English of Core Text: R. Abba said: consumed theft is hard — even the completely righteous cannot restore it, as it is said “only what the young men have eaten.”
On the daf / in context: Avraham can return property still in hand, but food already eaten cannot be restored; the verse becomes the proof-text for that legal/moral difficulty.
Type of Learning
Custom
What Is Learned
What has been consumed cannot be returned even by the righteous; the verse marks the limit of restitution.