[וירא אלהים אל יעקב עוד]. זש"ה כי אתה אלהים שמעת לנדרי וגו' (תהלים סא ו), יצחק פרצוף פניו דומה לאביו, שנאמר ואלה תולדות יצחק בן אברהם אברהם הוליד את יצחק (בראשית כה יט), מהו אברהם הוליד את יצחק, שהיה פרצוף פניו דומה לאביו, הוי נתת ירושת יראי שמך (תהלים שם), מה אברהם דבר עמו הקב"ה בן צ"ט שנים, אף יעקב דבר עמו הקב"ה בן צ"ט שנים, מה אברהם אמר לו הקב"ה אני אל שדי פרה ורבה (בראשית לה יא), אף יעקב דבר עמו באל שדי, שנאמר וירא אלהים אל יעקב עוד וגו' [אני אל שדי].
[(Gen. 35:9, 11:) NOW GOD APPEARED UNTO JACOB AGAIN]… < AND GOD SAID TO HIM: I AM GOD ALMIGHTY >. This text is related (to … Ps. 61:6 [5]): FOR YOU, O GOD, HAVE HEARKENED TO MY VOWS; < YOU HAVE GRANTED THE HERITAGE OF THOSE WHO FEAR YOUR NAME >. Isaac had a face with a visage like < that of > his father.82Gk.: prosopon. On Isaac’s face being like that of Abraham, see Targum Pseudo-Jonathan, Gen. 25:19; BM 87a. (Gen. 25:19:) THESE ARE THE GENERATIONS OF ISAAC BEN ABRAHAM: ABRAHAM SIRED ISAAC. What is the meaning of ABRAHAM SIRED ISAAC? That he had a face with a visage like that of his father. Ergo (in Ps. 61:6 [5]): YOU HAVE GRANTED THE HERITAGE OF THOSE WHO FEAR YOUR NAME.83According to BM 87a, Isaac’s visage miraculously became like that of Abraham and thereby demonstrated his paternity, i.e., that Isaac had a heritage. Just as Abraham had the Holy One speak with him at the age of ninety-nine years (in Gen. 17:1), so did Jacob have the Holy One speak with him at the age of ninety-nine years. Just as Abraham had the Holy One say to him (in Gen. 17:1): I AM GOD ALMIGHTY; BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY;84These last four words are not found in the Masoretic Text. so did JACOB have him speak with him as God Almighty. It is so stated (in Gen. 35:9, 11:) NOW GOD APPEARED UNTO JACOB AGAIN … < AND GOD SAID TO HIM >: [I AM GOD ALMIGHTY); BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY.
[וירא אלהים אל יעקב עוד]. זש"ה כי אתה אלהים שמעת לנדרי וגו' (תהלים סא ו), יצחק פרצוף פניו דומה לאביו, שנאמר ואלה תולדות יצחק בן אברהם אברהם הוליד את יצחק (בראשית כה יט), מהו אברהם הוליד את יצחק, שהיה פרצוף פניו דומה לאביו, הוי נתת ירושת יראי שמך (תהלים שם), מה אברהם דבר עמו הקב"ה בן צ"ט שנים, אף יעקב דבר עמו הקב"ה בן צ"ט שנים, מה אברהם אמר לו הקב"ה אני אל שדי פרה ורבה (בראשית לה יא), אף יעקב דבר עמו באל שדי, שנאמר וירא אלהים אל יעקב עוד וגו' [אני אל שדי].
[(Gen. 35:9, 11:) NOW GOD APPEARED UNTO JACOB AGAIN]… < AND GOD SAID TO HIM: I AM GOD ALMIGHTY >. This text is related (to … Ps. 61:6 [5]): FOR YOU, O GOD, HAVE HEARKENED TO MY VOWS; < YOU HAVE GRANTED THE HERITAGE OF THOSE WHO FEAR YOUR NAME >. Isaac had a face with a visage like < that of > his father.82Gk.: prosopon. On Isaac’s face being like that of Abraham, see Targum Pseudo-Jonathan, Gen. 25:19; BM 87a. (Gen. 25:19:) THESE ARE THE GENERATIONS OF ISAAC BEN ABRAHAM: ABRAHAM SIRED ISAAC. What is the meaning of ABRAHAM SIRED ISAAC? That he had a face with a visage like that of his father. Ergo (in Ps. 61:6 [5]): YOU HAVE GRANTED THE HERITAGE OF THOSE WHO FEAR YOUR NAME.83According to BM 87a, Isaac’s visage miraculously became like that of Abraham and thereby demonstrated his paternity, i.e., that Isaac had a heritage. Just as Abraham had the Holy One speak with him at the age of ninety-nine years (in Gen. 17:1), so did Jacob have the Holy One speak with him at the age of ninety-nine years. Just as Abraham had the Holy One say to him (in Gen. 17:1): I AM GOD ALMIGHTY; BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY;84These last four words are not found in the Masoretic Text. so did JACOB have him speak with him as God Almighty. It is so stated (in Gen. 35:9, 11:) NOW GOD APPEARED UNTO JACOB AGAIN … < AND GOD SAID TO HIM >: [I AM GOD ALMIGHTY); BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY.