EXTRA · classical (not a TT unit)

Chayei Sarah 24:29 · EXTRA

Parashas Chayei Sarah · Passuk 24:29

The Complete Passuk

וּלְרִבְקָ֥ה אָ֖ח וּשְׁמ֣וֹ לָבָ֑ן וַיָּ֨רׇץ לָבָ֧ן אֶל־הָאִ֛ישׁ הַח֖וּצָה אֶל־הָעָֽיִן׃

Now Rivkah had a brother whose name was Lavan. Lavan ran out to the man at the spring—

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Source Citation

Rashi on Bereishis 24:29 (classical source on this passuk; not listed as a numbered Torah Temimah unit here).

Lemma / focus: וירץ לבן.

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Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
וירץ. לְמָה רָץ וְעַל מָה רָץ? ויהי כראות את הנזם, אָמַר עָשִׁיר הוּא זֶה, וְנָתָן עֵינָיו בַּמָּמוֹן:

English: Why did he run and for what did he run? When he saw the nose-ring he said, “This one is rich,” and he set his eyes on the money.

On the daf / in context: Lavan’s running is explained by the next verse: he saw the jewelry and ran for the wealth, not for hospitality alone.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Rashi) — not a formal named middah of the 13: the motive for running is supplied from the following clause about seeing the gifts.

What Is Learned

Lavan ran out to the man at the spring because he saw the nose-ring and the bracelets and set his eyes on the wealth.