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      9. RASHI METHOD: NonVerse
      BRIEF EXPLANATION: The common denominator of the 3 submethods of the NonVerse method is that inferences are made from non textual material. The 3 submethods are as follows:
      • Spreadsheet: Rashi makes inferences of a numerical nature that can be summarized in a traditional spreadsheet
      • Geometric: Rashi clarifies a Biblical text using descriptions of geometric diagrams
      • Fill-ins: Rashi supplies either real-world background material or indicates real-world inferences from a verse. The emphasis here is on the real-world, non-textual nature of the material.
      This examples applies to Rashis Gn31-43a
      URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/w33n5.htm
      Brief Summary: WHAT CAN I DO TO MY DAUGHTERS = How can I harm them

First some background. Jacob had fled from Laban. Laban makes hot pursuit and overtakes him. Laban clandestinely threatens him: Gn31-29 states It is in the power of my hand to hurt you; but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, Take heed that you speak not to Jacob either good or bad. Later as Laban and Jacob continue their heated discussion Laban states in Gn31-43 And Laban answered and said unto Jacob: 'The daughters are my daughters, and the children are my children, and the flocks are my flocks, and all that thou seest is mine; and what can I do this day for these my daughters, or for their Rashi Fills in the meaning of the cryptic underlined phrase: and what can I do this day for these my daughters by tieing it to the previous verse with a threat: How can I harm you seeing that my daughters are your wives.

Here the sole purpose of Rashi is to Fill in implied meaning using common sense. For this reason we call this Rashi method the fill-in.

Advanced Rashi: It is also possible to derive this Rashi using the Rabbi Ishmael rules. The rule Inference from context would justify interpreting what can I do to mean How can I harm them--they are my daughters.

Laban initially said that God was the reason why he wasn't hurting Jacob as we find in verse Gn31-29 which explicitly states It is in the power of my hand to hurt you; but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, Take heed that you speak not to Jacob either good or bad. However Laban was simply shakin up by having God visit him. He wasn't religious. He therefore tried to cover up his sudden religious experience: The reason I don't hurt you has nothing to do with God - rather, if I hurt you I would have to hurt your wives, my daugthers, and I don't want to hurt them. Thus this Rashi shows us how wicked people cover up religious experiences with alternate explanations. 


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