English: Our Rabbis taught: The road contracted for Eliezer the servant of Avraham, as it is written “And I came today to the spring,” implying that he set out on that same day.
On the daf / in context: The superfluous “today” is taken as evidence of kefitzat haderech — miraculous shortening of the journey — so that Eliezer’s same-day arrival demonstrates Avraham’s merit.
Type of Learning
Custom (Bavli — kefitzat haderech for Eliezer)
What Is Learned
Eliezer’s journey was miraculously shortened so that he arrived the same day he left; the word “today” records that event and the merit of Avraham’s household.