How come only Yaakov is Bikesh Shalva?

Question

Rashi comments at the beginning of this week's parsha, that Yaakov requested to sit in tranquility:

וישב, בִּקֵּשׁ יַעֲקֹב לֵישֵׁב בְּשַׁלְוָה, קָפַץ עָלָיו רָגְזוֹ שֶׁל יוֹסֵף – צַדִּיקִים מְבַקְּשִׁים לֵישֵׁב בְּשַׁלְוָה, אָמַר הַקָּבָּ"ה לֹא דַיָּן לַצַּדִּיקִים מַה שֶּׁמְּתֻקָּן לָהֶם לָעוֹלָם הַבָּא, אֶלָּא שֶׁמְּבַקְּשִׁים לֵישֵׁב בְּשַׁלְוָה בָּעוֹלָם הַזֶּה:

Why is it only Yaakov who makes this request? All the avos underwent traumatic experiences. Avraham with kivshan ha'eish, Yitzchak with the akeida, Yosef with the hatred from his brothers and the nisyonos of Egypt etc etc. But they seemingly don't make this request. Why is it only Yaakov?

Answer 1

" בִּקֵּשׁ " in this context doesn't mean asked. It means was looking for.And the Medrash that Rashi brings goes on to include all Tzadikim. Not just Yaakov.

Yaakov seems to have been singled out because he seems to have had the most difficult life of all of the Avos.

The Meforshim who ask how do you see in the words וישב יַעֲקֹב anything about wanting to live בְּשַׁלְוָה (inter alia) explain that the next Posuk starts אֵ֣לֶּה תֹּֽלְד֣וֹת יַֽעֲקֹ֗ב יוֹסֵ֞ף. What is the connection and what about Reuven? The answer is that problems like the story of Yosef typify the life of Yaakov. He wants to sit בְּשַׁלְוָה and instead of that happening the next thing that happens and is mentioned in the story of Yosef. This is the way his life went. Mention him wanting to לֵישֵׁב בְּשַׁלְוָה and then a new problem will be mentioned.

I don't know if that would be true about the other Avos.