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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 Gn49-08c
    URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/rule1321.htm
    Brief Summary: A) ISAAC to ESAUV: Your MOTHER's children will bow to you B) JACOB to JUDAH: Your FATHER's children will bow to you RASHI: Jacob had 4 wives so he said FATHER; Isaac who had one wife, said MOTHER

The table below presents an aligned extract of verses or verselets in Gn27-29a Gn49-08c. Both verses/verselets discuss blessings of rulership over siblings. The alignment justifies the Rashi comment that: Jacob had many wives. So he blessed Judah that his father's children would bow to him since father's children includes more than mother's children. By contrast Isaac had one wife. So he could use the term mother's children since it was as inclusive as father's children.

Verse Text of Verse Rashi comment
Gn27-29a [Isaac to Esauv] Your mother's children will bow to you. Jacob had many wives. So he blessed Judah that his father's children would bow to him since father's children includes more than mother's children. By contrast Isaac had one wife. So he could use the term mother's children since it was as inclusive as father's children.
Gn49-08c [Jacob to Judah] Your father's children will bow to you. 


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