EXTRA · Side-ring · Parashas Vayeitzei · Passuk 31:22
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And it was told to Lavan on the third day that Yaakov had fled.
Classical sources beyond the TT-numbered main ring: the report of the flight.
Lemma: ויגד ללבן ביום השלישי.
English: “And it was told to Lavan on the third day” — the report reached him after three days, corresponding to the distance that had been between them.
Derash / classical peirush — not a formal named middah of the 13. Narrative timing linked to the earlier three-day distance.
The report of Yaakov’s flight reached Lavan only on the third day, the same interval Lavan had previously set between the flocks.