Rashi cites the Talmud Sanhedrin 99b which explains the Torah’s emphasis on Timna. Avraham Avinu was held in such esteem that people were eager to associate in any way with his descendants. Timna was the daughter of nobility; yet when she came to Avraham, Yitzchak and Yaakov to convert, she was not accepted. Since she was so anxious to marry a descendent of Avraham, she said to Elifaz, Eisav’s son, “If I may not become your wife, at least let me be your concubine.” This union produced our archenemy–Amalek. The commentators are all troubled by the Patriarchs’ reaction to Timna’s…
