Commentary for Berakhot 14:8
ואילו בני אע"ג דעל כרחיה שקליה יוסף לבכירותיה מניה דכתיב (דברי הימים א ה, א) ובחללו יצועי אביו נתנה בכורתו לבני יוסף אפי' הכי לא אקנא ביה דכתיב (בראשית לז, כא) וישמע ראובן ויצילהו מידם:
But as for my son, although Joseph forcibly deprived him of his birthright — as it is written, 'But, forasmuch as he defiled his father's couch, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph' (I Chron. v. 1 ) — nevertheless he was not jealous of him; for it is written, 'And Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand' (Gen. xxxrii. 21)."
Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
Edd. omit "the sons of"; bat M. adds it in agreement with the Biblical text.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
From the standpoint of the Aggddah, there is nothing strange in Leah quoting Chronicles. Cf. Sanh. 7 a, where Aaron quotes the Book of Lamentations. To the Rabbis, the Bible was an organic whole.
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