (Gen. 27:15). When he put them on he also became, by means of them, a mighty hero, as it is said, "And Esau was a cunning hunter" (Gen. 25:27). And when Jacob went forth from the presence of Isaac, his father, he said: Esau, the wicked one, is not worthy to wear these coats. What did he do? He dug in the earth and hid them there, as it is said, "A noose is hid for him in the earth" (Job 18:10).
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Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer

Now (Jacob) was skilled in the Torah, and his heart dreaded the curse of his father. His mother said to him: My son ! If it be a blessing, may it be upon thee and upon thy seed; if it be a curse, let it be upon me and upon my soul, as it is said, "And his mother said to him, Upon me be thy curse, my son" (Gen. 27:13). He went and brought two kids of the goats. Were two kids of the goats the food for Isaac? But he brought one as a Paschal offering, and with the other he prepared the savoury meat to eat; and he brought it to his father, and he said to him: "Arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison" (Gen. 27:19). Isaac said: "The voice is the voice of Jacob" (Gen. 27:22). Jacob (declares) the unity of God. "The voice is the voice of Jacob" (ibid.) in the meditation of the Torah. "And the hands are the hands of Esau" (ibid.), in all shedding of blood and in every evil death. Not only this, but also when they proclaim in heaven, "The voice is the voice of Jacob," the heavens tremble. And when they proclaim on earth, "The voice is the voice of Jacob" (ibid.), every one who hears will make his portion with "The voice which is the voice of Jacob." And every one || who does not hear and does not act (obediently), his portion is with "The hands, which are the hands of Esau."
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