Why did Rachel and Le?ah consider themselves Nochriyos in the eyes of their father?
Rashi: Because not only did he not give them a Nadan (a dowry) - as fathers tend to give their daughters, but he sold them to Ya?akov for seven years? work.
What were the points that Rachel and Leah raised to explain why they had disconnected from their father?
Rashi: (a) Because, instead of giving them a dowry upon their marriage to Yaakov, he sold them to him (by making him work for them). (b) Because he 'stole' the wages that were Yaakov's due during the six years that had just terminated. (c) All that they owned of their father's was what Hashem had rescued from him and placed with Yaakov, 1 and that, as a result, they were ready to fulfill his request and to join him when he left.
And that all of this was truly theirs and not their father's, as Lavan claimed.
?Vayochal Achol es Kaspeinu?. Which money were they referring to?
Rashbam: They were referring to the proceeds which Lavan earned from the influx of sheep and goats following their marriage, and which ought to have gone to Ya?akov to provide for them.
What does "he sold us and consumed our money" mean?
Bechor Shor, Malbim, Ha'amek Davar: He sold us for your labor, and did not give to us anything from it. All the more so, he will not give to us an inheritance!
Tosfos ha'Shalem (3): He sold us for your labor, and consumed the dowry that it was proper to give to us.
Tosfos ha'Shalem (4): He sold us like sheep. Should we wait here until he consumes our money?!
Why did they say the double expression "va'Yochal Gam Achol"?
Ohr ha'Chayim (to 31:14): He consumed our mother's inheritance, and Yaakov worked 14 years for them.
