EXTRA · Side-ring · Parashas Vayeitzei · Passuk 31:02
This page is an EXTRA derasha. It is not part of the main-ring PREV/NEXT chain.
And Yaakov saw the face of Lavan, and behold, it was not toward him as before.
Classical source beyond the TT-numbered main ring: Radak on Bereishis 31:2.
Lemma: וירא את פני לבן.
English: Radak explains that Yaakov recognized from Lavan’s face that his heart was no longer with him as before, because he saw that Lavan’s expression was angry.
Derash / classical peirush — not a formal named middah of the 13.
Yaakov could read the change in Lavan’s intentions from his expression before the explicit command to return.