## Rashbam on Genesis Chapter 29

###### Rashbam on Genesis 29:1:1
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וישא יעקב רגליו - מתוך שהבטיחו הקב"ה הלך בשמחה ובמרוצה.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
וישא יעקב רגליו, seeing that he had received assurances from G’d during his nocturnal dream, he now proceeded encouraged, joyfully, something that the Torah describes with the words “he lifted up his feet.”


###### Rashbam on Genesis 29:1:2
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בני קדם - ארם, כדכתיב: ארם מקדם.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
בני קדם, inhabitants of Aram, as we know from Isaiah 9,11.


###### Rashbam on Genesis 29:2:1
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רובצים עליה - ממתינים עד אשר יאספו כל העדרים וגללו את האבן.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
רבצים עליה, waiting until all the shepherds would gather there with their flocks and they would roll the rock off the top of the well.


###### Rashbam on Genesis 29:2:2
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והאבן גדולה על פי הבאר - שלא יפול שם אדם, או שלא ישאבו ממנה שאר בני אדם.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
והאבן גדולה על פי הבאר, this was a precautionary measure to ensure people would not fall into the well and drown, or that they would not draw water from the well if not entitled to this.


###### Rashbam on Genesis 29:10:1
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ויגל את האבן - לבדו. להודיע גבורתו בא הכתוב.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
ויגל את האבן, to inform you of his strength.


###### Rashbam on Genesis 29:13:1
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את כל הדברים האלה - שאביו ואמו שלחוהו אל אנשי משפחתו.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
את הדברים האלה. that his father and mother had sent him to the members of his family.


###### Rashbam on Genesis 29:14:1
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אך עצמי ובשרי אתה וגו' - ויפה כוונת לבא אלי.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
אך עצמי ובשרי, you have therefore done well in coming to me.


###### Rashbam on Genesis 29:16:1
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וללבן שתי בנות - והפסיק תשובת דבריו של יעקב, כי לפי שהיה לו שתי בנות והקטנה מצאה חן בעיניו לפיכך [ביקש] את הקטנה.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
וללבן שתי בנות, the Torah interrupted Yaakov’s narrative by telling us that seeing that Lavan had only two daughters and the younger one appealed to Yaakov, he asked her father for her hand in marriage.


###### Rashbam on Genesis 29:17:1
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רכות - נאות וור"ש בלע"ז. וכלה שעיניה נאות אין כל גופה צריך בדיקה. ועיניים שחורות אינן רכות כלבנות.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
רכות, beautiful; our sages in Taanit 24 say that when a prospective bride has beautiful eyes, the bridegroom need not have the rest of her body checked out for possible blemishes. Black eyes are not considered as beautiful as white ones. [I suppose the reference is to blue ones. Ed.]


###### Rashbam on Genesis 29:17:2
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יפת תואר - כמו במחוגה יתארהו דפוס החוטם והמצח והפה והלחיים.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
יפה תאר, as in Isaiah 44,13 במחוגה יתארהו, “he marks out a form with a stylus.” This is a reference to the shape of her nose, forehead, lips and cheeks.


###### Rashbam on Genesis 29:17:3
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יפת מראה - לבן ואדמדם.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
יפה מראה, healthy looking skin.


###### Rashbam on Genesis 29:21:1
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כי מלאו ימי - שבע שנים עבדתיך.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
כי מלאו ימי, “I have served you for seven years.”


###### Rashbam on Genesis 29:25:1
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והנה היא לאה - בדבר שלא נודע תחילה אומר והנה. וכן: והנה חלום.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
והנה היא לאה, whenever something had not been known or recognised previously the word הנה alerts the reader to this fact. (compare Genesis 41,7 והנה חלום, “it was a dream.”) Until Pharaoh awoke he had taken what he saw in the dream as being real.


###### Rashbam on Genesis 29:27:1
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מלא שבוע זאת - שבעת ימי המשתה של לאה.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
מלא שבוע זאת, a reference to the seven days of the wedding festivities for Leah.


###### Rashbam on Genesis 29:27:2
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ונתנה - ותנתן לך.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
ונתנה, she will be given to you;


###### Rashbam on Genesis 29:27:3
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גם את זאת - מיד.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
(3) THIS ONE TOO. Immediately.


###### Rashbam on Genesis 29:27:4
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בעבודה אשר תעבוד עמדי - אחרי נשואי רחל.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
בעבודה אשר תעבוד עמדי , after having wed Rachel. We can confirm this seeing that when Joseph was born, at the end of these seven years, Yaakov wanted to take his leave and to return to his parents.(compare 30,25 “for I have served you for your two daughters”).


###### Rashbam on Genesis 29:27:5
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עוד שבע שנים אחרות - כדכתיב: ויהי כאשר ילדה רחל את יוסף ויאמר יעקב אל לבן שלחני וגו' כי עכשיו הושלמו ארבע עשרה שנה בשתי בנותיו.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
(5) ANOTHER SEVEN YEARS. As it is written (Gen. 30:25), "After Rahel had borne Yosef, Ya'akov said to Lavan, 'Give me leave etc.,'" for it was at that point that he had completed the 14 years for his [Lavan's] two daughters.


###### Rashbam on Genesis 29:30:1
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ויאהב גם את רחל - וגם אהבה יותר מלאה כלומר: בא אליה וגם אהבה. רוב גם הפוכים כן בתורה. וכן: וברכתם גם אותי גם תברכו אותי. וכן גם אותך הרגתי, הנה לחצתי רגליך ונעשית שפי ופסח גם עדיין הייתי הורג אותך.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
ויאהב גם את רחל, he not only slept also with her, but also loved her more than he loved Leah. On most occasions in Scripture when the word גם appears in an inverted fashion, such as here, the meaning is similar. In Exodus 12,32 when Pharaoh said to Moses וברכתם גם אותי, the meaning is: “also bless me.” In Numbers 22,33 when the angel said to Bileam: גם אותך הרגתי, he meant: “I would also have killed you, seeing that I first squeezed your foot and you are already lame. Now I would have killed you if not for your ass lying down.”


###### Rashbam on Genesis 29:31:1
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ורחל עקרה - בשביל שכתוב לפנינו שאמרה ליעקב: הבה לי בנים כתב כן.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
ורחל עקרה, she was punished for having said to Yaakov: “get me children!” (30,1)


###### Rashbam on Genesis 29:32:1
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יאהבני - כמו יאהבני. וכן הבדל יבדילני (ישעיה נו כמו: יבדיליני (בצירי).

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
יאהבני, the vowel patach under the letter ב is equivalent to the letter having been vocalised with a tzeyreh. We have a similar construction in Isaiah 56,3 where the word yavdilani means the same as if the prophet had written yavdileyni.


###### Rashbam on Genesis 29:34:1
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על כן קרא שמו לוי - י"ל שיעקב קרא לו שם.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
על כן קרא שמו לוי, one may assume that it was Yaakov who gave the boy this name. (compare Kimchi)