Related%20passage for Taanit 41:13
הויא חדא מדינתא דלא מצו למיכבשה בדקו מיניה וכבשוה עיילו לבי גנזיה ומלוהו לסיפטיה אבנים טובות ומרגליות ושדרוהו ביקרא רבה
Whereupon Elijah appeared in the guise of one of them<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Romans.');"><sup>11</sup></span> and remarked, Perhaps this is some of the earth of their father Abraham,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. Midrash Tanhuma on Genesis XIX (ed. Buber) ; Gen. Rab. XLIII.');"><sup>12</sup></span> for when he threw earth [against the enemy] it turned into swords and when [he threw] stubble it changed into arrows, for it is written, His sword maketh them as dust, his bow as the driven stubble.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Isa. XLI, 2.');"><sup>13</sup></span>
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