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Ramban on Genesis 35:13/רמב"ן על בראשית ל״ה:י״ג
אוַיַּעַל מֵעָלָיו אֱלֹהִים כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמַר בְּאַבְרָהָם (בראשית י"ז:כ"ב) "וַיַּעַל אֱלֹהִים מֵעַל אַבְרָהָם", וּבִשְׁנֵיהֶם לְהוֹדִיעַ כִּי לֹא הָיָה זֶה מַרְאֶה וַחֲלוֹם נְבוּאָה בִּלְבַד, אוֹ כְּעִנְיַן "וַתָּבֵא אֹתִי יְרוּשָׁלַיְמָה בְּמַרְאוֹת אֱלֹהִים" (יחזקאל ח ג), אֲבָל שֶׁשָּׁרְתָה עָלָיו שְׁכִינָה בַּמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר הוּא עוֹמֵד. וְעַל דֶּרֶךְ הָאֱמֶת, עָלָה מֵעָלָיו אֱלֹהִים בַּמָּקוֹם הַמְדַבֵּר עִמּוֹ, כְּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר "בָּרוּךְ כְּבוֹד ה' מִמְּקוֹמוֹ" (שם ג יב), וְיֹאמַר מָה שֶׁהִזְכִּירוּ הַחֲכָמִים, הָאָבוֹת הֵן הֵן הַמֶּרְכָּבָה (ב"ר פב ו):
1AND G-D WENT UP FROM HIM. I.e., just as it said with respect to Abraham, And G-d went up from Abraham.200 In both cases, it serves to inform us that this was no mere vision or prophetic dream alone, or something like, And it brought me in the visions of G-d to Jerusalem,201 but that the Divine Presence rested upon him in the place where he stood. And by way of the Truth, [that is, the mystic lore of the Cabala], “G-d went up from him,” from the place where He spoke with him, this being similar in purport to that which is said, Blessed be the glory of the Eternal from His place.202, 3:12. Scripture is thus stating that which the Sages have mentioned:203 “It is the patriarchs that constitute the Divine Chariot.”