[Avodah] yishmael v. the mitzri???

[David Riceman]

Micha Berger wrote:
> 1- Our maamar chazal says "*asid* latzeis mimanu".
>   
It's ambiguous; it can mean a yet unborn descendant.
> 2- A child already born isn't motivation to save someone to allow his
> birth.
>   
Where does "to allow his birth" come in?  The argument would be that he 
can't deserve to die if one of his future descendants would be 
remarkably good; some of that goodness must be due to his influence.
> 3- You see the boy ended up among BY, and it still didn't save the
> Mitzri. Okay, the guy wasn't a stellar member, but all the chazal says
> is "sheyisgayeir".
>   
The Mizrahi asks that question, and, consequently, prefers a variant 
reading in the midrash ("tzaddik" instead of "sheytgayer").

David Riceman