Vayeitzei 31-01 · EXTRA 1

EXTRA · Side-ring · Parashas Vayeitzei · Passuk 31:01

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The Complete Passuk

וַיִּשְׁמַ֗ע אֶת־דִּבְרֵ֤י בְנֵֽי־לָבָן֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לָקַ֣ח יַעֲקֹ֔ב אֵ֖ת כׇּל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר לְאָבִ֑ינוּ …

And he heard the words of Lavan’s sons, saying, “Yaakov has taken all that was our father’s…”

Source Citation

Classical source beyond the TT-numbered main ring: Kli Yakar on Bereishis 31:1.

Lemma: לקח יעקב את כל אשר לאבינו.

Core Text of Chazal / Classical Meforshim

Core Text
לְקַח יַעֲקֹב אֶת כָּל אֲשֶׁר לְאָבִינוּ — כְּנֶגֶד הָרְכִילוּת עַל הַתַּחְבּוּלוֹת וְעִנְיְנֵי הָרְמָיָה שֶׁל לָבָן.

English: Kli Yakar reads the sons’ complaint as directed not only at material wealth, but at the schemes and deceptive practices associated with Lavan.

On the daf / in context: Kli Yakar distinguishes their claim about “all that was our father’s” from the later phrase about the wealth Yaakov made from what belonged to Lavan.

Type of Learning

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

What Is Learned

The verse can be read as accusing Yaakov of taking over Lavan’s methods and schemes, not literally removing all of Lavan’s possessions.