EXTRA · Side-ring · Parashas Vayeitzei · Passuk 29:30
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And he came also to Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and he served with him yet another seven years.
Classical source beyond the TT-numbered main ring: Rashi on Bereishis 29:30, citing Bereshit Rabbah 70:20.
Lemma: ויעבד עמו עוד.
English: “Yet another seven years” compares the latter seven to the former: just as the first seven were worked faithfully, so were the latter seven, although Lavan had deceived him.
Derash / classical peirush — not a formal named middah of the 13.
“Yet another seven years” compares the latter seven to the former: just as the first seven were worked faithfully, so were the latter seven, although Lavan had deceived him.