וַיִּרְאוּ֙ הַשֹּׁ֣מְרִ֔ים אִ֖ישׁ יוֹצֵ֣א מִן־הָעִ֑יר וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ ל֗וֹ הַרְאֵ֤נוּ נָא֙ אֶת־מְב֣וֹא הָעִ֔יר וְעָשִׂ֥ינוּ עִמְּךָ֖ חָֽסֶד׃
Nakita ng mga bantay ang isang lalaking lumalabas mula sa lungsod, at sinabi nila sa kanya: “Ipakita mo sa amin ang daanang papasok sa lungsod, at gagawan ka namin ng kabutihan.”
Ein Yaakov (Glick Edition)
(Ib. b) We are taught that R. Maier says: "It is proper to compel one to escort his associate, for the reward of escorting is unlimited, as it is written (Jud. 1, 24) And the watchers saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, 'Show us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city and we will deal kindly with thee.' And it is written further, And he showed them the entrance into the city. And what was the kindness they showed him? They smote the entire city with the edge of the sword, but the man and all his family they let go free. (Ib., ib., 36) And the man went into the land of the Hittites and built a city, and called it Luz. We are taught in a Baraitha; that is the same Luz where they dye the Techaileth, it is the same Luz against which Sennacherib came to destroy but was not able to do so; and which Nebuchadnezzar had beseiged but could not destroy it, and even the angel of death has no right to pass and enter it. Its old people when they desired to die were brought outside of its surrounding walls where they died. Is this not an a fortiori conclusion? If this Canaanite who had not performed any duty through walking with his feet, nor through talking with his mouth, nevertheless was rewarded that he and his children until endless generations should be saved from the Angel of Death. He, who speaks with his mouth and walks with his feet to perform good things, how much more should he be rewarded? If so, then how did that man show them the city, if he neither walked nor spoke. Ezekiah said: "He made grimaces so that they received a hint." R. Jochanan said: "With his finger he showed them." We are taught in a Baraitha in accordance with the opinion of R. Jochanan: As reward for having shown them the entrance of the city within Canaan and his children until endless generations were rewarded to be saved from the Angel of Death. R. Joshua b. Levi said: "If one walks on the road and has no escort with him he shall study the Torah, as it is said (Pr. 1, 9) For the wreath of grace are they unto thy head, and chains for thy throat." R. Joshua b. Levi said also: "On account of the four cubits space which Pharaoh escorted Abraham, the latter's children had to serve four hundred years." R. Juda said in the name of Rab: "If one escorts his associate even four cubits within the city, the traveler will not meet any injury of his trip." Rabina escorted Rabba b. Isaac four cubits and protected him from an incident with which he was met on the road. Our Rabbis were taught: A teacher should escort his disciple to the boundaries of the city; two colleagues should escort each other as far as it is permitted to walk on the Sabbath outside of the town. The distance a disciple is to escort his teacher is limitless. How far should this be? Said R. Shesheth: "A mile." And this refers only when the teacher is not a distinguished scholar, but if he is a distinguished scholar, he should go three Parthoa. R. Cabana accompanied R. Shimi b. Assi from Pum-Nahara to the place called "Between the Palm," in Babylonia. When they reached this place they said: "Is it true, master, what people say that those palm trees of Babylon date from the days of Adam, the first?" "Thou recallest to my mind," answered R. Cahana, "what R. Jose, the son of R. Chanina said: 'What is the meaning of the passage (Jer. 2, 6) Through a land through which no man had passed and where no man had dwelt. Since no man had passed through it, how is it possible for any man to have dwelt in it? It means to teach that whatever land Adam the first decreed, should become inhabited, indeed did become inhabited; but whatever land Adam, the first man, decreed that it should not become inhabited, remained uninhabited." R. Mordecai escorted R. Shimi b. Assi from Hagrunia as far as the place called Bekipai, and according to others, to the place called Be-dura.
Bereshit Rabbah
“Jacob awoke early in the morning, and he took the stone that he had placed beneath his head, and established it as a monument, and poured oil on the top of it” (Genesis 28:18).
“Jacob awoke early in the morning, and he took the stone…and poured oil on the top of it” – He provided to him, from the heavens, enough to fill a jug to its mouth.
“He called the name of that place Beit El; however, Luz was the name of the city initially” (Genesis 28:19).
“However, Luz” – this is Luz, in which they dye sky blue wool. This is Luz that Sennacherib attacked but did not transfer its population; [that] Nebuchadnezzar [attacked], but he did not destroy it. This is Luz, over which the angel of death never had dominion. What would the elderly among them do? When they would become very old, they would take them outside the walls and they would die. Rabbi Abba bar Kahana said: Why is it called Luz? Anyone who would enter it would proliferate mitzvot and good deeds like an almond tree [luz]. The Rabbis say: Just as a luz has no opening,15The shell has no clear place from which to crack it. so, too, no man could ascertain the location of the city entrance.
Rabbi Simon said: Luz was located at the entrance of a city. Rabbi Elazar said in the name of Rabbi Pinḥas bar Ḥama: Luz was located at the entrance of a cave. There was a hollow almond tree and they would enter the cave through the almond tree and through the cave to the city. That is what is written: “The sentries saw a man emerging from the city, and they said to him: Show us now the way into the city, and we will act benevolently with you. He showed them the way into the city, and they smote the city by the sword, but the man and his entire family they released” (Judges 1:24–25).
Rabbi Yanai and Rabbi Yishmael employed this as a conclusion:16Used this as a conclusion to what they said, ending with a statement praising the host. If this one, who did not go with his hands or with his feet, but because he showed them with his finger, was saved from suffering, Israel, who perform acts of kindness with their great ones17And their lesser ones. with their hands and with their feet, all the more so.
“Jacob awoke early in the morning, and he took the stone…and poured oil on the top of it” – He provided to him, from the heavens, enough to fill a jug to its mouth.
“He called the name of that place Beit El; however, Luz was the name of the city initially” (Genesis 28:19).
“However, Luz” – this is Luz, in which they dye sky blue wool. This is Luz that Sennacherib attacked but did not transfer its population; [that] Nebuchadnezzar [attacked], but he did not destroy it. This is Luz, over which the angel of death never had dominion. What would the elderly among them do? When they would become very old, they would take them outside the walls and they would die. Rabbi Abba bar Kahana said: Why is it called Luz? Anyone who would enter it would proliferate mitzvot and good deeds like an almond tree [luz]. The Rabbis say: Just as a luz has no opening,15The shell has no clear place from which to crack it. so, too, no man could ascertain the location of the city entrance.
Rabbi Simon said: Luz was located at the entrance of a city. Rabbi Elazar said in the name of Rabbi Pinḥas bar Ḥama: Luz was located at the entrance of a cave. There was a hollow almond tree and they would enter the cave through the almond tree and through the cave to the city. That is what is written: “The sentries saw a man emerging from the city, and they said to him: Show us now the way into the city, and we will act benevolently with you. He showed them the way into the city, and they smote the city by the sword, but the man and his entire family they released” (Judges 1:24–25).
Rabbi Yanai and Rabbi Yishmael employed this as a conclusion:16Used this as a conclusion to what they said, ending with a statement praising the host. If this one, who did not go with his hands or with his feet, but because he showed them with his finger, was saved from suffering, Israel, who perform acts of kindness with their great ones17And their lesser ones. with their hands and with their feet, all the more so.
Bereshit Rabbah
“Jacob awoke early in the morning, and he took the stone that he had placed beneath his head, and established it as a monument, and poured oil on the top of it” (Genesis 28:18).
“Jacob awoke early in the morning, and he took the stone…and poured oil on the top of it” – He provided to him, from the heavens, enough to fill a jug to its mouth.
“He called the name of that place Beit El; however, Luz was the name of the city initially” (Genesis 28:19).
“However, Luz” – this is Luz, in which they dye sky blue wool. This is Luz that Sennacherib attacked but did not transfer its population; [that] Nebuchadnezzar [attacked], but he did not destroy it. This is Luz, over which the angel of death never had dominion. What would the elderly among them do? When they would become very old, they would take them outside the walls and they would die. Rabbi Abba bar Kahana said: Why is it called Luz? Anyone who would enter it would proliferate mitzvot and good deeds like an almond tree [luz]. The Rabbis say: Just as a luz has no opening,15The shell has no clear place from which to crack it. so, too, no man could ascertain the location of the city entrance.
Rabbi Simon said: Luz was located at the entrance of a city. Rabbi Elazar said in the name of Rabbi Pinḥas bar Ḥama: Luz was located at the entrance of a cave. There was a hollow almond tree and they would enter the cave through the almond tree and through the cave to the city. That is what is written: “The sentries saw a man emerging from the city, and they said to him: Show us now the way into the city, and we will act benevolently with you. He showed them the way into the city, and they smote the city by the sword, but the man and his entire family they released” (Judges 1:24–25).
Rabbi Yanai and Rabbi Yishmael employed this as a conclusion:16Used this as a conclusion to what they said, ending with a statement praising the host. If this one, who did not go with his hands or with his feet, but because he showed them with his finger, was saved from suffering, Israel, who perform acts of kindness with their great ones17And their lesser ones. with their hands and with their feet, all the more so.
“Jacob awoke early in the morning, and he took the stone…and poured oil on the top of it” – He provided to him, from the heavens, enough to fill a jug to its mouth.
“He called the name of that place Beit El; however, Luz was the name of the city initially” (Genesis 28:19).
“However, Luz” – this is Luz, in which they dye sky blue wool. This is Luz that Sennacherib attacked but did not transfer its population; [that] Nebuchadnezzar [attacked], but he did not destroy it. This is Luz, over which the angel of death never had dominion. What would the elderly among them do? When they would become very old, they would take them outside the walls and they would die. Rabbi Abba bar Kahana said: Why is it called Luz? Anyone who would enter it would proliferate mitzvot and good deeds like an almond tree [luz]. The Rabbis say: Just as a luz has no opening,15The shell has no clear place from which to crack it. so, too, no man could ascertain the location of the city entrance.
Rabbi Simon said: Luz was located at the entrance of a city. Rabbi Elazar said in the name of Rabbi Pinḥas bar Ḥama: Luz was located at the entrance of a cave. There was a hollow almond tree and they would enter the cave through the almond tree and through the cave to the city. That is what is written: “The sentries saw a man emerging from the city, and they said to him: Show us now the way into the city, and we will act benevolently with you. He showed them the way into the city, and they smote the city by the sword, but the man and his entire family they released” (Judges 1:24–25).
Rabbi Yanai and Rabbi Yishmael employed this as a conclusion:16Used this as a conclusion to what they said, ending with a statement praising the host. If this one, who did not go with his hands or with his feet, but because he showed them with his finger, was saved from suffering, Israel, who perform acts of kindness with their great ones17And their lesser ones. with their hands and with their feet, all the more so.