| 12Moses said to the Lord: "Look, You say to me: 'Bring this people up!' But You have not informed me whom You will send with me. And You said: 'I have known you by name and you have also found favor in My eyes.' |
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יבוַיֹּ֨אמֶר משֶׁ֜ה אֶל־יְהֹוָ֗ה רְ֠אֵ֠ה אַתָּ֞ה אֹמֵ֤ר אֵלַי֙ הַ֚עַל אֶת־הָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֔ה וְאַתָּה֙ לֹ֣א הֽוֹדַעְתַּ֔נִי אֵ֥ת אֲשֶׁר־תִּשְׁלַ֖ח עִמִּ֑י וְאַתָּ֤ה אָמַ֨רְתָּ֙ יְדַעְתִּ֣יךָ בְשֵׁ֔ם וְגַם־מָצָ֥אתָ חֵ֖ן בְּעֵינָֽי: |
| Look, You say to me: Heb. רְאֵה, lit., see. רְאֵה means: Direct Your eyes and Your heart on Your words. [I.e., think about what You are saying!] You say to me [“Lead”] but You have not informed me [who will come with us]. You said to me, “Behold, I am sending an angel” (Exod. 23:20), [yet] this is not considered informing because I do not want it [to occur this way]. [Reggio edition: I do not want him.] -[See Exod. Rabbah 45:4] |
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רְאֵה אַתָּה אֹמֵר אֵלַי:
רְאֵה – תֵּן עֵינֶיךָ וְלִבְּךָ עַל דְּבָרֶיךָ אַתָּה אֹמֵר אֵלַי וגו' וְאַתָּה לֹא הֽוֹדַעְתַּנִי וגו': וַאֲשֶׁר אָמַרְתָּ לִי הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי שֹׁלֵחַ מַלְאָךְ, אֵין זוֹ הוֹדָעָה, שֶׁאֵין אֲנִי חָפֵץ בָּהּ:
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| And You said: ‘I have known you by name’: [which means that God is saying:] I have recognized you from other people with a name of importance. For [God] said to me [Moses]: “Behold, I am coming to you in the thickness of the cloud… and they will also believe in you forever” (Exod. 19:9). |
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וְאַתָּה אָמַרְתָּ יְדַעְתִּיךָ בְשֵׁם:
הִכַּרְתִּיךָ מִשְּׁאָר בְּנֵי אָדָם בְּשֵׁם חֲשִׁיבוּת, שֶׁהֲרֵי אָמַרְתָּ לִי הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי בָּא אֵלֶיךָ בְּעַב הֶעָנָן וְגוֹ' וְגַם בְּךָ יַאֲמִינוּ לְעוֹלָם (שמות י"ט):
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| 13And now, if I have indeed found favor in Your eyes, pray let me know Your ways, so that I may know You, so that I may find favor in Your eyes; and consider that this nation is Your people." |
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יגוְעַתָּ֡ה אִם־נָא֩ מָצָ֨אתִי חֵ֜ן בְּעֵינֶ֗יךָ הֽוֹדִעֵ֤נִי נָא֙ אֶת־דְּרָכֶ֔ךָ וְאֵדָ֣עֲךָ֔ לְמַ֥עַן אֶמְצָא־חֵ֖ן בְּעֵינֶ֑יךָ וּרְאֵ֕ה כִּ֥י עַמְּךָ֖ הַגּ֥וֹי הַזֶּֽה: |
| And now: If it is true that I have found favor in Your eyes, pray let me know Your ways, [i.e.,] what reward You give to those who find favor in Your eyes. |
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וְעַתָּה וגו':
אִם אֱמֶת שֶׁמָּצָאתִי חֵן בְּעֵינֶיךָ הודעני נא את דרכך. מַה שָּׂכָר אַתָּה נוֹתֵן לְמוֹצְאֵי חֵן בְּעֵינֶיךָ:
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| so that I may know You, so that I may find favor in Your eyes: And with this I will know the standard of Your recompense, [i.e.,] what constitutes finding favor, since I have found favor in Your eyes. The explanation of “so that I may find favor” means: in order that I may recognize how great the reward of finding favor [with You] is. |
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וְאֵדָעֲךָ לְמַעַן אֶמְצָא־חֵן בְּעֵינֶיךָ:
וְאֵדַע בָּזוֹ מִדַּת תַּגְמוּלֶיךָ – מַה הִיא מְצִיאַת חֵן שֶׁמָּצָאתִי בְּעֵינֶיךָ; וּפִתְרוֹן למען אמצא חן – לְמַעַן אַכִּיר כַּמָּה שְׂכַר מְצִיאַת הַחֵן:
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| and consider that this nation is Your people: That You should not say, “and I will make you into a great nation” and [then] forsake these [people]. See [i.e., remember] that they are Your people from long ago, and if You reject them, I would not rely on [only] those descendants who come from my loins to survive; make known to me [now] the payment of my reward through this people. Although our Rabbis expounded on this in tractate Berachoth (7a), I have come to reconcile the verses according to their context and their sequence. |
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וּרְאֵה כִּי עַמְּךָ הַגּוֹי הַזֶּֽה:
שֶׁלֹּא תֹאמַר וְאֶעֱשֶׂה אוֹתְךָ לְגוֹי גָּדוֹל וְאֶת אֵלֶּה תַּעֲזֹב, רְאֵה כִּי עַמְּךָ הֵם מִקֶּדֶם, וְאִם בָּהֶם תִּמְאַס, אֵינִי סוֹמֵךְ עַל הַיּוֹצְאִים מֵחֲלָצַי שֶׁיִּתְקַיְּמוּ, וְאֶת תַּשְׁלוּם הַשָּׂכָר שֶׁלִּי בָּעָם הַזֶּה תּוֹדִיעֵנִי; וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ דָרְשׁוּ בְּמַסֶּכֶת בְּרָכוֹת (דף ז'), וַאֲנִי לְיַשֵּׁב הַמִּקְרָאוֹת עַל אָפְנֵיהֶם וְעַל סִדְרָם בָּאתִי:
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| 14So He said, "My Presence will go, and I will give you rest." |
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ידוַיֹּאמַ֑ר פָּנַ֥י יֵלֵ֖כוּ וַֽהֲנִחֹ֥תִי לָֽךְ: |
| So He said, “My Presence will go…”: Heb. פָּנַי יֵלֵכוּ, lit., My countenance will go. [This is to be understood] as the Targum [Onkelos] renders: [שְׁכִנְתִּי תְהַךְ], I will no longer send an angel; I Myself will go, similar to [the verse:] “and you personally go (וּפָנֶיךָ הֹלְכִים) to battle” (II Sam. 17:11). |
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וַיֹּאמַר פָּנַי יֵלֵכוּ:
כְּתַרְגּוּמוֹ – לֹא אֶשְׁלַח עוֹד מַלְאָךְ, אֲנִי בְעַצְמִי אֵלֵךְ, כְּמוֹ וּפָנֶיךָ הוֹלְכִים בַּקְּרָב (שמואל ב י״ז:י״א):
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| 15And he said to Him, "If Your Presence does not go [with us], do not take us up from here. |
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טווַיֹּ֖אמֶר אֵלָ֑יו אִם־אֵ֤ין פָּנֶ֨יךָ֙ הֹֽלְכִ֔ים אַל־תַּֽעֲלֵ֖נוּ מִזֶּֽה: |
| And he said to Him: This is what I want, because [I] do not [want you to] take us up from here [if it is] through an angel. |
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וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו:
בְּזוֹ אֲנִי חָפֵץ, כִּי עַל יְדֵי מַלְאָךְ אַל תַּעֲלֵנוּ מִזֶּה:
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| 16For how then will it be known that I have found favor in Your eyes, I and Your people? Is it not in that You will go with us? Then I and Your people will be distinguished from every [other] nation on the face of the earth." |
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טזוּבַמֶּ֣ה | יִוָּדַ֣ע אֵפ֗וֹא כִּֽי־מָצָ֨אתִי חֵ֤ן בְּעֵינֶ֨יךָ֙ אֲנִ֣י וְעַמֶּ֔ךָ הֲל֖וֹא בְּלֶכְתְּךָ֣ עִמָּ֑נוּ וְנִפְלִ֨ינוּ֙ אֲנִ֣י וְעַמְּךָ֔ מִכָּ֨ל־הָעָ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הָֽאֲדָמָֽה: |
| For how then will it be known: [I.e., how] will the finding of favor be known? Is it not in that You will go with us? One other thing I ask of You [I ask] that Your Shechinah shall no longer rest upon heathen nations. -[from Ber. 7a] |
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וּבַמֶּה יִוָּדַע אֵפוֹא:
יִוָּדַע מְצִיאַת הַחֵן, הלוא בלכתך עמנו. וְעוֹד דָּבָר אֲנִי שׁוֹאֵל מִמְּךָ, שֶׁלֹּא תַשְׁרֶה שְׁכִינָתְךָ עוֹד עַל אֻמּוֹת הָעוֹלָם.
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| Then I and Your people will be distinguished: Heb. וְנִפְלִינוּ. In this respect, we will be separated from every [other] nation, like “And the Lord will make a separation (וְהִפְלָה) …between the livestock of Egypt” (Exod. 9:4). |
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וְנִפְלִינוּ אֲנִי וְעַמֶּךָ:
וְנִהְיֶה מֻבְדָּלִים בַּדָּבָר הַזֶּה מִכָּל הָעָם (ברכות ז'), כְּמוֹ וְהִפְלָה ה' בֵּין מִקְנֵה יִשְׂרָאֵל וְגוֹ' (שמות ט'):
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