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Ramban on Genesis 29:12/רמב"ן על בראשית כ״ט:י״ב
אוַתַּגֵּד לְאָבִיהָ לְשׁוֹן רַשִׁ"י (רש"י על בראשית כ"ט:י"ב) אִמָּהּ מֵתָה. וְכָךְ בִּבְרֵאשִׁית רַבָּה (בראשית רבה ע':י"ג). וּלְפִי פְּשׁוּטוֹ לְבַשְּׂרוֹ בִּיאַת קְרוֹבוֹ וְשֶׁיֵּצֵא אֵלָיו וִיכַבְּדֵהוּ, כִּי אִמָּהּ מָה לָהּ וּמָה תַּעֲשֶׂה לוֹ, אֲבָל רִבְקָה הֶרְאָת אֶת אִמָּהּ הַתַּכְשִׁיטִין אֲשֶׁר נָתְנוּ לָהּ כְּמִנְהַג הַנְּעָרוֹת:
1AND SHE TOLD HER FATHER. Rashi comments: “Her mother was dead.” And so it is stated in Bereshith Rabbah.74 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,75 as is the custom of maidens.