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VERSE: Gn03-06b

RASHIS COVERED: Gn03-06b Gn03-06c Gn03-06d

=============== ALIGNMENT OF Gn03-05 & Gn03-06  =================

BACKGROUND
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Recall that the snake wanted Eve to sin and eat from the tree
of knowledge

THE TEXT
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The snake offered 3 arguments to Eve when requesting in Gn03-05
that she eat from the tree of knowledge
- Your eyes will open
- You will be like God
- You will know Good and evil

The Bible then relates in Gn03-06 how Eve studied the tree
- She found it luscious to sight
- Beneficial to eat
- Precious for awareness

THE RASHI
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So Rashi-is-Simple: Rashi notes that the 3 arguments of the
snake (EyeOpen, GodLike, Knowledge) correspond exactly to
the 3 items Eve noted (LusciousSight, Beneficial, Awareness)

THE LIST
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Here is the exact correspondence. The footnotes provide
further detail.
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VERSE   PHRASE1              PHRASE2            PHRASE3
======= ===================  =================  =================
Gn03-05 Your EYES will open  Youll Be like God  KNOWING Good/evil
Gn03-06 luscious to SIGHT    BENEFICIAL to eat  makes AWARE
Differs *1                   *2                 *3

NOTES
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*1 Rashi:Gn03-06c--The connection between SIGHT & EYES is obvious

*2 Rashi:Gn03-06b--The connection between BECOMING GODLIKE vs
   BENEFICIAL TO EAT is certainly not clear. However the other
   two phrases (EYES OPEN:LUSCIOUS SIGHT & KNOW GOOD EVIL:MAKE
   AWARE) are almost perfect matches. Therefore Rashi felt
   justified in stretching the connection in the remaining phrase
   See footnote *10 for a more thorough analysis

*3 Rashi:Gn03-06d--THe connection betwen AWARE & KNOWING is clear
   Note that the Actual translation should be
   ---------------------------------------------
   Eve saw that fruit is precious for insight
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------------------------ LONGER FOOTNOTES -----------------------

*10 This is a general principle which we use frequently:
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    If 2 lists align up clearly at all but one item:
    Then we are justified in assuming the lists completely
    align. In particular we are justified in STRETCHING it
    on the remaining unclear item
    -------------------------------------------------------

    See http://www.Rashiyomi.Com/gn04-08a.htm in this issue
    for another example.

    In terms of the details of the correspondence: I would
    suggest that when it says that Eve saw that the fruit
    was BENEFICIAL TO EAT it means that by eating it Eve
    would achieve the state of BEING LIKE GOD and this
    is the benefit of eating it.

    Again this connection does NOT follow from Grammar
    or dictionary meaning. Rather it follows from rules of
    STYLE & ALIGNMENT
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