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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 example applies to Rashis Gn15-15b
      URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/w33n5.htm
      Brief Summary: God told Abram "Leave your father"-but his father repented and God promised Abram "You will return to your fathers."

The table below presents presents two contradictory verses. Both verses speak about Abraham's relationship with his father. The underlined words highlight the contradiction. One verse says leave ...the house of your father while the other verse states you will return peacefully to your fathers Which is it? Was Abraham's father something to avoid or something to join with? Rashi simply resolves this using the 2 Stages method: Abraham's father was initially a sinner. At that time God told Abraham to leave his father. But later in life Abraham's father repented at which point God promised him "You will peacefully return to your fathers."

Summary Verse / Source Text of verse / Source
Leave ...your father's house Gn12-01 Now HaShem said unto Abram: 'Leave your country, your kindred, and your father's house, unto the land that I will show thee.
You will peacefully return to your fathers Gn15-15 But thou shalt return to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
Resolution: 2 Stages Abraham's father was initially a sinner. At that time God told Abraham to leave his father. But later in life Abraham's father repented at which point God promised him "You will peacefully return to your fathers." 


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