זוהר, תוספות כרך א י״דZohar, Addenda, Volume I 14

Segment 1א׳

וַיְהִי כְּבוֹא אַבְרָם מִצְרַיְמָה, כְּבוֹאָם מִּבָּעֵי לֵיהּ וְשָׂרָה הֵיכָן הָיְתָה. אֶלָּא אַבְרָהָם אַעֲלָה בְּתֵיבוּתָּא וְסָגַר עֲלָהּ כֵּיוָן דְּמָטָא לְמִצְרָיִם אֲמְרוּ לֵיהּ הַב מִכְסָּא אָמַר אֲנָא יָהִיב מִכְסָּא. אֲמְרוּ לֵיהּ מָאנִין אַתְּ טָעִין אָמַר אֲנָא יָהִיב דְמָאנִין אָמְרוּ לֵיהּ מַטְכְּסָא אַתְּ טָעִין אָמַר אֲנָא יָהִיב דְּמַטְכְּסָא. אָמְרוּ לֵיהּ מַרְגֶלָאן אַתְּ טָעִין, אָמַר לְהוּ אֲנָא יָהִיב מִכְסָּא דְּמַרְגֶלָאן, אָמְרוּ לֵיהּ אִי אֶפְשָׁר, אֶלָּא לְמִפְתַּח תֵּיבוּתָא וְנֶחזֵי מָה בְּגַוָוהּ. כֵּיוָן דְּפַתְחוּ תֵּיבוּתָא אִתְנָהַרָא אַרְעָא דְמִצְרָיִם מִנְּהוֹרָא דִּילָה הֲדָא הוּא דִּכְתִיב (שם) וַיִּרְאוּ הַמִצְרִים אֶת הַאִשָׁה וְגוֹ' אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוּדָה וַיְהִי בְּבוֹאָם מִצְרַיְמָה, הֲוָה לֵיהּ לְמֵימָר אֶלָּא בַּתֵיבָה וְכוּ':

“And it came to pass, when Abram came into Egypt” — it should have said “when they came”; and where was Sarah? But Abraham put her into a chest and closed it upon her. When he reached Egypt they said to him: Pay the toll. He said: I will pay the toll. They said to him: You are carrying vessels. He said: I will pay for vessels. They said to him: You are carrying silk. He said: I will pay for silk. They said to him: You are carrying pearls. He said to them: I will pay the toll for pearls. They said to him: It is not possible; rather, open the chest and let us see what is within it. When they opened the chest, the land of Egypt was lit up from her light. This is what is written, “and the Egyptians beheld the woman,” etc. (Ibid.). R. Judah said: “And it came to pass, when they came into Egypt” — so it should have said; but rather, in the chest, and so forth.