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VERSE: Gn03-09a


RULES
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A conversation can begin
(a) ABRUPTLY: Get straight to the point and say what you want
(b) GRADUALLY: Open up first with "conversation openers"--like
    'How are you', 'Have you seen so and so recently'; etc

The GRADUAL style is used by God in prophecies to
 (A) show concern for the person spoken to
 (B) encourage them to repent
 (C) prepare him for a deep prophecy

The ABRUPT style is used by God when he
 (D) Wants to punish somebody very wicked and not allow repentance





EXAMPLES
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(1-3) God opened gently with questions whose answers were known.
      His goal was to get these individuals to REPENT
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(1) Gn04-09 "Where's your brother(Said to Kayin after his murder)"*3
(2) Gn03-09 "Where are you(Said to Adam after his sin)"*3
(3) Nu22-09 "Who are these people(Said to Bilam who wanted to
             curse the Jews)" *3




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(4-6) God opened gently with questions whose answers were known.
  His goal here was to PREPARE these individuals for a PROPHECY
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(4) Isa39-03 "Who are these people(Said to Chizkiyahu)"
(5) Ez37-03 "Can the bones live"(Said to Ezekiel before God gave
             him the order to resurrect them)
(6) 1Sam03-04 "Samuel Samuel" (The repetitive style was to prepare
               him for his 1st prophecy)




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(7-8) God spoke in a chatty style to prepare people He liked
        for a DIFFICULT TASK
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(7) Gn22-02b Kindly take (a) your son (b) your only son (c)
             the son you love (and offer him to me)---Thus
             God had to prepare Abraham for the request to
             sacrifice*3
(8) Gn12-01f Leave (a) your country (b) the place where you
             were born (c) your fathers household--and go to
             the land I show you---Thus God had to prepare
             Abraham for the request to leave his land*3




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(9-10) God spoke gently and REASSURINGLY--
        trying to calm down obvious fears.
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(9) Gn46-03 "Don't worry Jacob"(Said when Jacob went to Egypt)
(10) Gn15-01 "Don't worry Abraham"(Said to Abraham after a big war;
        Abraham was worried that he might have killed righteous
        people and lost merit--hence the need for reassurance)





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(11-14) In these examples God spoke suddenly in order to give a
        PUNISHMENT, give a warning, or an unpleasant prophecy
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(11) Gn03-14 "& God said to the snake(who was punished for
             tempting Eve to sin)"*1
(12) Gn12-04 "& God said SUDDENLY to Miriam (Who was punished with
              Leprosy for slandering Moses)
(13) Gn31-24 "& God said to Laban (who was warned not to do
             anything to Jacob)"
(14) Nu23-04 "& God HAPPENED on Bilam(who received a prophecy that
              he did not like)"*2




NOTES
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*1 Note that God spoke to Adam, Eve and the snake after the
sin in Gan Eden. To Adam and Eve he used a conversational style
("Where are you") while with the snake there was no "conversational
opener" Hence we classify the dialogue with the snake as "sudden"
and "cold"

*2 All of Nu22 Nu23 and Nu24 show that Bilam wanted to curse the
Jews--hence the prophecies that the Jews would be blessed were
said suddenly to him


*3 Rashi
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