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Ramban on Genesis 24:15/רמב"ן על בראשית כ״ד:ט״ו
אאֲשֶׁר יֻלְּדָה לִבְתוּאֵל בֶּן מִלְכָּה בַּעֲבוּר שֶׁהָיָה לְנָחוֹר בָּנִים מִפִּלַגְשׁוֹ רְאוּמָה, יְיַחֲסוֹ לְעוֹלָם "בְּתוּאֵל בֶּן מִלְכָּה". וּבַעֲבוּר שֶׁהַנַּעֲרָה הִזְכִּירָה אֵם אָבִיהָ תְּחִלָּה, "בַּת בְּתוּאֵל אָנֹכִי בֶּן מִלְכָּה", כִּי כֵן דֶּרֶךְ הַנְּעָרוֹת, כְּדֶרֶךְ "וַתַּגֵּד לְבֵית אִמָּהּ" (בראשית כ"ד:כ"ח), לָכֵן יַזְכִּירֶנּוּ הַכָּתוּב כִּי הוּא בֶּן מִלְכָּה אֵשֶׁת נָחוֹר. אֲבָל הָעֶבֶד אָמַר "וַתֹּאמֶר בַּת בְּתוּאֵל בֶּן נָחוֹר" (שם מז), כִּי תִּקֵּן הַדָּבָר בְּדֶרֶךְ מוּסָר, אֲבָל אָמַר "אֲשֶׁר יָלְדָה לּוֹ מִלְכָּה" לוֹמַר שֶׁהוּא בֶּן הַגְּבִירָה:
1WHO WAS BORN TO BETHUEL THE SON OF MILCAH THE WIFE OF NAHOR, ABRAHAM’s BROTHER. Because Nahor also had children from his concubine Reumah,113 they always described the lineage of Bethuel by saying that he was the son of Milcah who was the mistress of the household. And because the girl mentioned her father’s mother first, as it says, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah114 — for such was customary among the girls, analogous to the verse, And she told her mother’s house115 — therefore Scripture mentions in the verse before us that he [Bethuel] was the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor. But the servant later said, And she said, The daughter of Bethuel Nahor’s son,116 for he corrected the matter as is ethically proper. However, he did say, whom Milcah bore unto him,116 in order to state that Bethuel was the son of the mistress and not the concubine.