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      8. RASHI METHOD: DATABASES
      BRIEF EXPLANATION:Rashi makes inferences from Database queries. The precise definition of database query has been identified in modern times with the 8 operations of Sequential Query Language (SQL).
      This example applies to Rashis Gn46-01b
      URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/gn46-01b.htm
      Brief Summary: God always identifies himself as the 'God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.' But Jacob at times refers simply to the 'God of Isaac' since a person is closest to his father.

    We ask the following database query: How is the God of the Patriarchs referred to in the Bible? The reader is encouraged to perform the query using a standard Biblical Konnkordance or search engine. This database query yields the list below. The list justifies the following Rashi inference:
  • God invariably refers to Himself as the God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob
  • However at times Jacob refers to the God of Isaac without mentioning Abraham since children often feel closest to their parents. The list below presents the results of the database query and shows examples.

Verse Verse text God of Patriarchs Who is speaking
Gn28-13 And, behold, the Lord stood above him, and said, I am the Lord God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie, to you will I give it, and to your seed; God of Abraham, God of Isaac God
Gn31-53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us. God of Abraham, God of Nahor Jacob, Laban
Gn31-42 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely you would have sent me away now empty. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night. God of Abraham, Fear of Isaac Jacob
Gn32-10 And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the Lord who said to me, Return to your country, and to your family, and I will deal well with you; God of Abraham, God of Isaac Jacob
Gn31-53 And Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac. God of Isaac Jacob
Gn46-01 And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. God of Isaac Jacob 


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