Shemos 2:2 · unit 1 — she conceived and bore

Parashas Shemos

The Complete Passuk

וַתַּ֥הַר הָאִשָּׁ֖ה וַתֵּ֣לֶד בֵּ֑ן וַתֵּ֤רֶא אֹתוֹ֙ כִּי־ט֣וֹב ה֔וּא וַֽתִּצְפְּנֵ֖הוּ שְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה יְרָחִֽים׃

The woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw how beautiful he was, she hid him for three months.

Chabad.org — 2:2

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to R’ Yehudah bar Zevina — Sotah 12a (verified).

Sefaria — Sotah 12a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text

ותהר האשה ותלד — א״ר יהודה בר זבינא: מקיש לידתה להורתה, מה הורתה שלא בצער אף לידתה שלא בצער, מכאן לנשים צדקניות שלא היו בפתקה של חוה.

English: “And the woman conceived and bore” — R’ Yehudah bar Zevina said: Her birth is compared to her conception; just as her conception was without pain, so her birth was without pain. From here [we learn] that righteous women were not included in the decree of Chava.

On the daf / in context: The midrash equates the ease of conception and birth for the righteous, exempting them from the curse of painful childbirth.

Type of Learning

Custom — gezerah shavah / comparison of conception and birth.

What Is Learned

Chazal teach that the birth of Moshe, like the conception, was without the pain of Chava’s curse.