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VERSE: Gn04-22b
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RULE:Genealogy in the Bible is normally FATHER CENTERED;
eg "Isaac the SON of Abraham". A SIBLING CENTERED genealogy,
eg "Simon the brother of Dinah" is used when the siblings
especially showed CARING BEHAVIOR one for another.

EXAMPLES
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(1-3) In the following verses the brothers helped MARRY
OFF THE SISTER (and hence a sibling centered genealogy is used)
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(1) Ex06-23 "Elisheva the SISTER of Nachshon" RASHI: He married her
(2) Gn04-22"Naamah was sister of Tuval Kayin" RASHI:He married her*1
(3) Gn28-09 "Machlath the sister of Nvayoth" (He married her)



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(4-5) In the following verses the brothers and sisters
helped each other in war efforts
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(4) Gn34-25 "Simon & Levi, Dinahs brother" (They waged
war to free her from the city that raped her)

(5) Nu25-18 "Cazbi ...the sister of Midyan"  (She prostituted
for them)




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(6-7) These two verses use sibling focused genealogy to indicate
other caring behavior/influence between the siblings
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(6) Nu26-59 "Aaron & Moses & Miriam their sister" (Because they
both prayed for her when she was sick (Nu12)

(7) Gn25-20 "Isaac..took Rivkah..the sister of Laban" (A sibling
focused genealogy is used because Rivkah being the sister of
a criminal (Laban) could see thru people. Hence she could help
Isaac when people took advantage of him because of Isaac's
innocence (Cf Gn27))




NOTES
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*1 Actually Rashi simply says that Naama was Noachs wife.
But Noach BUILT the arc and Naama's brother was Tuval Kayin
who invented BUIDING UTENSILS. In all these examples the
BROTHER-SISTER relationship is looked on as a percursor to
the HUSBAND-WIFE relationship because it involves a man and
woman treating each other as people (Rashi explicitly says this
on Ex06-23 "If you want to marry a woman to a man see if he
resembles her brother since the sister-brother relationship is
the closest male-female relationship they have been thru")
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