EXTRA · Side-ring · Parashas Vayeitzei · Passuk 29:02
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And he looked and behold a well in the field, and behold three flocks of sheep lying beside it…
Classical sources: Ramban on Bereishis 29:2, reporting the future-oriented reading in Bereshit Rabbah 70:8.
Lemma: שלשה עדרי צאן.
English: Ramban reports that the Sages found a future-oriented secret in the scene: Yaakov happened to encounter the well when only three flocks were gathered, with the stone still covering the well and the flocks guarding it.
Derash / classical peirush — not a formal named middah of the 13.
It hinted to him concerning the three Patriarchs, or concerning the three festivals.