Vayeitzei 29-18 · EXTRA 1

EXTRA · Side-ring · Parashas Vayeitzei · Passuk 29:18

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The Complete Passuk

וַיֶּאֱהַ֥ב יַעֲקֹ֖ב אֶת־רָחֵ֑ל וַיֹּ֗אמֶר אֶֽעֱבׇדְךָ֙ שֶׁ֣בַע שָׁנִ֔ים בְּרָחֵ֥ל בִּתְּךָ֖ הַקְּטַנָּֽה׃

And Yaakov loved Rachel and said, “I will serve you seven years for Rachel your younger daughter.”

Classical sources beyond the TT-numbered main ring: Rashi / classical.

Lemma: ברחל בתך הקטנה.

Core Text

כְּדֵי שֶׁלֹּא יַחֲלִיף לוֹ אֶת לֵאָה, לְכָךְ פֵּרֵשׁ בִּתְּךָ הַקְּטַנָּה.

English: So that he would not switch Leah for him; therefore he specified “your younger daughter.”

On the daf / in context: Classical comment tightly bound to this passuk.

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

So that he would not switch Leah for him; therefore he specified “your younger daughter.”