Why, given the great number of opportunities to identify Avraham’s servant by name in Chapt. 24, the Tora deliberately went out of its way to conceal it?
In R. Amnon Bazak’s sixth essay on Parashat Chayei Sara, “Mesiruto Shel Shliach” (Nekudat Peticha: Iyunim Ketzarim BePeshuta Shel Parashat HaShavua, [revised and expanded], Yediot Acharonot, Rishon LeTziyon, 2018, pp. 59-60), he wonders why the Tora chose to hide the identity of the protagonist of this highly detailed story, i.e., the servant of Avraham seeking a wife for Yitzchak.
(Ibid. 2, 5, 9-10, 17, 21-2, 26, 29, 30, 32, 52-3, 58-9, 61, 65-6.
2 And Avraham said unto his servant, the elder of his house, that ruled over all that he had: …
5 And the servant said unto him: …
9 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Avraham his master…
10 And the servant took ten camels…
17 And the servant ran to meet her…
21 And the man looked steadfastly on her…
22 And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden ring of half a shekel weight…
26 And the man bowed his head…
29 … And Lavan ran out unto the man…
30 … Thus spoke the man unto me [Rivka], that he [Lavan] came unto the man…
32 And the man came into the house…
52 And it came to pass, that, when Avraham’s servant heard their words…
53 And the servant brought forth jewels of silver…
58 And they called Rivka , and said unto her: Wilt thou go with this man? …
59 And they sent away Rivka their sister, and her nurse, and Avraham’s servant, and his men.
61 And Rivka arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man. And the servant took Rikva, and went his way.
65 And she said unto the servant: What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant said: It is my master…
66 And the servant told Yitzchak all the things that he had done.)
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