פרשת חיי שרה תש"ח - חיפוש אשה ליצחק

Rebeccah purposely did not add the words: "I will also water your camels" immediately. Had she added the words immediately, before Eliezer had finished drinking, the latter might have cut short his own drinking knowing that Rebeccah would still have to go to the trouble of watering the camels. As long as she had not offered this, Eliezer had no reason to entertain such considerations.

And the servant took ten camels, of the camels of his master, and departed; having all goodly things of his master’s in his hand; and he arose, and went to Aram-naharaim, unto the city of Nahor.

וכל טוב אדניו בידו AND ALL THE GOODS OF HIS MASTER WERE IN HIS HAND — He wrote a deed of gift of all his possessions in favour of Isaac so that they would be eager to send him their daughter (Genesis Rabbah 59:11).

A quote from Rashi: this is a gift-document for Avram had deeded to Isaac all that he had so people should be eager to send him their daughter. the same [is found] in Breishit Rabbah: "[he went with him] a gift document [giving everything to Isaac]"And according to this what is written that at the end of his life "Avram gave all that he had to Isaac" means to say just before his death he saw to it that [Isaac physically] take possession of the property so people wouldn't contest his ownership just as it says ''then he sent [the sons of his concubines] away from Isaac his son while he was still alive."[also] If this is so the verb of ''taking" relates [to a second clause in the sentence as well] "and all the bounty of his master 'in his hand'" [should be understood as if written "and all the bounty of his master 'hetook ' in his hand" or, "Then the servant took ten camels and all the bounty of his master in his hand and he went..." Others explain that the servant as soon as he swore immediately went on his own and took 10 of his masters camels "'because' all the bounty of his master was in hs hand" since he was the administrator and trustee over all [of Avrams property enabling him] to take [any item] from it that he wished as it says "who controlled all that was his." The best in my view is that the meaning of this passuk is the same as the passuk by Hazael: "Hazael went to meet [Elisha] taking a tribute in his hand- all the bounty of Damascus, forty camel loads" Here too it [means to] say that he took all the bounty of his master in his hand [along with him, a load for 10camels) The idea is that all the best and superior kinds [of food] - fruits and delicacies- from all that was found in Damascus (by Hazael) or in the house of his master (Avram's servant) the took [enough samples of those items to constitute] a load for the camels nd they brought tribute "in their hands." Likewise "ten he donkeys laden with the best of Egypt" However the passukim keep their expression short in that which is self understood.

And he made the camels to kneel down without the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time that women go out to draw water.

And the man looked stedfastly on her; holding his peace, to know whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not.

Remained silent. He did not try to dissuade her from troubling herself. Waiting to determine. The way she performed her good deeds was to be the test.

Remained silent. He did not try to dissuade her from troubling herself. Waiting to determine. The way she performed her good deeds was to be the test.

Whether Ad-noy had made. If she acted out of pure kindness he would know that his mission was successful.

Or not. If she expected payment she was not the right one