The table below presents
two contradictory verses / verselets.
Both verses speak about
where the Jews resided.
The underlined words highlight the contradiction.
One verse says
the Jews lived in Goshen
while the other verse states
the Jews left Egypt from Raamsayth.
We see the contradiction---which is it?
Were the Jews all over Goshen or were they in Raamsayth?
Rashi simply resolves this contradiction using the
2 stages
method:
The people lived scattered all over Goshen.
But on the night of the Exodus they quickly
gathered in the city of Raamsayth and left
from there.
Summary
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Verse / Source
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Text of verse / Source
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The Jews lived scattered through Goshen
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Ex09-26
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Only in the land of Goshen, where the people of Israel were, was there no hail.
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Moses and people violate the Sabbath
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Ex12-37
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And the people of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth,
about six hundred thousand on foot, who were men, beside children.
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Resolution:
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2 Stages
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The people lived scattered all over Goshen.
But on the night of the Exodus they quickly
gathered in the city of Raamsayth and left
from there.
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Advanced Rashi: We can ask a strong question on Rashi: If the Jews did
not have time to bake bread because they were thrown out how did they have the luxury
of gathering in Raamsayth? Wouldn't it stand to reason that the Egyptians who threw them out
without giving them time to bake also did not give them time to gather together?
I would therefore suggest that eagle's wings refers to prophecy. On the night of the 14th or before
they were prophetically told to journey to Raamsayth where they would hear of the final deliverance. Some made the
trip and possibly some were on their way. They stayed over at houses of relatives. Thus when the redemption came
they were thrown out of Raamsayth.
This interpretation of eagle wings as referring to prophecy is consistent with the convenant
of cuts where Jews escape the terror beasts of the world by behaving like eagles, that is through prophecy.
It is also consistent with the verse in Zachariah not through military might nor through skill but rather
through prophecy.
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