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| − | <p>Reuven's | + | <p>Reuven's deed was a power play, intended to protect Reuven's status as first born.</p> |
| − | <mekorot><multilink><a href="RambanBereshit35-22" data-aht="source">Ramban</a><a href="RambanBereshit35-22" data-aht="source">Bereshit 35:22</a><a href="RambanBereshit49-3-4" data-aht="source">Bereshit 49:3-4</a><a href="R. Moshe b. Nachman (Ramban, Nachmanides)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Moshe b. Nachman</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RDavidZviHoffmannBereshit35-22" data-aht="source">R. David Zvi Hoffmann</a><a href="RDavidZviHoffmannBereshit35-22" data-aht="source">Bereshit 35:22</a><a href="R. David Zvi Hoffmann" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Zvi Hoffmann</a></multilink></mekorot> | + | <mekorot><multilink><a href="RambanBereshit35-22" data-aht="source">Ramban</a><a href="RambanBereshit35-22" data-aht="source">Bereshit 35:22</a><a href="RambanBereshit49-3-4" data-aht="source">Bereshit 49:3-4</a><a href="R. Moshe b. Nachman (Ramban, Nachmanides)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Moshe b. Nachman</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RDavidZviHoffmannBereshit35-22" data-aht="source">R. David Zvi Hoffmann</a><a href="RDavidZviHoffmannBereshit35-22" data-aht="source">Bereshit 35:22</a><a href="R. David Zvi Hoffmann" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Zvi Hoffmann</a></multilink>, R"Y Medan</mekorot> |
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| + | <p>Reuven prevented his father from having relations with Bilhah but did not sleep with her himself. He was motivated by concern for his mother's honor.</p> | ||
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Version as of 13:02, 31 October 2017
Reuven and Bilhah
Exegetical Approaches
Sexual Desire
Reuven's relations with Bilhah were motivated by sexual desire.
Sources:Jubilees, Testaments of the Patriarchs, ?? in Bavli Shabbat, ?? in Bereshit Rabbah, Ibn Ezra, R. Yosef Bekhor Shor, Radak, Ralbag
Power Play
Reuven's deed was a power play, intended to protect Reuven's status as first born.
Concern for Mother's Honor
Reuven prevented his father from having relations with Bilhah but did not sleep with her himself. He was motivated by concern for his mother's honor.
