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Certain Biblical paragraphs are stated in a Theme-Development-Theme form.
In other words a broad general idea is stated first followed by the development
of this broad general theme in specific details. The paragraph-like unit is then
closed with a repetition of the broad theme.
The Theme-Detail-Theme form creates a unified paragraph.
The detailed section of this paragraph is therefore seen as
an extension of the general theme sentences.
Today's example illustrates
this as shown immediately below.
Note the theme-detail-theme structure
of the following Biblical paragraph,
Gn28-13:16 which states
- General: And, behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, I am the Lord God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac;
- Detail: the land on which you lie, to you will I give it, and to your seed;
- Detail: And your seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south;
- Detail: and in you and in your seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
- Detail: And, behold, I am with you, and will watch you in all places where you go,
- Detail: and will bring you back to this land;
- General: for I will not leave you, until I have done that about which I have spoken to you.
Hence the Rashis on the above paragraph:
The opening and closing theme are God standing by Jacob and not deserting him.
This theme is developed by the five details which in turn are perceived as illustrative
not exhaustive. As a consequence of the paragraph structure we connect the theme with
its details: I God am standing by you and will not desert you until you return
and have Israel,
and you fill the land and all nations are blessed in you.
Advanced Rashi:
Rashi literally says I God am standing over you to watch you.
But I would argue that watching you is only one of the five items promised Jacob.
Therefore I enlarged Rashi's comment to include all other four items. God was telling
Jacob that he would watch him until all 5 promises were met.
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