הֲל֧וֹא נָכְרִיּ֛וֹת נֶחְשַׁ֥בְנוּ ל֖וֹ כִּ֣י מְכָרָ֑נוּ וַיֹּ֥אכַל גַּם־אָכ֖וֹל אֶת־כַּסְפֵּֽנוּ׃
Não somos tidas por ele como estrangeiras? pois nos vendeu, e consumiu <span class="x" onmousemove="Show('perush','Entre os hebreus, o pai da moça por um lado, e o moço por outro, trazem bens pecuniários que juntam em comum para o novo casal. O que traz a moça, chama-se “nidúnia”, e o que traz o moço, “môhar”, além de obrigar-se com mantimentos, vestimentas e satisfação sexual da esposa. Tanto o que Laban dera, quanto o que Jacob fizera por seu trabalho - o usufruto foi de Laban - nisto, ficaram suas filhas como se fossem escravas vendidas ao estranho. Isto é o que elas respondem a Jacob.');" onmouseout="Hide('perush');">todo o nosso preço</span>.
Shemirat HaLashon
To answer all this, it would seem that Jacob knew that obviously Lavan would not agree to give him his daughter without receiving a great gift, as it is written (Ibid. 31:15): "Does he [Lavan] not regard us [his daughters] as strangers"? [see Rashi] And it is known that our father Jacob became impoverished by Elifaz [the son of Esav] on the way. If so, he would certainly have to do slave labor for him in order to marry his daughter, as Isaac had commanded him, and as, indeed, occurred in the end. And Jacob was afraid to go down to him and to remain there. For he knew that Lavan was a deceiver, and that he would also want to drive him from the world, as the Torah testifies about him at the end, that he pursued him and desired to kill him, lest the G-d of Abraham aided and rescued him (viz. Ibid. 31:42). And [he knew that] his house, too, was full of idols and that he could not withstand such impurity without the merit of the holiness of Torah, and that in the house of Lavan it would not be possible for him to cleave to Torah.
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