EXTRA · classical (not a TT unit)

Chayei Sarah 23:12 · EXTRA

Parashas Chayei Sarah · Passuk 23:12

The Complete Passuk

וַיִּשְׁתַּ֙חוּ֙ אַבְרָהָ֔ם לִפְנֵ֖י עַ֥ם הָאָֽרֶץ׃

And Avraham bowed before the people of the land.

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Source Citation

AUDIT HOLD — exact primary-source locus not yet established. The current repository wording is a reconstructed summary and is not being presented as a verified quotation.

Lemma / focus: וישתחו אברהם.

Sefaria — Genesis 23:12

AUDIT HOLD — Source Verification Required

Not a verified Chazal quotation

The existing Hebrew formulation has not been tied to an exact primary-source witness to the project's standard. It is intentionally withheld from presentation as Core Text until the underlying source is established.

Audit status: Do not treat the previous reconstructed wording as a quotation from Chazal. The page remains structurally intact while source verification is pending.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (midrashic doubling) — not a formal named middah of the 13: the repeated act is taken as a deliberate pattern of humility.

What Is Learned

Avraham bowed both at the opening and near the close of the negotiation; the doubled bowing marks his sustained humility before the people of the land.