## Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Shemot

###### Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Shemot 6:1
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וימת יוסף וכל אחיו (שמות א ו). אע"פ שמתו, ובני ישראל פרו וישרצו (שם שם ז), אמר ר' יוחנן, כל אחת מישראל היתה יולדת ששים, שנאמר ותמלא הארץ אתם (שם), אמר ר' יוחנן מילאו את מצרים.

**Midrash Tanhuma, S. Buber Recension; trans. by John T. Townsend, 1989.:**
(Exod. 1:6:) THEN JOSEPH DIED, AND ALL HIS BROTHERS. Although they had died, (according to vs. 7) THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WERE FRUITFUL AND PROLIFIC. R. Johanan said: Every woman of Israel bore sixty children .²⁸. 1:3; Exod. R. 1:8, which argue for six or twelve children per woman. It is so stated (ibid.): AND THE LAND WAS FILLED WITH THEM. R. Johanan said: They filled Egypt.

footnotes:
²⁸ Cf. Tanh


###### Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Shemot 6:2
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ד"א ותמלא הארץ אותם. שנתמלאו בתי טרטיאות ובתי קרקסיאות מהם, מיד גזרו עליהם לרוש מן המטה, שנאמר ותמלא הארץ אותם [וגו'].

**Midrash Tanhuma, S. Buber Recension; trans. by John T. Townsend, 1989.:**
Another interpretation (of Exod. 1:7): AND THE LAND WAS FILLED WITH THEM. Since the theater²⁹ houses and the circus³⁰; Gk.: *kirka*. houses were filled with them; The Egyptians immediately decreed that they (the Israelites) should withdraw from the bed. So it was stated (ibid.): AND THE LAND WAS FILLED WITH THEM.

footnotes:
²⁹ Gk.: theatra
³⁰ Lat.: circi