English: “Hovav” — is that his name? Wasn’t his name Reuel, as it says, “and they came to Reuel their father”? Rather, this teaches that children call their father’s father “father.”
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Type of Learning
Custom
What Is Learned
Chazal resolve the name discrepancy by noting that grandchildren commonly call a grandfather “father.”