Passionate for what?
“…and (Jacob) said to Lavan, “What is my transgression, and what is my sin that you have so hotly pursued me?” (Genesis 31:36) (Setting the scene: Jacob had endured too many years of his overbearing father-in-law Lavan, so he packed up his family and everything he had and left. His wife Rachel grabbed her father’s […]
Becoming desensitized
“And they (the two Hittite women that Esav married) were a source of bitterness to Isaac and to Rebecca.” (Genesis 26:35) The Midrash notes that the source of aggravation was because these women were idol worshipers. The Midrash also picks up on an interesting detail in the verse. It doesn’t say they were a source […]