English of Core Text: It was taught: there is no land more excellent among all lands than the land of Egypt, as it is said “like the garden of Hashem, like the land of Egypt.”
On the daf / in context: The double comparison is read as assigning Sodom the excellence of both orchard and field agriculture at once.
Type of Learning
Custom
What Is Learned
Egypt stands as the benchmark of agricultural excellence; Sodom is described by that same standard before its destruction.