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Ramban on Genesis 24:22/רמב"ן על בראשית כ״ד:כ״ב
אוַיִּקַּח הָאִישׁ נֶזֶם זָהָב וּשְׁנֵי צְמִידִים עַל יָדֶיהָ הַכָּתוּב הַזֶּה יֶחְסַר הַמַּעֲשֶׂה, שֶׁהָיָה צָרִיךְ שֶׁיֹּאמַר "וַיִּקַּח הָאִישׁ נֶזֶם זָהָב וַיִּתֵּן עַל אַפָּהּ וּשְׁנֵי צְמִידִים עַל יָדֶיהָ". וּלְכָךְ אֲנִי אוֹמֵר כִּי פֵּרוּשׁוֹ וַיִּקַּח הָאִישׁ נֶזֶם זָהָב וּשְׁנֵי צְמִידִים שֶׁיִּהְיוּ עַל יָדֶיהָ, וַיֹּאמֶר לָהּ בַּת מִי אַתְּ, וְאַחֲרֵי שֶׁאָמְרָה אֵלָיו "בַּת בְּתוּאֵל אָנֹכִי" שָׂם הַנֶּזֶם עַל אַפָּהּ וְהַצְּמִידִים עַל יָדֶיהָ, כַּאֲשֶׁר אָמַר לָהֶם, אֲבָל חָסֵר כָּאן הַנְּתִינָה, וְכֵן בִּמְקוֹמוֹת רַבִּים:
1AND THE MAN TOOK A GOLDEN RING… AND TWO BRACELETS UPON HER HANDS. This verse omits the deed for it should have said: “And the man took a golden ring and put it upon her nose122 and two bracelets upon her hands.” Therefore I say that the interpretation of the verse is as follows: And the man took a golden ring and two bracelets which would be upon her hands, and he said to her, Whose daughter art thou?123 And after she had told him, I am the daughter of Bethuel,124 he put the ring upon her nose and the bracelets upon her hands, as he told them.125 Here, however, Scripture omits the actual giving, and similarly in many places.