כלי יקר — ואמרתם גם הנה עבדך יעקב אחרינו

Q — After Yaakov tells the second and third sets of servants 'כדבר הזה תדברון' (say what the first said), why does he then specifically repeat 'ואמרתם גם הנה עבדך יעקב אחרינו' — language already covered by 'כדבר הזה'?

A — Kli Yakar reads the first three statements as direct answers to three anticipated questions from Esav: 'whose are you?', 'where are you going?', 'for whom is this gift?' But 'גם הנה עבדך יעקב אחרינו' is not a response to any question — it is a *proactive* addition. Yaakov instructs the servants to volunteer this information even unprompted, so Esav won't take offense that Yaakov is sending gifts via couriers rather than approaching personally. The repetition isolates the one piece of speech that falls outside the question-answer pattern: pre-emptive diplomacy.