Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Commentary for Bava Metzia 186:5

מאי לאו דעל בעידנא דעיילי אינשי לא דעל בעידנא דלא עיילי אינשי אי הכי אמאי פטור תחילתו בפשיעה וסופו באונס חייב

— There too, he answered, the reference is to the city watchman. Was then our father Jacob a city watchman? he asked. — [No.] He merely said to Laban, 'I guarded for you with super-vigilance, as though I were a city watchman.'

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