[וירד יהודה]. זש"ה עוד היורש אביא לך וגו' (מיכה א טו), ר' יהודה ור' נחמיה, חד אמר לאחיותיהם נטלו השבטים, שנאמר ויקומו כל בניו וכל בנותיו לנחמו, וכמה היו הבנות, אלא תיומותיהם היו, שהיתה יולדת עמו תאומים והוא נוטלה, וכן הוא אומר גבי בנימן כי גם זה לך בן (בראשית לה יז), כי זה לך בן לא נאמר, אלא כי גם זה, שילדה אמו תאומה, הוי ויקומו כל בניו וכל בנותיו וגו' (שם לז לה), מכאן אתה למד שנטלו את אחיותיהם, ור' נחמיה מקיים בנותיו כלותיו, שחתנו של אדם כבנו וכלתו כבתו, ואין אדם נמנע מלקרוא לכלתו בתו. אמרו רבותינו יהודה שהיה גדול בבית אביו נטל כנענית, שכתיב וירא שם יהודה, והנביא מכריז עד עדולם יבא (קדוש) [כבוד] ישראל (מיכה א טו), הוי וירד יהודה וגו' ויט עד איש עדולמי.
[(Gen. 38:1:) THAT JUDAH WENT AWAY < FROM HIS BROTHERS AND TURNED ASIDE TO A CERTAIN ADULLAMITE >.] This text is related (to Micah 1:15): I WILL YET BRING TO YOU ONE WHO SHALL DISPOSSESS YOU, < O INHABITANT OF MARESHAH; TO ADULLAM SHALL COME THE GLORY OF ISRAEL >.19Rashi on Gen. 37:35; see Gen. R. 85:1. R. Judah and R. Nehemiah differed. The one said: The tribal patriarchs married their sisters, since it is stated (in Gen. 37:35): THEN ALL HIS SONS AND DAUGHTERS20According to R. Judah, the plural here shows that Jacob had more than one daughter. AROSE TO COMFORT HIM. And how many daughters were there? They were simply their < brothers' twelve > twin sisters. < A given brother's mother > bore twins at his < birth >, and he would marry her. Moreover, it says so about Benjamin (in Gen. 35:17): BECAUSE THIS ALSO IS A SON FOR YOU.21Gen. R. 82:8. "Because this is a son for you" is not stated, but BECAUSE THIS ALSO IS A SON FOR YOU, since his mother had < already > given birth to < his > twin sister. Ergo (in Gen. 37:35): THEN ALL HIS SONS AND DAUGHTERS AROSE…. Hence you learn that they married their sisters. But R. Nehemiah maintains: His daughters were his daughters-in-law. Since one's son-in-law is like his son, and his daughter-in-law, like a daughter, one does not refrain from calling his daughter-in-law his daughter.22Gen. R. 84:21. Our masters have said: Judah, who was the eldest in his father's house, married a Canaanite. Thus it is written (in Gen. 38:2): AND JUDAH SAW THERE < THE DAUGHTER OF A CERTAIN CANAANITE >. And the prophet proclaims (in Micah 1:15): TO ADULLAM SHALL COME THE (HOLY ONE) [GLORY] OF ISRAEL. Ergo (according to Gen. 38:1-2): THAT JUDAH WENT AWAY < FROM HIS BROTHERS > AND TURNED ASIDE TO A CERTAIN ADULLAMITE < WHOSE NAME WAS HIRAH. AND JUDAH SAW THERE THE DAUGHTER OF A CERTAIN CANAANITE WHOSE NAME WAS SHUA. SO HE TOOK HER AND WENT IN UNTO HER >.
[וירד יהודה]. זש"ה עוד היורש אביא לך וגו' (מיכה א טו), ר' יהודה ור' נחמיה, חד אמר לאחיותיהם נטלו השבטים, שנאמר ויקומו כל בניו וכל בנותיו לנחמו, וכמה היו הבנות, אלא תיומותיהם היו, שהיתה יולדת עמו תאומים והוא נוטלה, וכן הוא אומר גבי בנימן כי גם זה לך בן (בראשית לה יז), כי זה לך בן לא נאמר, אלא כי גם זה, שילדה אמו תאומה, הוי ויקומו כל בניו וכל בנותיו וגו' (שם לז לה), מכאן אתה למד שנטלו את אחיותיהם, ור' נחמיה מקיים בנותיו כלותיו, שחתנו של אדם כבנו וכלתו כבתו, ואין אדם נמנע מלקרוא לכלתו בתו. אמרו רבותינו יהודה שהיה גדול בבית אביו נטל כנענית, שכתיב וירא שם יהודה, והנביא מכריז עד עדולם יבא (קדוש) [כבוד] ישראל (מיכה א טו), הוי וירד יהודה וגו' ויט עד איש עדולמי.
[(Gen. 38:1:) THAT JUDAH WENT AWAY < FROM HIS BROTHERS AND TURNED ASIDE TO A CERTAIN ADULLAMITE >.] This text is related (to Micah 1:15): I WILL YET BRING TO YOU ONE WHO SHALL DISPOSSESS YOU, < O INHABITANT OF MARESHAH; TO ADULLAM SHALL COME THE GLORY OF ISRAEL >.19Rashi on Gen. 37:35; see Gen. R. 85:1. R. Judah and R. Nehemiah differed. The one said: The tribal patriarchs married their sisters, since it is stated (in Gen. 37:35): THEN ALL HIS SONS AND DAUGHTERS20According to R. Judah, the plural here shows that Jacob had more than one daughter. AROSE TO COMFORT HIM. And how many daughters were there? They were simply their < brothers' twelve > twin sisters. < A given brother's mother > bore twins at his < birth >, and he would marry her. Moreover, it says so about Benjamin (in Gen. 35:17): BECAUSE THIS ALSO IS A SON FOR YOU.21Gen. R. 82:8. "Because this is a son for you" is not stated, but BECAUSE THIS ALSO IS A SON FOR YOU, since his mother had < already > given birth to < his > twin sister. Ergo (in Gen. 37:35): THEN ALL HIS SONS AND DAUGHTERS AROSE…. Hence you learn that they married their sisters. But R. Nehemiah maintains: His daughters were his daughters-in-law. Since one's son-in-law is like his son, and his daughter-in-law, like a daughter, one does not refrain from calling his daughter-in-law his daughter.22Gen. R. 84:21. Our masters have said: Judah, who was the eldest in his father's house, married a Canaanite. Thus it is written (in Gen. 38:2): AND JUDAH SAW THERE < THE DAUGHTER OF A CERTAIN CANAANITE >. And the prophet proclaims (in Micah 1:15): TO ADULLAM SHALL COME THE (HOLY ONE) [GLORY] OF ISRAEL. Ergo (according to Gen. 38:1-2): THAT JUDAH WENT AWAY < FROM HIS BROTHERS > AND TURNED ASIDE TO A CERTAIN ADULLAMITE < WHOSE NAME WAS HIRAH. AND JUDAH SAW THERE THE DAUGHTER OF A CERTAIN CANAANITE WHOSE NAME WAS SHUA. SO HE TOOK HER AND WENT IN UNTO HER >.