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Deborah the Prophetess
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“It was when he drew near to come to Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife: Behold, I know now that you are a woman of fair appearance” (Genesis 12:11).
“It will be, when the Egyptians will see you, they will say: This is his wife, and they will kill me, and keep you alive” (Genesis 12:12).
“Please, say you are my sister, so that it may be well with me because of you, and my soul shall live because of you” (Genesis 12:13).
“It was when he drew near to come to Egypt” – he was together with her all those years, and only now he says to her: “Behold…
Bereshit Rabbah 40:4
And Devorah, was a prophetess. What was she like, that she prophesied about Israel and judged them? Wasn't Pinchas ben Eleazar alive then? I bring Heaven and Earth to bear witness that the Divine Spirit may rest upon a gentile and a Jew, a man and a woman, a slave and a maid—all depends on the deeds of that particular person. The House of Elyahu teaching was that they said that Devorah's husband was not a scholar. She said to him , let's make wicks and go to the Mikdash in Shilo, and so you will have a place among the greats and you will have a place in the world to come…
Yalkut Shimoni on Nach 42:7-43:4
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