EXTRA · Side-ring · Parashas Vayeitzei · Passuk 29:14
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And Lavan said to him, “Surely you are my bone and my flesh.” And he stayed with him a month of days.
Classical source beyond the TT-numbered main ring: Rashi on Bereishis 29:14.
Lemma: אך עצמי ובשרי.
English: “Surely you are my bone and flesh” means that, since Yaakov had brought nothing, Lavan would care for him for a month because of their kinship; even that was not for nothing, since Yaakov tended his flock.
Derash / classical peirush — not a formal named middah of the 13.
“Surely you are my bone and flesh” means that, since Yaakov had brought nothing, Lavan would care for him for a month because of their kinship; even that was not for nothing, since Yaakov tended his flock.