Sunday, March 13, 2016

The Intention Of PE

One may wonder about the number 130 in PE (Bereshit 47:9):

And Ya'akov said to Par'oh, "The days of the years of my residences are a hundred thirty years.

What is its purpose? It is the only number in PE which appears to have no relationship with a number in Ayil Meshulash. The answer must be that the purpose is the connection between J, Bereshit 25:26, which says that Yitzchak was 60 years old when his sons were born, and E, Bereshit 15:13, which says that the Avraham's seed will be degraded 400 years. It follows from these numbers that Galut Mitzrayim lasted 210 years, one half of the only number that PE did not predict yet, 420. There is a relationship with a number in Ayil Meshulash after all. The age of Ya'akov was 130 when the 210 years started. The above would seem to imply that the intention of PE was to be combined with EJ, as we did.