זוהר, ויצא ל׳Zohar, Vayetzei 30

Segment 1א׳

(בראשית ל׳:כ״ח) וַיֹּאמֶר נָקְבָה שְׂכָרְךָ עָלַי וְאֶתֵּנָה, מַאי נָקְבָה. אָמַר רִבִּי יִצְחָק, הַהוּא רָשָׁע אָמַר, אֲנָא חָמֵי, דְּיַעֲקֹב לָא אִסְתַּכֵּל אֶלָּא בְּנוּקְבֵי, וּבְגִין כָּךְ יִפְלַח לִי. אָמַר נָקְבָה שְׂכָרְךָ, הָא נְקֵבָה דְּאִיהוּ שְׂכָרְךָ כַּד בְּקַדְמִיתָא. וְאֶתֵּנָה, אֵימָא מַאן נְקֵבָה אִסְתַּכַּלְתְּ בָּהּ, וְאֶתֵּנָה, וּפְלַח לִי בְּגִינָהּ.

AND HE SAID: APPOINT (naqebah) ME THE WAGES, AND I WILL GIVE IT. R. Isaac said: The term naquebah (appoint, akin to neqebah=female) signifies that the wicked Laban said to himself, “I see that Jacob has an eye only for females, for the sake of whom he will serve me.” He therefore said in effect: “Behold, a female shall be thy wage as before; tell me on what female thou hast cast thine eyes, and I will give her to thee in return for thy service.”

Segment 2ב׳

(שם) וַיֹּאמֶר יַעֲקֹב לא תִתֵּן לִי מְאוּמָה, אָמַר יַעֲקֹב חָלִילָה, דְּהָא אֲנָא כָּל מַה דְּעֲבִידְנָא, לְשֵׁם יְקָרָא דְמַלְכָּא קַדִּישָׁא עֲבִידְנָא, (ס"א ולאו לכסופא דגרמאי) וְעַל דָּא לא תִּתֵּן לִי מְאוּמָה, דְּהָא לַאו דַּעְתָּאי בְּהַאי, אֶלָּא אִם תַּעֲשֶׂה לִי (את) הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה וְגו'.

AND JACOB SAID: THOU SHALT NOT GIVE ME AUGHT. Jacob practically said: “Far be it from me! For in all my acts I am zealous for the glory of the Holy King, and hence thou shalt not give me aught, as my mind is not set on that, but if thou wilt do this thing for me, etc.”

Segment 3ג׳

(שם) וַיָּסַר בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא אֶת הַתְּיָשִׁים. רִבִּי אֶלְעָזָר פָּתַח וְאָמַר, (תהילים ט״ו:א׳) יְיָ מִי יָגוּר בְּאָהֳלֶךָ וְגו', הָא אוֹקִימְנָא, וְאוּקְמוּהָ חַבְרַיָיא, (שם) הוֹלֵךְ תָּמִים, דָּא אַבְרָהָם, דְּכַד אִתְגְּזַר תָּמִים אִקְרֵי. וּפוֹעֵל צֶדֶק, דָּא יִצְחָק. וְדוֹבֵר אֱמֶת, דָּא יַעֲקֹב. וַדַּאי יַעֲקֹב בֶּאֱמֶת אִתְדָּבַּק, אִי הוּא בֶּאֱמֶת אִתְדָּבַּק, מַאי טַעֲמָא עֲבַד עִם לָבָן כְּגַוְונָא דָא.

AND HE REMOVED THAT DAY THE HE-GOATS. R. Eleazar quoted here the verse: Lord, who shall sojourn in thy tabernacle…. He that walketh in perfection, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh truth in his heart (Ps. 15, 1-2). ‘“He that walketh in perfection”,’ he said, ‘refers to Abraham, who, after he had circumcised himself, was called “perfect”; “and worketh righteousness” refers to Isaac; “and speaketh the truth” refers to Jacob, who indeed attached himself to the truth. If that is so, why then did he act towards Laban in this way?