Commentaire sur La Genèse 24:31
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר בּ֖וֹא בְּר֣וּךְ יְהוָ֑ה לָ֤מָּה תַעֲמֹד֙ בַּח֔וּץ וְאָנֹכִי֙ פִּנִּ֣יתִי הַבַּ֔יִת וּמָק֖וֹם לַגְּמַלִּֽים׃
Laban lui dit: "Viens, bien-aimé du Seigneur! pourquoi restes-tu dehors, lorsque j’ai préparé la maison et qu’il y a place pour les chameaux?"
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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Siftei Chakhamim
Of idols. Otherwise, it would be sufficient to say there is a place for the camels, or a place to lodge, [without mentioning, “I have emptied the house.”]
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Chizkuni
'ברוך ה, according to our sages in B’reshit Rabbah 60,7, Eliezer thanked the Lord, who had removed the curse that had lain on him together with all the descendants of Canaan. He no longer suffered from that taint as he had faithfully carried out the mission his master had assigned to him.
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Sforno on Genesis
ואנכי פניתי הבית, for you and your men,
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Radak on Genesis
פניתי הבית, for you and your men, מקום לגמלים, and I have also cleared space to accommodate the camels.
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Sforno on Genesis
ומקום לגמלים, I also cleared space to accommodate the camels.
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