Midrash su Giosuè 17:5

"Jacob is the chevel of His inheritance": "chevel" is a lot, as it is written (Psalms 16:5) "chavalim have fallen to me in pleasant places," and (Joshua 17:5) "And the lots of Menasheh fell — ten." (Ibid. 19:9) "From the chevel of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Shimon": Just as a chevel (a rope) is three-fold, so Jacob was the third of the fathers, and he received reward over and against all of them. When Abraham was born, what is written? (Proverbs 17:17) "And a brother (Abraham) is born for affliction" (see beginning of # 311). When Israel was born, what is written? (Koheleth 4:9) "Better the two than the one." When Jacob was born, what is written (Ibid. 4:12) "And the three-fold cord is not soon sundered."