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and change your appearance so that they will not recognize you. Sennacherib asked him: With what shall I change it? God said to him: Go bring me scissors and I will shear you Myself. Sennacherib asked: From where should I bring the scissors? God said to him: Go to that house and bring them. He went
Sennacherib said to them: Give me scissors. The ministering angels said to him: Grind a se’a of pits and we will give it to you. He ground a se’a of pits and they gave him scissors. By the time he came back with the scissors it grew dark. God said to Sennacherib: Go and bring fire to provide light
Sennacherib went and found a beam from Noah’s ark, from which he fashioned a god. He said: This beam is the great god who delivered Noah from the Flood. He said: If that man, referring to himself, goes and succeeds, he will sacrifice his two sons before you. His sons heard his commitment and kille
§ Apropos the war between the kings and Abraham mentioned above, the Talmud explains a verse: “And he pursued as far as Daniel And he divided himself against them by night [laila], he and his servants, and smote them” (Genesis 14:14–15). The term “by night” [laila] appears out of place in this verse
With regard to the previous verse: “And he pursued as far as Dan” (Genesis 14:14), R' Yoḥanan says: Once that righteous person, Abraham, came to Dan, his strength weakened. He saw through the Holy Spirit that his descendants were destined to worship idols in Dan, as it is stated: “And he fashioned