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VERSE: Gn25-18a Arabs more respected while Ishmael Alive VERY BRIEF SUMMARY In Gn16-12 God promises that Ishmael (The Arab people) will be NOMADIC--they will DWELL all over the place. But in Gn25-18 the phraseology abruptly changes: We are told that the Arabs DROP IN all over the place. Gn25-18 was stated after the death of both Abraham and Ishmael*10. The less respectful term DROP IN seems to imply that while Abraham & Ishmael lived,Arabs DWELT (respectfully among everybody); but after Abraham & Ishmaels death Arabs were less respected (They DROPPED IN vs DWELT) ---------------------------------- TODAYS RASHI RULE: ALIGNMENT TODAYS RASHI SUBRULE: TWO CASES ---------------------------------- BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF RULE Many Rashis do NOT focus on an internal analysis of the verse. There may be nothing bothering Rashi in THAT verse. The words used may all be normal. But when the given verse is compared with another verse--that is, when the two verses are ALIGNED together-- we see blatant differences. The ALIGNED verses therefore suggest that these ALIGNED DIFFERENCES were deliberately placed there to emphasize certain nuances. A nifty way of explaining the ALIGNED verses is to think of ALIGNMENT as the vehicle that the Biblical Author uses to indicate FOOTNOTES. That is, a modern writer might use FOOTNOTES to indicate details; the Biblical Author instead used REPEATED ALIGNED VERSES with DIFFERENT DETAILS. The simplest case of ALIGNMENT is when the differences CLEARLY and EXPLICITLY show that we are dealing with two cases each with different details. Todays example shows that two different verses about arab respect deal with 2 situations--one before Abraham died, the other after. STANDARD REFERENCES FOR THIS RULE You can visit the Rashi Yomi Calendar at http://www.RashiYomi.com/calendar1.htm The ALIGNMENT series occurs between 7-28-01 and 10-10-01. | |||
| VERSE | PHRASE1 | PHRASE2 | PHRASE3 |
| Gn16-12 | He will | DWELL | on all his brothers |
| Gn25-18a | They | DWELT | from CHAVILA to SHUR |
| Gn25-18 | HE | DROPPED IN | on all his brothers |
| Differs | *1 | *2 | *3 |
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*1 Note the difference between the 2nd row vs the 1st-3rd row: The 2nd row is stated in the plural. This contrasting plural hilights the singular used in the 1st and 3rd row-- for now the ONLY difference between the first and 3rd row is that one uses the phrase DWELL while the other uses the phrase DROPPED IN. See footnotes #2 #3 for further details Why then is the 2nd row stated? First note that it gives details to the concept that the Arabs dwell ALL OVER THE PLACE--in fact the Arabs dwelt from CHAVILA to SHUR...to SYRIA Second there is a hint here that there are RESPECTED and NON-RESPECTED Arabs since even after Ishmaels death some Arabs DWELT everywhere (RESPECTFUL) while others DROPPED IN everywhere (NOT RESPECTFUL). *2 The first two rows use the respectful term DWELL while the 3rd row (Spoken after the death of both Abraham and Ishmael) uses the lest respectful term DROPPED IN*11. This implies that after Abraham and Ishmael died Arabs were treated with less respect (They couldnt just DWELL; rather they had to DROP IN) *3 The first and 3rd rows are IDENTICAL except that one uses the word DWELL while the other uses the word DROPPED IN*11 The only difference between these verses is that the first verse was spoken during the lifetime of Abraham and Ishmael while the 2nd verse was spoken after the lifetime of Abraham and Ishael. | |||