Commentary for Bava Batra 246:4

מתיב רב יוסף (דברי הימים א ד, מב) ומהם מן בני שמעון הלכו להר שעיר אנשים חמש מאות ופלטיה ונעריה ורפיה ועזיאל בני ישעי בראשם ויכו את שארית הפלטה לעמלק וישבו שם עד היום הזה אמר רבה בר שילא ישעי מבני מנשה אתי דכתיב (דברי הימים א ה, כד) ובני מנשה חפר וישעי

why<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Why did Jacob say to Laban, 'send me away to my country' (ibid). ');">⁹</span> just when Joseph was horn? He replied to him: Jacob our father saw that Esau's seed would be delivered only into the hands of Joseph's seed for it is said, And the house of Jacob shall be a fire and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble etc.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Obad. I, 18. ');">¹⁰</span> He pointed out to him the following objection: And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I Sam. XXX, 17. This shows that a descendant of Judah (David) defeated the descendants of Esau (Amalek, cf. Gen. XXXVI, 12). How, then, could it be said that Esau's seed would fall into the hands of Joseph's seed only? ');">¹¹</span>

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