Reference for Chagigah 5:14

אמר רב כהנא דרש רב נתן בר מניומי משום ר' תנחום מאי דכתיב (בראשית לז, כד) והבור רק אין בו מים משמע שנאמר והבור רק איני יודע שאין בו מים אלא מים אין בו אבל נחשים ועקרבים יש בו

R. Kahane said, R. Natan bar Minyumi expounded in the name of R. Tanchum: What is the meaning of that which is written: (Genesis 37:24) "And the pit was empty, there was no water in it." This is implied [once it says] "And the pit was empty". Do I not know that there was no water in it? Rather, there was no water in it, but there were serpents and scorpions in it.

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