Let the maiden to whom I say, ‘Please tilt your pitcher so that I may drink,’ and who answers, ‘Drink, and I will also water your camels’—let her be the one You have designated for Your servant Yitzchok; through her I will know that You have dealt kindly with my master.
Rabbi Shmuel bar Nachmani said in the name of Rabbi Yonasan: Although Eliezer asked in an improper way, he was answered properly.
On the daf / in context: Eliezer's test could have led to an unsuitable result, yet he was answered with Rivkah. The derashah contrasts an improperly framed request with the fitting answer he received.
Type of Learning
Custom (Bavli — proper formulation of prayer / request)
What Is Learned
Although Eliezer asked in a manner that was not fully proper, Heaven answered him properly by bringing Rivkah.