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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 Gn17-15a
    URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/w33n5.htm
    Brief Summary: SaraI - MY princess - was renamed SaraH - princess; she, like Abraham, was now a PRINCESS to many people.

The table below presents an aligned extract of verselets in Gn17-15a. All verselets discuss the name of Abraham's wife. The alignment justifies the Rashi assertion that Abraham's wife's name was Sarai meaning my princess. But God renamed her Sarah meaning princess. The implication is that she no longer is a princess for her husband but rather a princess for all people. Here, God blesses her like Abraham, that she is a princess of nations.

Verse Text of Verse Rashi comment
Gn17-15 And God said to Abraham, As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, Sarai means my princess
Gn17-15 but Sarah shall her name be. Sarah means princess. Sarah was now princess to many people and nations not just to her husband.

    Sermonic Points: We have pointed out the interesting supportive alignment that
    • Abraham was blessed to be a father of nations
    • Now Sarah is a princess of nations
    That is we see a parallel between the blessings of Abraham and Sarah. 


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