English translation — עמוד 112

And even if one will already find a similarity between them — it is nevertheless understandable simply,

that the <b>main</b> similarity between "Toldos Yitzchak" and "Toldos Yishmael"

(because of which it says "V'eileh")

is from the side of Eisav.

Thus it strengthens the third question

(above p. 62),

that in the explanation of the verse "V'eileh toldos Yitzchak" Rashi precedes Yaakov before Eisav.

5.

At first glance one can say,

that Rashi precedes Yaakov because of the fact that he was a tzaddik.

And similar to Rashi on the verse "Es Shem es Cham v'es Yafes"¹⁹

— although Yafes was the oldest²⁰,

because "first you expound the one who is a tzaddik"²¹.

Is the explanation in this,

that with the words "And these &lt;b&gt;are&lt;/b&gt; the generations of Jacob",

is Rashi &lt;b&gt;explaining&lt;/b&gt; the verse: that the Torah relates here

things "&lt;b&gt;of&lt;/b&gt;" that happened with "&lt;b&gt;the generations&lt;/b&gt; of Jacob" — with his children.

Because the meaning of "generations" everywhere,

also here,

is its simple meaning&lt;sup&gt;31&lt;/sup&gt;.

7.

Based on this it is understandable,

that what Rashi here also cites the word "And these",

it is

in order to emphasize the suitability of the word "And these" here,

which shows generally*&lt;sup&gt;32&lt;/sup&gt;

that the later-related ones are similar to the earlier-related ones&lt;sup&gt;33&lt;/sup&gt;

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