EXTRA · classical (not a TT unit)

Chayei Sarah 24:10 · EXTRA

Parashas Chayei Sarah · Passuk 24:10

The Complete Passuk

וַיִּקַּ֣ח הָ֠עֶ֠בֶד עֲשָׂרָ֨ה גְמַלִּ֜ים מִגְּמַלֵּ֤י אֲדֹנָיו֙ וַיֵּ֔לֶךְ וְכׇל־ט֥וּב אֲדֹנָ֖יו בְּיָד֑וֹ וַיָּ֗קׇם וַיֵּ֛לֶךְ אֶל־אֲרַ֥ם נַֽהֲרַ֖יִם אֶל־עִ֥יר נָחֽוֹר׃

Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and set out, taking with him all the bounty of his master; and he made his way to Aram-naharayim, to the city of Nachor.

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Source Citation

Rashi on Bereishis 24:10 / Bereshit Rabbah (classical source on this passuk; not listed as a numbered Torah Temimah unit here).

Lemma / focus: מגמלי אדניו.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
מגמלי אדוניו. נִכָּרִין הָיוּ מִשְּׁאָר גְּמַלִּים, שֶׁהָיוּ יוֹצְאִין זְמוּמִין מִפְּנֵי הַגֶּזֶל, שֶׁלֹּא יִרְעוּ בִשְׂדוֹת אֲחֵרִים (בראשית רבה): וכל טוב אדוניו בידו. שְׁטָר מַתָּנָה כָּתַב לְיִצְחָק עַל כָּל אֲשֶׁר לוֹ, כְּדֵי שֶׁיִּקְפְּצוּ לִשְׁלֹחַ לוֹ בִּתָּם (בראשית רבה):

English: They were distinguishable from other camels, for they went out muzzled to avoid robbery—so that they should not graze in other people’s fields.

On the daf / in context: The camels of Avraham are marked by the care taken to prevent even the appearance of theft; the midrash treats this as characteristic of the household.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Rashi / midrash) — not a formal named middah of the 13: the phrase “of his master’s camels” is taken to imply a distinctive practice of the house of Avraham.

What Is Learned

Avraham’s camels went out muzzled so they would not graze in others’ fields; the servant’s caravan was recognizable by that careful avoidance of even accidental theft.