Comentário sobre Gênesis 29:12
וַיַּגֵּ֨ד יַעֲקֹ֜ב לְרָחֵ֗ל כִּ֣י אֲחִ֤י אָבִ֙יהָ֙ ה֔וּא וְכִ֥י בֶן־רִבְקָ֖ה ה֑וּא וַתָּ֖רָץ וַתַּגֵּ֥ד לְאָבִֽיהָ׃
E Jacó anunciou a Raquel que ele era <span class="x" onmousemove="Show('perush','Quer dizer: familiar de seu pai, querendo dizer que era filho da irmã de Laban. Do mesmo modo aparece a expressão “irmão” no cap. 13:8.');" onmouseout="Hide('perush');">irmão</span> de seu pai, e que era filho de Rebeca. Raquel, pois foi correndo para anunciá-lo a, seu pai.
Rashi on Genesis
כי אחי אביה הוא HE WAS HER FATHER’S BROTHER — near kin to her father, as (Genesis 13:8) “for we are men, brothers (אחים)” (i. e. near kin). A Midrashic explanation is that he meant: if he (Laban) intends to practice deceit upon me then I am his brother (a match for him) in deception; if, however, he is an honest man then I, too, am the son of his sister, the pious Rebekah (Genesis Rabbah 70:13).
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Ramban on Genesis
AND SHE TOLD HER FATHER. Rashi comments: “Her mother was dead.” And so it is stated in Bereshith Rabbah.7470:12. But according to the plain meaning of Scripture, Rachel related it to her father in order to inform him of the arrival of his relative and so that he should go forth to meet him and honor him. For, as regards her mother, what was Jacob to her and what could she do for him? However, Rebekah did show her mother the jewels which Eliezer gave her,75Above, 24:28. as is the custom of maidens.
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Sforno on Genesis
כי אחי אביה הוא, the Torah adds this at this point to justify his kissing Rachel and her allowing herself to be kissed by him.
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