Parashas Chayei Sarah · Passuk 24:42
“I came today to the spring, and I said: ‘O Hashem, God of my master Avraham, if You would indeed grant success to the errand on which I am engaged!
Torah Temimah points to Sanhedrin 95a. E-Daf · Sefaria — Sanhedrin 95a
TT lemma: ואבא היום.
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.
Custom (Bavli — kefitzat haderech for Eliezer)
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.