תְּבַקְשֵׁם֙ וְלֹ֣א תִמְצָאֵ֔ם אַנְשֵׁ֖י מַצֻּתֶ֑ךָ יִהְי֥וּ כְאַ֛יִן וּכְאֶ֖פֶס אַנְשֵׁ֥י מִלְחַמְתֶּֽךָ׃
Hahanapin mo sila, ngunit hindi mo sila matatagpuan, ang mga taong nakikipag-away sa iyo; magiging parang wala at parang bagay na walang kabuluhan ang mga taong nakikipagdigma sa iyo.
Bereshit Rabbah
Another interpretation, “fear not Abram” – that is what is written: “But it is you, Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendants of Abraham who loved me, whom I have taken from the ends of the earth” (Isaiah 41:8–9) – from Mesopotamia and its environs. “And from its noblemen I called you” (Isaiah 41:9) – from its prominent leaders. “I called you” – I designated you. “I chose you and did not reject you” (Isaiah 41:9). “I chose you” – when you were Abram; “and did not reject you” – when you became Abraham.
“Do not fear, as I am with you; do not waver, as I am your God” (Isaiah 41:10) – Rabbi Hoshaya said: When Isaac said to Jacob: “Please approach so I may feel you, my son” (Genesis 27:21), his water spilled onto his knees4Out of fright. and his heart became soft as wax. The Holy One blessed be He appointed two angels for him, one to his right and one to his left, and they grasped him by his elbow so he would not fall. That is what is written: “Do not waver [tishta], as I am your God” – do not be like wax [tishva]. “I strengthened you, even helped you…behold, [all who provoke you] will be ashamed and humiliated” (Isaiah 41:10–11) – those who are hostile to you. “They will be like nothing, and the people who quarrel with you will perish” (Isaiah 41:11) – those who incite quarrels with you. “You will seek them…but not find them” (Isaiah 41:12) – those who contend with you. “For I am the Lord your God…who says to you: Fear not” (Isaiah 41:13), as it is stated: “Fear not, Abram.”
“Do not fear, as I am with you; do not waver, as I am your God” (Isaiah 41:10) – Rabbi Hoshaya said: When Isaac said to Jacob: “Please approach so I may feel you, my son” (Genesis 27:21), his water spilled onto his knees4Out of fright. and his heart became soft as wax. The Holy One blessed be He appointed two angels for him, one to his right and one to his left, and they grasped him by his elbow so he would not fall. That is what is written: “Do not waver [tishta], as I am your God” – do not be like wax [tishva]. “I strengthened you, even helped you…behold, [all who provoke you] will be ashamed and humiliated” (Isaiah 41:10–11) – those who are hostile to you. “They will be like nothing, and the people who quarrel with you will perish” (Isaiah 41:11) – those who incite quarrels with you. “You will seek them…but not find them” (Isaiah 41:12) – those who contend with you. “For I am the Lord your God…who says to you: Fear not” (Isaiah 41:13), as it is stated: “Fear not, Abram.”
Bereshit Rabbati
"Behold, I am with you (Genesis 28:15)." Our Rabbis stated: with "Anochi" God spoke with Moses, as it is stated: "I (Anochi) am the God of your ancestors (Shemot 3:6). With "Anochi" God created the word, and placed it in his [Moses'] mouth, as it is stated: "And I (Anochi) will be with your mouth." With "Anochi" God sent him to Pharaoh: "'Anochi' sent you." With "Anochi" God gave the Torah: "I (Anochi) am Hashem your God." With "Anochi" God sent them into the Wilderness, as it is stated: "Behold I (Anochi) led her and brought her into the wilderness (Hoshea 2:16). With "Anochi" God built Zion: "Behold I (Anochi) will bedeck with emeralds your stones (Isaiah 44:11)." With "Anochi" God brings the redemption, as it is stated: "Behold, I (Anochi) will send you Elijah the prophet (Malakhi 3:23)." With Anochi God comforts Israel: "I, I (Anochi, Anochi) am your comforter (Isaiah 41:12)." With 'Anochi" God spoke with Avraham: "I (Anochi) am a shield to you." With Isaac too: "I (Anochi) am the God of Avraham your father." With Jacob: "And behold I (Anochi) am with you." But when God was revealed upon Jacob at first, God did not reveal God's self except with "Ani," as it is stated: "And behold, Hashem stood on top of it [the ladder] and said 'I (Ani) am Hashem, God of Avraham..." Immediately, Jacob was frightened! He said, "Upon my Ancestors, God was revealed in the language of 'Anochi," but upon me in the language of 'Ani.' Say what trangression occurred for me that God did not speak to me in the language of my ancestors!" When the Holy Blessed One saw Jacob in pain and worrying about this, he immediately began speaking with him using "Anochi": "And behold, I (Anochi) am with you." Since Jacob was exiled from his father's home, God promised him that God would be with him, as it is stated: "I (Anochi) am with him in suffering (Psalms 91:15)." Rabbi Hama said: the engraving of lips is so difficult that it is weighed equally to the creation of the universe, that with the creation of the universe it is written: "These are the begettings of the heavens and the earth in their being created," and about the engraving of lips it is written "God creates a new expression of the lips (Isaiah 47:19)." Rabbi Shmuel bar Nahmani said: If you want to know the power of speech, what the Blessed One created with this tongue... sometimes, a person speaks one thing and he loosens his tongue, and sometimes there is a word that he stretches the tongue until his teeth. And with one word we find 11 contexts used [for Anochi): "like their corrupt doings (Ezekiel 20:44)."