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      5. RASHI METHOD: CONTRADICTION
      BRIEF EXPLANATION:Rashi resolves contradictory verses using 3 methods.
      • (5a) Resolution using two aspects of the same event
      • (5b) Resolution using two stages of the same process
      • (5c) Resolution using broad-literal interpretation.
      This examples applies to Rashis Gn12-08c
      URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/rule1312.htm
      Brief Summary: a) The pronounced text says: He pitched HIS tent b) The written text says: He pitched HER tent Rashi: FIRST he pitched HER tent, then HIS own.

Background: The Rashi student who wishes to understand the following Rashi should be aware that in certain rare verses there are two versions in the Masoretic text which lists a way to pronounce the text and a way to write the text. In most verses the pronunced and written text are the same.

The table below presents two contradictory verses/verselets. Both verses/verselets talk about the tent that Abraham pitched. Actually here we deal with one verse that has a different written and pronounced version. The underlined words highlight the contradiction. The pronounced verse says he pitched his tent while the written verse says he pitched her tent. Which is it? Did he pitch her tent or his tent? Rashi simply resolves this using the 2 stages method: First, he pitched her tent (his wife's tent), and then, after she was settled, he pitched his own tent.

Summary Verse / Source Text of verse / Source
He pitched his tent. Gn12-08a pronounced version he pitched his tent
He pitched her tent Gn12-08a written version he pitched her tent
Resolution: 2 Aspects First, he pitched her tent (his wife's tent), and then, after she was settled, he pitched his own tent. 


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