1. "And these are the generations of Isaac..." (Beresheet 25:19). Rabbi Chiya opened the discussion with the verse, "Who can utter the mighty acts of Hashem? Who can declare all His praise?" (Tehilim 106:2). Come and behold, when the Holy One, blessed be He, wished to create the world, He did so according to the Torah. And every act that the Holy One, blessed be He, used to create the world was done according to the Torah. This is the meaning of, "then I was by him, as a nursling, and I was daily his delight" (Mishlei 8:30). Do not pronounce it as "a nursling," (Heb. amon) but rather 'a craftsman' (Heb. oman), BECAUSE IT WAS A TOOL FOR HIS CRAFT.
1. וְאֵלֶּה תּוֹלְדוֹת יִצְחָק וגו'. פְּתַח ר' חִיָּיא וַאֲמַר מִי יְמַלֵּל גְּבוּרוֹת יי' יַשְׁמִיעַ כָּל תְּהִלָּתוֹ, תָּא חֲזֵי, בָּעָא קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא וְסָלֵיק בִּרְעוּתָא קַמֵּיהּ לְמִבְרֵי עַלְמָא, הֲוָה מִסְתַּכֵּל בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, וּבְרָא לֵיהּ, וּבְכָל עוֹבָדָא וְעוֹבָדָא דִּבְרָא קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא בְעַלְמָא, הֲוָה מִסְתַּכֵּל בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, וּבְרָא לֵיהּ, הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב, וָאֶהְיֶה אֶצְלוֹ אָמוֹן וָאֶהְיֶה שַׁעֲשׁוּעִים יוֹם אַל תִּקְרֵי אָמוֹן, אֶלָּא אוּמָן.