EXTRA · classical (not a TT unit)

Chayei Sarah 24:24 · EXTRA

Parashas Chayei Sarah · Passuk 24:24

The Complete Passuk

וַתֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֔יו בַּת־בְּתוּאֵ֖ל אָנֹ֑כִי בֶּן־מִלְכָּ֕ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָלְדָ֖ה לְנָחֽוֹר׃

She replied, “I am the daughter of Betuel the son of Milkah, whom she bore to Nachor.”

Chabad / Judaica Press

Source Citation

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

Lemma / focus: בת בתואל.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
בת בתואל. הֱשִׁיבַתּוּ עַל רִאשׁוֹן רִאשׁוֹן וְעַל אַחֲרוֹן אַחֲרוֹן:

English: She answered his first question first and his last last.

On the daf / in context: Rivkah replies in the order of the questions put to her; the midrash notes this as ordered, careful speech.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Rashi) — not a formal named middah of the 13: the order of her answer is read as a model of responding first to first and last to last.

What Is Learned

Rivkah answered the first question first and the last last; her reply follows the order of the questions she was asked.