Chasidut for Yevamot 127:6

א"ל רבא לרב נחמן ולילף מיצחק דכתיב (בראשית כה, כ) ויהי יצחק בן ארבעים שנה בקחתו את רבקה וגו' וכתיב (בראשית כה, כו) ויצחק בן ששים שנה בלדת אותם א"ל יצחק עקור היה

Hence, if the man or the woman was ill, or if both were in prison, [these years] are not included in the number.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since no propagation was possible in such circumstances. ');">¹⁴</span> Said Raba to R. Nahman: Let deduction be made from Isaac, concerning whom it is written, And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebecca etc.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Gen. XXV, 20. ');">¹⁵</span> and it is also written, And Isaac was threescore years old when she bore them!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 26, which shews that he waited (60 - 40 =) twenty years! ');">¹⁶</span>

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