And they made their father drink wine that night, and the first-born went in and lay with her father, and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose.
English: “And the first-born went in.” Rabbi Chiyya bar Avin said in the name of Rabbi Yehoshua ben Korchah: A person should always hasten to perform a mitzvah, for because of one night by which the first-born preceded the younger, she merited and preceded her by four generations in Israel for the kingship.
On the daf / in context: The seniority of the first-born’s action is rewarded with the earlier appearance of the Davidic line through Ruth the Moabitess.
Type of Learning
Derash on the verse (Bavli sugya) — not a formal named middah of the 13. Priority in action yields historical priority in reward.
What Is Learned
Hasten to perform a mitzvah; the first-born daughter’s one-night precedence earned her line a four-generation head-start toward the monarchy in Israel.