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זוהר, לך לך ט״וZohar, Lech Lecha 15

Section 15 of 35 in Lech Lecha — 10 segments

Segment 1א׳

תָּא חֲזֵי, כָּל הַהוּא לֵילְיָא דְּשָׂרָה הֲוַת לְגַבֵּיהּ דְּפַרְעֹה אָתוּ מַלְאֲכֵי עִלָּאֵי לְזַמְרָא לֵיהּ לְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא בְּשִׁירִין וְתוּשְׁבְּחָן, אָמַר לְהוּ קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא כֻּלְּכוּ זִילוּ וְעֲבִידוּ מַכְתְּשִׁין רַבְרְבִין בְּמִצְרַיִם, רְשִׁימוּ לְמַאן דְּאֲנָא זַמִּין לְמֶעְבַּד לְבָתַר, (דא) מַה כְּתִיב וַיְנַגַּע יְיָ אֶת פַּרְעֹה נְגָעִים גְּדוֹלִים וְגו'.

He, as it were, awoke the dawn, as it is written, “Awake, my glory, awake, psaltery and harp; I myself will awake right early” (Ps. 57, 9). In the night when Sarai was with Pharaoh, the angels came to sing praises before God, but God said to them, “Go all of you, and deal heavy blows on Egypt, in anticipation of what I intend to do subsequently”; hence it is written, “And the Lord smote Pharaoh with great plagues.”

Segment 2ב׳

תָּא חֲזֵי, מַה כְּתִיב וַיִּקְרָא פַּרְעֹה לְאַבְרָם וְגו'. מְנָא הֲוָה יָדַע, דְּהָא לָא כְּתִיב הָכָא כְּמָה דְּאִתְּמָר בַּאֲבִימֶלֶךְ דִּכְתִיב וְעַתָּה הָשֵׁב אֵשֶׁת הָאִישׁ כִּי נָבִיא הוּא וְגו', וְהָכָא לָא אָמַר לֵיהּ מִדִּי.

Then, PHARAOH CALLED ABRAM, ETC. What gave him this idea, seeing that God did not say anything to him as He did later to Abimelech, as when He said, “And now restore the man’s wife, for he is a prophet”, etc. (Gen. 20, 7)?’

Segment 3ג׳

אָמַר רַבִּי יִצְחָק הָא כְּתִיב עַל דְּבַר שָׂרַי אֵשֶׁת אַבְרָם. דְּהָכִי הֲווּ אָמְרֵי לֵיהּ, עַל דְּבַר שָׂרַי אֵשֶׁת אַבְרָם. דְּהָא לָא הֲוָה מְמַלֵּיל עִמֵּיהּ כְּמָה דִּמְמַלֵּיל בַּאֲבִימֶלֶךְ, אֶלָּא בְּמִלָּה דָא אִתְּמָר וְלָא יַתִּיר, מַכְתְּשָׁא דָא עַל דְּבַר שָׂרַי אֵשֶׁת אַבְרָם אִיהִי, וְלָא הֲוָה מַלִּיל (דא) עִמֵּיהּ, כְּדֵין יָדַע (הוא) דְּהָא אִתְּתֵיהּ דְּאַבְרָהָם אִיהִי, מִיָּד וַיִּקְרָא פַּרְעֹה לְאַבְרָם וַיֹּאמֶר וְגו'.

Said R. Isaac, ‘The answer is contained in the words BECAUSE OF SARAI ABRAM’S WIFE: the angels as they smote him said “this blow is because of Sarai Abram’s wife” and no more, and then he knew that she was Abram’s wife, and straightway “Pharaoh called Abram and said, etc.”

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Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria

English: The Zohar — Soncino Press, London 1933 (public domain)