עַמְּךָ֣ נְדָבֹת֮ בְּי֪וֹם חֵ֫ילֶ֥ךָ בְּֽהַדְרֵי־קֹ֭דֶשׁ מֵרֶ֣חֶם מִשְׁחָ֑ר לְ֝ךָ֗ טַ֣ל יַלְדֻתֶֽיךָ׃
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Midrash Tanchuma Buber
Another interpretation (of Gen. 12:1): GO (LK LK). The Holy One said to him: I sought (rt.: ShHR) you (LK) early. Thus R. Joshua ben Qorhah said: David said (in Ps. 110:3): YOUR PEOPLE ('MK) OFFER THEMSELVES WILLINGLY IN THE DAY OF YOUR WARFARE (rt.: HYL)… < FROM THE WOMB OF THE DAWN (rt.: SHHR). > YOURS (LK) IS THE DEW OF YOUR YOUTH.13Cf. Gen. R. 39:8. The Holy One said to him: I was with you ('MK) on the day that you armed your forces (rt.: HYL). What is the meaning of THE DEW OF YOUR YOUTH? R. Aha said: R. Hanina said: At the age of three years Abraham recognized his Creator.14See Gen. R. 30:8; 46:2; 64:8; 95:3; Cant. R. 5:16:1; PR 21:12; below, 5:6. Where is it shown? Where it is stated (in Gen. 26:5): BECAUSE ('QB) ABRAHAM HEEDED MY VOICE. By gematria15Gk.: geometria or grammateis. Gematria is an exegetical method in which an interpretation is reached from the sum of the numerical value of the letters in a word. 'QB = 172 < years >, and all the days of Abraham are 175 < years >. Hence16By understanding Gen. 26:5 to mean: 172 YEARS ABRAHAM HEEDED MY VOICE. you learn that at the age of three years Abraham knew his Creator. The Holy One said to him: I am making all the evil deeds which you did in those three years like this dew. Ergo (in Ps. 110:3): THE DEW OF YOUR YOUTH.
Midrash Tanchuma Buber
David also gives praise47Gk.: kalos (“beautifully,” “well”). (in Ps. 110:3): YOUR PEOPLE OFFER THEMSELVES FREELY IN YOUR DAY OF VALOR. Now where is it shown that the righteous were collaborators with the Holy One when he formed a model? Where it is so written (in I Chron. 4:23): THESE WERE THE FORMERS, [EVEN] THE INHABITANTS OF NETAIM…. < These are > [the ones who are] collaborators with God in all creation, as stated (ibid., cont.): THEY DWELL THERE ALONG WITH THE KING AT HIS WORK; i.e., they dwell along with the Supreme King of Kings, the Holy One, at his work, and create creation. The Holy One said: It is not enough that I do nothing without their knowledge, but everything which I make in this world and in the world to come is prepared for them. That is what David said (in Ps. 31:20 [19]): HOW ABUNDANT IS THE GOOD WHICH YOU HAVE LAID UP FOR THOSE WHO FEAR YOU….
Bereshit Rabbah
Rabbi Yehuda and Rabbi Neḥemya, Rabbi Yehuda says: “Go you [lekh lekha]” – twice,6This is expounded as though it was written: Lekh lekh – go, go. one from Aram Naharayim and one from Aram Naḥor.7God told him to leave both places. Rabbi Neḥemya says: “Lekh lekha” – twice, one from Aram Naharayim and Aram Naḥor, and one when He flew him from [the Covenant] between the Pieces and brought him to Ḥaran.8Abraham was seventy years old when he first went to Canaan, and it was then that God made the Covenant between the Pieces (Genesis 15) with him (Seder Olam Rabba 1). He then returned to Ḥaran, and left again at age seventy-five, as recounted in our verse.
That is what is written: “Your people [amekha] will volunteer on your day of battle [ḥeilekha]” (Psalms 110:3) – I was with you [imekha] when you volunteered on My behalf to descend into the fiery furnace. “On your day of battle” – when you assembled for Me all the hosts [haḥayalot] and masses.9They converted when you emerged from the furnace unscathed. “In sacred glory [hadrei]” (Psalms 110:3) – from the radiance [hadar] of the world10From the east, where the sun rises, Ur of the Chaldeans. I sanctified you; “from the womb of the dawn [mishḥar]” (Psalms 110:3) – from the womb of the world11This, too, is a reference to the east. I have sought you out [sheḥartikha]. “Yours is the dew of youth” (Psalms 110:3) – because our forefather Abraham was fearful, saying: ‘Perhaps I have a sin on my hands because I was an idol worshipper all those years?’ The Holy One blessed be He said to him: “The dew of your youth” – just as dew evaporates, so, too, your sins will evaporate; just as dew is a sign of blessing for the world, so, too, you are a sign of blessing for the world.
That is what is written: “I said: Would that I had wings like a dove; I would fly away and come to rest” (Psalms 55:7).12The verse is expounded as referring to Abraham, who had an intense desire to leave his land and go to the Land of Israel. Why like a dove?13As opposed to some other bird. Because all other birds, when they are weary, they rest on a stone or on a tree, but a dove, when it flies and grows weary, it folds one of its wings and flies with the other wing. “I would wander [nedod] far away” (Psalms 55:8) – movement after movement, wandering after wandering.14Nedod is expounded as nidnud ¬– one wandering [nod] after another, from Ur of Chaldeans to Ḥaran and from Ḥaran to Canaan. “To repose in the wilderness, Selah” (Psalms 55:8) – it is preferable to repose in the wildernesses of the Land of Israel rather than to repose in the palaces outside the Land. And if you object that Abraham did not act immediately, and did not rejoice over the words of the Omnipresent, and [you ask] why did he not depart [at once]? It is because he had not yet been permitted, but once he was permitted: “Abram went as the Lord had spoken to him, and Lot went with him” (Genesis 12:4).
Rabbi Levi said: When Abraham was traveling through Aram Naharayim and Aram Naḥor, he saw them eating, drinking, and reveling. He said: ‘Would that my portion not be in this land.’ When he reached the Promontory of Tyre, he saw them engaged in weeding at the time of weeding, hoeing at the time of hoeing,15They were a hard-working people, not given to merry-making. he said: ‘Would that my portion be in this land.’ The Holy One blessed be He said to him: “To your descendants I will give this land” (Genesis 12:7).
That is what is written: “Your people [amekha] will volunteer on your day of battle [ḥeilekha]” (Psalms 110:3) – I was with you [imekha] when you volunteered on My behalf to descend into the fiery furnace. “On your day of battle” – when you assembled for Me all the hosts [haḥayalot] and masses.9They converted when you emerged from the furnace unscathed. “In sacred glory [hadrei]” (Psalms 110:3) – from the radiance [hadar] of the world10From the east, where the sun rises, Ur of the Chaldeans. I sanctified you; “from the womb of the dawn [mishḥar]” (Psalms 110:3) – from the womb of the world11This, too, is a reference to the east. I have sought you out [sheḥartikha]. “Yours is the dew of youth” (Psalms 110:3) – because our forefather Abraham was fearful, saying: ‘Perhaps I have a sin on my hands because I was an idol worshipper all those years?’ The Holy One blessed be He said to him: “The dew of your youth” – just as dew evaporates, so, too, your sins will evaporate; just as dew is a sign of blessing for the world, so, too, you are a sign of blessing for the world.
That is what is written: “I said: Would that I had wings like a dove; I would fly away and come to rest” (Psalms 55:7).12The verse is expounded as referring to Abraham, who had an intense desire to leave his land and go to the Land of Israel. Why like a dove?13As opposed to some other bird. Because all other birds, when they are weary, they rest on a stone or on a tree, but a dove, when it flies and grows weary, it folds one of its wings and flies with the other wing. “I would wander [nedod] far away” (Psalms 55:8) – movement after movement, wandering after wandering.14Nedod is expounded as nidnud ¬– one wandering [nod] after another, from Ur of Chaldeans to Ḥaran and from Ḥaran to Canaan. “To repose in the wilderness, Selah” (Psalms 55:8) – it is preferable to repose in the wildernesses of the Land of Israel rather than to repose in the palaces outside the Land. And if you object that Abraham did not act immediately, and did not rejoice over the words of the Omnipresent, and [you ask] why did he not depart [at once]? It is because he had not yet been permitted, but once he was permitted: “Abram went as the Lord had spoken to him, and Lot went with him” (Genesis 12:4).
Rabbi Levi said: When Abraham was traveling through Aram Naharayim and Aram Naḥor, he saw them eating, drinking, and reveling. He said: ‘Would that my portion not be in this land.’ When he reached the Promontory of Tyre, he saw them engaged in weeding at the time of weeding, hoeing at the time of hoeing,15They were a hard-working people, not given to merry-making. he said: ‘Would that my portion be in this land.’ The Holy One blessed be He said to him: “To your descendants I will give this land” (Genesis 12:7).