EXTRA · classical (not a TT unit)

Chayei Sarah 24:11 · EXTRA

Parashas Chayei Sarah · Passuk 24:11

The Complete Passuk

וַיַּבְרֵ֧ךְ הַגְּמַלִּ֛ים מִח֥וּץ לָעִ֖יר אֶל־בְּאֵ֣ר הַמָּ֑יִם לְעֵ֣ת עֶ֔רֶב לְעֵ֖ת צֵ֥את הַשֹּׁאֲבֹֽת׃

He made the camels kneel down by the well outside the city, at evening time, the time when women come out to draw water.

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Source Citation

Rashi on Bereishis 24:11 (classical source on this passuk; not listed as a numbered Torah Temimah unit here).

Lemma / focus: ויברך הגמלים.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
ויברך הגמלים. הִרְבִּיצָם:

English: He made the camels kneel (lie down) by the well at evening.

On the daf / in context: The verb is fixed as causing the camels to kneel by the well at the hour when the women of the town come out to draw.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Rashi / plain sense) — not a formal named middah of the 13: the uncommon verb is clarified by the midrashic gloss.

What Is Learned

The servant made the camels kneel by the well at evening, the time the drawers of water come out; the staging of the test begins with that deliberate halt.