Chasidut zu Bereschit 31:18
וַיִּנְהַ֣ג אֶת־כָּל־מִקְנֵ֗הוּ וְאֶת־כָּל־רְכֻשׁוֹ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר רָכָ֔שׁ מִקְנֵה֙ קִנְיָנ֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר רָכַ֖שׁ בְּפַדַּ֣ן אֲרָ֑ם לָב֛וֹא אֶל־יִצְחָ֥ק אָבִ֖יו אַ֥רְצָה כְּנָֽעַן׃
Und führte alle seine Herden hinweg und seine ganze Habe, die er erworben, seine eigenen Herden, die er zu Paddan-Aram erworben, und zog zu seinem Vater Isaak in das Land Kanaan.
Kedushat Levi
Genesis 31,18. “he guided all his livestock and all his portable possessions , the ones he had acquired while in Padan Aram, and in order to go back to his father Yitzchok”. The last few words about Yaakov returning to his father appear superfluous; the moral/ethical lesson that the Torah teaches by describing Yaakov’s motivation in returning to the land of Israel as being to become reunited with his father, is that although G’d had promised Yaakov that he would become a founder of a great nation, would expand in all directions of the globe, none of these promises weighed on his decision to return forthwith to the land of Israel. His concern was the opportunity to once more be able to fulfill the commandment of honouring his father (his mother having died during his absence).
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