Reference for Avodah Zarah 16:9

מעיקרא מאי דרוש ולבסוף מאי דרוש מעיקרא דרוש (בראשית לג, יב) נסעה ונלכה ואלכה לנגדך ולבסוף דרוש (בראשית לג, יד) יעבר נא אדני לפני עבדו

What did they expound at the outset and what did they expound at the end? At the outset they expounded: “Let us start on our journey and I will proceed at your pace” (Genesis 33:12). And at the end they expounded: “Let my lord now pass before his servant” (Genesis 33. 14).

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