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משך חכמה — ויקברו אותו יצחק וישמעאל

Why is Yitzchak listed before his older brother Yishmael at Avraham's burial, and what exactly was the teshuvah of Yishmael that Chazal derive from this?

ומדאקדמיה שמע מינה עשה תשובה. פירוש, דהטעם משום דהוא היה בן הגבירה, אבל חטא של ישמעאל היה כי מצחק היה על המשתה שמאבימלך נתעברה... לכן תשובתו היתה שהודה שיצחק בן הגבירה מאברהם.

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Meshekh Chokhmah, Khayei Sarah:21

Q — Why is Yitzchak listed before his older brother Yishmael at Avraham's burial, and what exactly was the teshuvah of Yishmael that Chazal derive from this?

A — Yishmael's sin (per Sforno) was mocking the משתה of Yitzchak by claiming Sarah had conceived from Avimelech — i.e. denying Yitzchak's legitimacy as the son of the gevirah; his teshuvah was acknowledging Yitzchak as Avraham's true heir and yielding precedence to him at the burial, thereby accepting the very ייחוס he had once denied.

ומדאקדמיה שמע מינה עשה תשובה. פירוש, דהטעם משום דהוא היה בן הגבירה, אבל חטא של ישמעאל היה כי מצחק היה על המשתה שמאבימלך נתעברה... לכן תשובתו היתה שהודה שיצחק בן הגבירה מאברהם.

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