מדרש אויף בראשית 28:2

Rabbi Shimon said, "It is the fortune of the righteous that they do not depart from the world until they command their children after them concerning the words of the Torah. As so have we found with Abraham our father, who did not depart from the world until he commanded his children and his household that they should keep the ways of the Holy One, blessed be He. As it is stated, I have known him, in order that he may command his children, etc. (Genesis 18:19). Likewise did Isaac command Jacob. As it is stated, And Issac called to Jacob and blessed him and commanded him (Genesis 28:2). So too did Jacob command his sons. As it is stated, And Jacob finished commanding his sons (Genesis 49:33). Likewise did David, the king of Israel, command Solomon his son. As it is stated, And the days for David to die approached, so he commanded Solomon his son, saying (I Kings 2:1). And so too, Moses our teacher did not depart from the world until he rebuked the Jewish people about the sins that fell into their hands and he commanded them to keep the commandments of the Holy One, blessed be He. As it is stated, These are the words, etc.." What is [the meaning of] These are the words? Rabbi Yishamael said, "These words (devarim) are equal to the Ten Commandments (dibbarot) that the Jewish people received from Mount Sinai. And not only that, but with the Ten Commandments, they did not wait much until they rebelled against them and said, These are your gods, O Israel (Exodus 32:4), whereas these words brought the Jewish people back to the good and made them cling to the Holy One, blessed be He, and to His Torah. As it is stated, But you, who clung to the Lord your God (Deuteronomy 4:4). The Holy One, blessed be He, said to Moses, 'Since the Jewish people have clung to Me through these words, [the words] will only be called by your name. As it is stated, These are the words that Moses spoke to all of Israel. It does not state, "These are the words that the Lord spoke," but rather These are the words Moses spoke.'"

Another interpretation (of Cant. 2:10): <ARISE,> MY DARLING (rt.: R'H). <She is> the daughter of Abraham, the one who was my companion (rt.: R'H), as stated (in Is. 41:8): THE SEED OF MY FRIEND ABRAHAM. (Cant. 2:10, cont.:) MY FAIR ONE (rt.: YPH), by virtue of Isaac, who beautified (rt.: YPH) me in the world as he laid his neck upon the altar. (Ibid., cont.:) AND COME AWAY (rt.: HLK), by virtue of Isaac whose mother said to him (in Gen. 28:2): ARISE, GO (rt.: HLK) TO PADDAN-ARAM, <TO THE HOUSE OF BETHUEL>…. (Cant. 2:11:) FOR NOW THE WINTER IS PAST, [THE RAINS ARE OVER AND GONE]. What is the meaning of THE WINTER and THE RAINS? THE WINTER is merely six months, and during it there are no hardships except when THE RAINS come down.³¹Cant. R. 2:11:1 connects this interpretation with the following and thereby suggests that like the winter, Israel’s stay in Egypt was not unrelieved hardship.

R. Akiba said: "I once asked Rabban Gamaliel and R. Joshua while we were at the meat-market of Imum, when they went to buy meat for the feast of the son of Rabban Gamaliel, it is written (Gen. 32, 32) And the sun rose unto him as he passed by Penuel; did then the sun only rise to him? Behold it rose to the whole world? R. Isaac said that the sun which was set for his sake rose now for him, for it is written (Ib. 28, 10) And Jacob went out from BeerSheba and went towards Charan, and further it says, And he lighted (Vayifga) upon a certain place and tarried there all night, because the sun was set. When he reached Charan, he said: "Is it right of me not to have prayed when I passed the place my parents passed?" He resolved to return, and soon after his resolution, the earth jumped and he met Bethel. He wanted to return after he prayed, but the Holy One, praised be He! however, said: "This upright came to my inn and he should go away without staying over night." Immediately thereupon the sun was set. It is written (Ib. 28, 2) And he took from the stones of the place, and again it is written (Ib. ib. 18) And he took the stone (singular). Said R. Isaac: "From this it may be inferred that all these stones gathered themselves together into one place, as if each were eager that the saint should lay his hand upon it." We are taught that all the stones were swallowed up by one another, and thus merged into one stone.(Ib.) And he said: 'Let me go, for the day breaketh.' Jacob then said to the angel: "Art thou then a thief or a murderer that thou fearest daybreak?" "I am an angel," came the reply, "and since I have been created I never had a chance to recite a song of praise but now." This will support R. Chananel, who said in the name of Rab, that three classes of ministering angels recite a song of praise every day. One class says, Holy! The second responds, Holy! And the third continues, Holy is the Lord of Hosts! The following contradictions were introduced from a Baraitha: Israel is beloved before the Holy One, praised be He! even more so than the ministering angels; for Israel reiterates the song every hour, while the ministering angels repeat it only once a day, according to some once a week, others again say, once a month, still according to others, only once a year. There are others who say once in seven years, and according to still others, once in a jubilee, and other authorities say, only once in eternity. Again, Israel mentions the Tetragrammaton after two words, as the passage says (Deut. 6, 4) Hear, Israel Yehova, but the ministering angels do not mention the Tetragrammaton till after three words, as it is written (Is. 6, 3) Holy, Holy, Holy! Yehova Tzebaoth. Moreover, the ministering angels do not start the song above till Israel has started it below; for it is said (Job 38, 7) When the morning stars sang together, and afterwards it says, Then all the sons of God shouted for joy. [Hence how can Rab state that the angels say Holy Tzebaoth and mention the Tetragrammaton after one word?] We must therefore explain that Rab meant thus: One class says, Holy! The second, Holy! Holy! and the third says, Holy! Holy! Holy! Yehova Tzebaoth. But there is also the praise Baruch [where the Tetragrammaton is mentioned after two words]? (Fol. 92) The praise Baruch, belongs to the angels Ofan [that are part of the Divine throne]. You may also explain that after the Tetragrammaton it is mentioned that the angels themselves have the privilege of repeating it at their own option.