EXTRA · classical (not a TT unit)

Chayei Sarah 24:15 · EXTRA

Parashas Chayei Sarah · Passuk 24:15

The Complete Passuk

וַֽיְהִי־ה֗וּא טֶ֘רֶם֮ כִּלָּ֣ה לְדַבֵּר֒ וְהִנֵּ֧ה רִבְקָ֣ה יֹצֵ֗את אֲשֶׁ֤ר יֻלְּדָה֙ לִבְתוּאֵ֣ל בֶּן־מִלְכָּ֔ה אֵ֥שֶׁת נָח֖וֹר אֲחִ֣י אַבְרָהָ֑ם וְכַדָּ֖הּ עַל־שִׁכְמָֽהּ׃

He had scarcely finished speaking, when Rivkah, who was born to Betuel, the son of Milkah the wife of Avraham’s brother Nachor, came out with her jar on her shoulder.

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Source Citation

Bereshit Rabbah 60:4 (classical source on this passuk; not listed as a numbered Torah Temimah unit here).

Lemma / focus: טרם כלה לדבר.

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Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
וַיְהִי הוּא טֶרֶם כִּלָּה לְדַבֵּר וגו' (בראשית כד, טו), תָּנֵי רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן יוֹחָאי שְׁלשָׁה הֵם נַעֲנוּ בְּמַעֲנֵה פִיהֶם, אֱלִיעֶזֶר עַבְדוֹ שֶׁל אַבְרָהָם, וּמשֶׁה, וּשְׁלֹמֹה. אֱלִיעֶזֶר, וַיְהִי הוּא טֶרֶם כִּלָּה לְדַבֵּר וְהִנֵּה רִבְקָה יֹצֵאת. משֶׁה, דִכְתִיב (במדבר טז, לא): וַיְהִי כְּכַלֹּתוֹ לְדַבֵּר אֶת כָּל הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה וַתִּבָּקַע הָאֲדָמָה אֲשֶׁר תַּחְתֵּיהֶם. שְׁלֹמֹה, דִּכְתִיב (דברי הימים ב ז, א): וּכְכַלּוֹת שְׁלֹמֹה לְהִתְפַּלֵּל אֶל ה' וְהָאֵשׁ יָרְדָה מִן הַשָּׁמַיִם וגו'.

English: Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai taught: Three were answered in the very words of their mouth—Eliezer the servant of Avraham, Moshe, and Shlomo.

On the daf / in context: The immediate appearance of Rivkah before the prayer is finished places Eliezer among those whose requests were granted in the very formulation they spoke.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (midrash) — not a formal named middah of the 13: the timing “before he had finished speaking” is taken as a mark of answered prayer shared with Moshe and Shlomo.

What Is Learned

Eliezer is one of three whose prayer was answered in the words of their own mouth; Rivkah appeared before he had finished speaking.