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Ramban on Genesis 30:5/רמב"ן על בראשית ל׳:ה׳
אוַתֵּלֶד לְיַעֲקֹב בֵּן הִזְכִּיר בְּכָל הַשְּׁפָחוֹת "לְיַעֲקֹב" לְהַגִּיד כִּי הוּא חָפֵץ וּמוֹדֶה בָּהֶם, וְאֵינֶנּוּ נִקְרָא לוֹ בֶּן הָאָמָה רַק בֵּן לְיַעֲקֹב כִּבְנֵי הַגְּבִירוֹת הַמִּתְיַחֲסִים אֵלָיו. וְאָמַר בְּלֵאָה בֵּן חֲמִישִׁי וּבֵן שִׁשִּׁי לְיַעֲקֹב, בַּעֲבוּר רִבּוּי הַבָּנִים, לוֹמַר כִּי בְּכֻלָּן יַחְפֹּץ וְאֶת כֻּלָּם יְקָרֵב, וְלֹא הִזְכִּיר בָּרִאשׁוֹנִים כֵּן:
1AND SHE BORE ‘L’YAAKOV’ (TO JACOB) A SON. In the case of all the handmaids Scripture mentions the phrase, to Jacob [in connection with the birth of their children], in order to relate that Jacob desired and acknowledged them and that they were not called by him “sons of the handmaids,” but “sons of Jacob,” just like the sons of the mistresses who traced their lineage to him. In the case of the fifth and sixth sons of Leah it also says, to Jacob,107, Verses 17 and 19. since due to her abundance of sons, Scripture deems it necessary to say that Jacob desired and befriended all of them. This is not mentioned in connection with the birth of the first [four sons of Leah because it is obvious that Jacob desired them].