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VERSE: Gn12-16a

======================= Pharoh Gave Abe Gifts ===================

VERY BRIEF SUMMARY
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Gn12-10:16 describes how when Abraham & Sarah came to Egypt the
Egyptians praised Sarahs beauty and bribed Abraham with gifts
(in order to marry her). An analysis of the pluality of the
verbs shows that Pharoh himself gave Abraham the gifts
-- Gn12-14 When Abraham came to Egypt THEY (Egyptians) saw her
-- Gn12-15 and THEY, Pharohs servants saw her
-- Gn12-15 and THEY praised her to Pharoh(& Sarah was taken)
-- Gn12-16 and HE treated Abraham nicely for her sake
Thus the contrast of verb pluralities (THEY vs HE) shows that
it was Pharoh himself who gave the gifts to Abraham.

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TODAYS RASHI RULE                    GRAMMARr
TODAYS RASHI SUBRULE                 PLURALITY AGREEMENT
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF RASHI RULE AND SUBRULE
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One of Rashis 6 main tasks is to explain grammar the same way
a dictionary explains grammar.  There are various aspects to
grammar including verb conjugation, gender agreement, plurality
agreement etc. In todays posting we focus on a shift from PLURAL
to SINGULAR in the same passage. This suggests that first the
GROUP (PLURAL) did the activity and then the INDIVIDUAL(SINGULAR)
did the activity.

STANDARD REFERENCES FOR TODAYS RULE
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The RashiYomi grammar page
http://www.RashiYomi.com/grammar.htm

TODAYS LIST
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We list the verses in Gn12-14:16 which clearly shows the contrast
between the Egyptians and Pharoh.
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VERSE   THEY-HE TEXT OF VERSE WITH VERB
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Gn12-14 THEY*1  The Egyptians saw her (that she was beautiful)
Gn12-15 THEY,*1 Pharohs servants,saw her
Gn12-15 THEY*1  praised her to Pharoh(& Sarah was taken)
Gn12-16 HE*1    treated Abraham nicely for her sake

NOTES
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*1 Thus The EGYPTIANS (PLURAL) praised Abraham while
   PHAROH (SINGULAR) was the one who gave gifts to Abraham
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RASHI RULE USED: GRAMMARr--PLURALITY
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