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EXTRA on Lech Lecha 17:8

EXTRA · Classic midrash (everlasting holding) · Parashas Lech Lecha · Passuk 17:8

Complete Passuk

וְנָתַתִּ֣י לְ֠ךָ֠ וּלְזַרְעֲךָ֨ אַחֲרֶ֜יךָ אֵ֣ת אֶ֣רֶץ מְגֻרֶ֗יךָ אֵ֚ת כׇּל־אֶ֣רֶץ כְּנַ֔עַן לַאֲחֻזַּ֖ת עוֹלָ֑ם וְהָיִ֥יתִי לָהֶ֖ם לֵאלֹהִֽים׃

I assign the land you sojourn in to you and your offspring after you, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting holding. I will be their God.

Source

Classic midrash (everlasting holding)

Core Text

לַאֲחֻזַּת עוֹלָם — אֲחֻזָּה שֶׁאֵין לָהּ הֶפְסֵק; וְהָיִיתִי לָהֶם לֵאלֹהִים — הַבְּרִית כּוֹלֶלֶת אֶת הָאָרֶץ וְאֶת הַקֶּשֶׁר עִם הַשֵּׁם.

English: As an everlasting holding — a holding without interruption; and I will be their God — the covenant includes both the land and the bond with Hashem.

On the daf / in context: Within the brit milah chapter, 17:8 pairs everlasting land tenure with the ongoing relationship “I will be their God.” Classical readers treat the two clauses as one covenant package.

Type of Learning: Custom (pairing of land and relationship)

What Is Learned: The everlasting holding of Canaan is inseparable from the everlasting God-relationship sealed by circumcision in this same chapter.

Supplementary classical material not listed by Torah Temimah under this exact passuk.

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