Vayeitzei 29-13 · EXTRA 1

EXTRA · Side-ring · Parashas Vayeitzei · Passuk 29:13

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The Complete Passuk

וַיְהִי֩ כִשְׁמֹ֨עַ לָבָ֜ן אֶת־שֵׁ֣מַע ׀ יַעֲקֹ֣ב בֶּן־אֲחֹת֗וֹ וַיָּ֤רׇץ לִקְרָאתוֹ֙ …

And it was when Lavan heard the report of Yaakov his sister’s son that he ran to meet him…

Source Citation

Classical source beyond the TT-numbered main ring: Rashi on Bereishis 29:13, citing Bereshit Rabbah 70:13.

Lemma: וירץ לקראתו.

Core Text of Chazal / Classical Meforshim

Core Text
וַיָּרָץ לִקְרָאתוֹ — כְּסָבוּר מָמוֹן הוּא טָעוּן, שֶׁהֲרֵי עֶבֶד הַבַּיִת בָּא לְכָאן בַּעֲשָׂרָה גְמַלִּים טְעוּנִים.

English: He ran toward him thinking that he was carrying money, since the household servant had come there with ten laden camels.

On the daf / in context: The page now preserves Rashi's verse-level explanation rather than the previous reconstructed generalization.

Type of Learning

Derash / classical peirush — not a formal named middah of the 13.

What Is Learned

He ran toward him thinking that he was carrying money, since the household servant had come there with ten laden camels.