EXTRA · classical (not a TT unit)

Toldos 27:24 · EXTRA

Parashas Toldos · Passuk 27:24

The Complete Passuk

וַיֹּ֕אמֶר אַתָּ֥ה זֶ֖ה בְּנִ֣י עֵשָׂ֑ו וַיֹּ֖אמֶר אָֽנִי׃

He asked, “Are you really my son Esau?” And when he said, “I am,”

Chabad / Judaica Press

Source Citation

Rashi on Bereishis 27:24 (classical source on this passuk; not listed as a numbered Torah Temimah unit here).

Lemma / focus: ויאמר אני.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
לֹא אָמַר אֲנִי עֵשָׂו אֶלָּא אָנֹכִי.

English: He did not say “I am Esav,” but only “It is I.”

On the daf / in context: Yaakov’s second answer avoids repeating the full identification.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Rashi) — not a formal named middah of the 13.

What Is Learned

When asked again, Yaakov said only “I am,” not “I am Esav.”