Towards better Davening and Torah Learning Check out B'reishit 10:13,14 in Parshat No'ach. The context is the descendants of No'ach after the Flood. A few p'sukim earlier we are told that No'ach's son Cham fathered Kush, Mitzrayim, Put, and K'naan. Our p'sukim tell us that Mitzrayim fathered the Ludim, the Anamim, the L'havim, and the Naftuchim. So far, so good. And (Mitzrayim fathered) the Patrusim and the Kasluchim, from whom the P'lishtim descended, and the Kaftorim. And here's the difficulty. Who fathered the P'lishtim? Rashi says that the p'lishtim came from both the Patrusim and the Kasluchim, for they used to sleep with each other's wives... Where'd the Kaftorim come from? Rashi says they also came from the Patrusim and the Kasluchim. According to Ibn Ezra, the Kaftorim came from Mitzrayim. Therefore, says the author of EIM LAMIKRA HASHA- LEIM, one must pause well after reading the word P'lishtim, and then finish the pasuk with V'ET HAKAFTORIM. Ramban (and others, perhaps Rashi included) does not recommend a pause there, because according to them, both P'lishtim and Kaftorim came from the Patrusim and Kasluchim. The TIPCHA under P'LISHTIM seems to favor the pause, which favors the opinion that Kaftorim did come from Mitzrayim, as did Ludim, Anamim, L'havim, Naftuchim, Patrusim, and Kasluchim. Got it? [The Parshat No'ach Homepage]
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