창세기 38:14의 미드라쉬

[(Gen. 38:1:) THAT JUDAH WENT AWAY.] What is written above on the matter (in Gen. 37:14)? PLEASE GO AND SEE [ABOUT YOUR BROTHERS' WELFARE AND ABOUT THE WELFARE OF THE FLOCK]. Would the flock know what WELFARE was when he told him < to see about > THE WELFARE OF THE FLOCK?²⁵“What is your welfare” corresponds to the English greeting “How do you do.” How could animals respond to such a greeting? R. Ayyevu said: A person must pray for whoever is beneficial to him.²⁶The Buber text, which reads “shatters him,” makes little sense. The emendation adopted here is slight. It has been accepted by Jastrow, in his lexicon under SKR, and suggested in Midrash Tanhuma (Jerusalem: Eshkol, n.d.), vol. 1, appendix, p. 74, n. 2. See Gen. R. 84:13. Because Jacob was benefiting from his flock by consuming the milk and wearing the shorn wool, for that reason he had to ask about their welfare. It is therefore stated (in Gen. 37:14): YOUR BROTHERS' WELFARE AND THE WELFARE OF THE FLOCK. (Ibid., cont,:) AND BRING BACK WORD TO ME. They said (in vs. 33): JOSEPH HAS BEEN TORN TO BITS.²⁷According to the biblical context, these words were spoken by Jacob.

(Gen. 38:14:) SHE SAT DOWN AT THE ENTRANCE TO ENAIM (a name which means "eyes"). R. Joshua ben Levi said: It was at the entrance to which all eyes would be raised in expectation of the Holy One.⁵⁴See Sot. 10a; ySot. 1:4 (16d); yKet. 13:1 (35c); Gen. R. 85:7; M. Sam. 7.

Another interpretation (of Gen. 38:14:) SHE SAT DOWN AT THE ENTRANCE TO ENAIM ("eyes"), < i.e., > at the entrance on which the Holy One looks. Thus it is stated (in Zech. 4:10): < THESE ARE > THE EYES (a form of 'enayim) {OF THE LORD ROAMING} [OF THE LORD. THEY ROAM] AROUND ALL THE EARTH.

Another interpretation (of Gen. 38:14): AT THE ENTRANCE TO ENAIM ("eyes"). When one goes out on the road, his eyes look here and there.