EXTRA · classical (not a TT unit)

Toldos 26:22 · EXTRA

Parashas Toldos · Passuk 26:22

The Complete Passuk

וַיַּעְתֵּ֣ק מִשָּׁ֗ם וַיַּחְפֹּר֙ בְּאֵ֣ר אַחֶ֔רֶת וְלֹ֥א רָב֖וּ עָלֶ֑יהָ וַיִּקְרָ֤א שְׁמָהּ֙ רְחֹב֔וֹת וַיֹּ֗אמֶר כִּֽי־עַתָּ֞ה הִרְחִ֧יב יְהֹוָ֛ה לָ֖נוּ וּפָרִ֥ינוּ בָאָֽרֶץ׃

He moved from there and dug yet another well, and they did not quarrel over it; so he called it Rechovot, saying, “Now at last Hashem has granted us ample space to increase in the land.”

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Source Citation

Rashi on Bereishis 26:22 (classical source on this passuk; not listed as a numbered Torah Temimah unit here).

Lemma / focus: ופרינו בארץ.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
כְּתַרְגּוּמוֹ וּנִיפוּשׁ בְּאַרְעָא.

English: As the Targum: and we shall increase in the land.

On the daf / in context: The third well is uncontested; the name Rechovot marks expansion and fruitfulness.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Rashi / Targum) — not a formal named middah of the 13: the name is linked to divine broadening.

What Is Learned

The third well was named Rechovot—“Hashem has granted us ample space”—and there was no quarrel over it.