'מי יתן מותנו ביד ה, a reference to the three days of intense darkness when all the Jews not deserving redemption had been killed by G’d and been buried by their brethren.

מן הוא; as if the Torah had written מאין הוא?, “where did it come from?”

מספר נפשותיכם איש לאשר באהלו תקחו, as if the Torah had written לאשר באהלו, “for those who are (entitled to be) in his tent.” These include: his wife who is his legal spouse according to Jewish law. When the angel asked Avraham about the whereabouts of his wife, (Genesis 18,8) he replied: הנה באהל, “she is in the tent which is her rightful place.” We have learned from Psalms 45,14 כל כבודה בת מלך פנימה, that the entire measure of female dignity (a Jewish wife being equated with a princess) is within her home. Our verse also teaches as a corollary that the father is obliged to look after the needs of his wife and children. The Torah phrases this as מספר נפשותיכם, “the number of persons belonging to you.”