Genesis 24:31 Commentary: Rashi, Sforno, Radak & Siftei Chakhamim

וַיֹּ֕אמֶר בּ֖וֹא בְּר֣וּךְ יְהוָ֑ה לָ֤מָּה תַעֲמֹד֙ בַּח֔וּץ וְאָנֹכִי֙ פִּנִּ֣יתִי הַבַּ֔יִת וּמָק֖וֹם לַגְּמַלִּֽים׃

And he said: ‘Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; wherefore standest thou without? for I have cleared the house, and made room for the camels.’

Rashi on Genesis

פניתי הבית I HAVE CLEARED THE HOUSE of idols (Genesis Rabbah 60:7).
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Sforno on Genesis

?למה תעמוד בחוץ, why did you only ask about spending the night? Why would you and your men stand around on the outside?
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Radak on Genesis

'ויאמר בא ברוך ה, he meant that he could see that G’d had blessed Eliezer with wealth and therefore
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