창세기 27:15의 미드라쉬

(Deut. 2:3:) YOU HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF GOING ABOUT (rt.: SBB) THIS HILL COUNTRY (hahar). <These words can and should mean:> He had his father (hahar understood as horeh) sit down to eat (rt.: SBB).¹⁶The midrash understands hahar in the sense of horeh, which denotes a male parent, and the verb, sob (rt.: SBB), in the sense of “have one sit down to eat.” Esau greatly honored his father Isaac.¹⁷Deut. R. 1:15. Rabban Simeon ben Gamaliel said: Esau honored <him> as I have been unable to honor my father. When I came to my¹⁸The Buber reading, “his father,” is surely incorrect. father to serve him, I did not wear fine clothes, but Esau did not perform in the clothes which he wore outside, when he served his father. What did he do? He took off the garments in which he served and put on fine clothes. Thus it is stated (in Gen. 27:15): THEN REBEKAH TOOK THE BEST GARMENTS OF HER OLDER SON ESAU, WHICH WERE WITH HER IN THE HOUSE. Ergo, he honored his father (horo) greatly. After I (i.e., the Holy One) repay (pore') him for honoring his parents, I will exact vengeance (pore') from him. Thus it is stated (in Zech. 3:12 [8]): [FOR] THUS SAYS THE LORD OF HOSTS AFTER HIS GLORY SENT ME UNTO THE NATIONS THAT PLUNDERED YOU. But now (as stated in Deut. 2:3): YOU HAVE HAD ENOUGH.

(Exod. 12:2:) THIS MONTH (i.e. THIS MOON) SHALL BE FOR YOU. You reckon by months (i.e. by moons), but the nations of the world reckon by days. R. Abbin the Levite said: It is a universal custom for the great (gadol) to reckon by the great and for the small, by the small. Esau, who is older (gadol), as stated (in Gen. 27:15): HER OLDER SON <ESAU>, reckons by the sun, which is the greater <light>, as stated (in Gen. 1:16): THE GREATER (gadol) LIGHT <TO RULE THE DAY>. Jacob, who is called younger (qatan), as stated (in Gen. 27:15): HER YOUNGER SON <JACOB> reckons by the lesser (qatan), <i.e.,> by the moon, as stated (in Gen. 1:16): AND THE LESSER LIGHT <TO RULE THE NIGHT >. Ergo (in Exod. 12:2): THIS MONTH [SHALL BE FOR YOU].

Furthermore, our masters have also taught (in Zev. 14:4) BEFORE THE TABERNACLE WAS SET UP, THE HIGH PLACES WERE PERMITTED AND THE SACRIFICIAL SERVICE WAS PERFORMED BY THE FIRST-BORN.⁵⁰See above, 6:4, and the other references cited there. Therefore, the Holy One clothed Adam in garments of high priesthood, since he was the first-born of the world. Noah came [and passed them on to Shem; Shem] passed them on to Abraham; Abraham passed them on to Isaac; and Isaac passed them on to Esau, who was his first-born. Esau, however, saw his wives serving idols and deposited them (the clothes) with his mother. When Jacob arose and took the birthright of Esau, Rebekah said: Inasmuch as Jacob has taken the birthright from the hand of Esau, he has the right to put on these garments. Thus it is stated (in Gen. 27:15): THEN REBEKAH TOOK THE BEST GARMENTS OF HER OLDER SON ESAU, < WHICH WERE WITH HER IN THE HOUSE, AND HAD HER YOUNGER SON JACOB PUT THEM ON >. Jacob came in to his father Isaac and emitted an aroma on him. Thus it is stated (in Gen. 27:27): THEN HE SMELLED THE ODOR OF HIS GARMENTS AND BLESSED HIM…. How did he bless him? According to what they read on the matter (in Gen. 27:28): SO MAY GOD GIVE TO YOU….