Vayeira 22:5 · unit 1

Parashas Vayeira · Passuk 22:5

The Complete Passuk

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אַבְרָהָ֜ם אֶל־נְעָרָ֗יו שְׁבוּ־לָכֶ֥ם פֹּה֙ עִֽם־הַחֲמ֔וֹר וַאֲנִ֣י וְהַנַּ֔עַר נֵלְכָ֖ה עַד־כֹּ֑ה וְנִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖ה וְנָשׁ֥וּבָה אֲלֵיכֶֽם׃

And Avraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey, and I and the lad will go yonder; we will worship and we will return to you.”

Chabad / Judaica Press

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Yevamos 62a.

TT lemma: עם החמור.

Sefaria — Yevamos 62a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
עִם הַחֲמוֹר. אָמַר רַב, הַכֹּל מוֹדִים בְּעֶבֶד שֶׁאֵין לוֹ חַיִּיס, דִּכְתִיב שְׁבוּ לָכֶם פֹּה עִם הַחֲמוֹר – עִם הַדּוֹמֶה לַחֲמוֹר.

English: “With the donkey.” Rav said: All agree concerning a [Canaanite] slave that he has no lineage, as it is written, “Stay here with the donkey”—with one who is like a donkey.

On the daf / in context: The equation of the servants with the donkey is taken as a proof that Canaanite slaves are not considered to have genealogical standing for certain legal purposes.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Bavli sugya) — not a formal named middah of the 13. The juxtaposition of servants and donkey yields a legal classification.

What Is Learned

A Canaanite slave is regarded as without lineage (“like a donkey”); the verse places the servants with the donkey.