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    4. RASHI METHOD: ALIGNMENT
    BRIEF EXPLANATION: Aligning two almost identically worded verselets can suggest
    • (4a) 2 cases of the same incident or law
    • (4b) emphasis on the nuances of a case
    • (4c) use of broad vs literal usage of words
     This examples applies to Rashis Dt11-21b
    URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/w34n7.htm
    Brief Summary: a) TO you and b) TO your decendants I have given this land. I give to your DECSENDANTS...Land I swore to give to THEM

The table below presents an aligned extract of verses or verselets in Gn12-07 Gn13-15. Both verses/verselets discuss the giving of Israel to the Jews. The alignment justifies the Rashi comment that: The land of Israel was promised both to a) The Jews, the descendants of Abraham and also b) to Abraham himself (hinting at his resurrection)

Verse Text of Verse Rashi comment
Gn12-07
    And the Lord appeared to Abram, and said,
  • to your descendants will I give this land; ...
    The land of Israel was promised both to
  • a) The Jews, the descendants of Abraham and also
  • b) to Abraham himself (hinting at his resurrection)
Gn13-15
    For all the land which you see,
  • to you will I give it, and
  • to your descendants forever.

Advanced Rashi: Using the above alignment of Genesis verses we can understand the following text and Rashi: Dt11-21: That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth. Rashi:The underlined phrase does not say to give to you but rather to give to them. This proves that Israel will be given both to the descendants of Abraham and to Abraham himself who will be resurrected.

The above alignment also justifies other inferences. For example a famous Rashi explains that the verse which states that Abraham and his nephew Lot fought, is speaking about the right to occupy land now which Abraham knew he will eventually inherit. We will discuss the other consequences of this alignment in appropriate future issues.

This Rashi can also be understood using rule #5, contradiction and rule #7, formatting, which we present below.


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