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VERSE: Gn19-36a


The verse states >And the two daughters of Lot conceived
from their father<




RASHI in his commentary starts giving a biology lecture on
how most women do not conceive from a first affair but
these girls did.


{LIST}
Rashi was developing the idea that this is the only time
in the Bible where a WHOLE verse is devoted to mentioning
>CONCEIVING<. Usually the Bible says >IN ONE VERSE< >She
CONCEIVED and Gave Birth<. Since this is the only verse
where it mentions conceiving by itself Rashi saw in this
an emphasis on the fact that they conceived. Here is a list
of verses mentioning conceiving *1
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VERSE   WHO GAVE BIRTH TEXT
======= ============== ====
Gn04-01 Eve            She conceived and gave birth
Gn21-02 Sarah          She conceived and gave birth
Gn29-32 Leah           She conceived and gave birth
Gn30-07 Bilhah         She conceived and gave birth
1S1-20  Chana          She conceived and gave birth
Gn19-36 Lots daughter  She conceived from her father


NOTES
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Actually there are 3 other verses (out of about 30) where
it only says SHE CONCEIVED. They are as follows

-Gn16-04 & As soon as Sarah saw that Hagar conceived she
         made fun of her

         Thus the reason why it says CONCEIVED vs CONCEIVED
         AND GAVE BIRTH is obvious


-Gn25-21 And Isaac prayed for her and she finally conceived

         Thus the reason why it says CONCEIVED vs CONCEIVED
         AND GAVE BIRTH is obvious

-1Ch4-17 And SHE conceived to him ....
-1Ch4-18 But his JEWISH WIFE gave BIRTH to ....

         The Radack on 1Ch4-18 interprets the verse as shown
         According to Radack the first wife was non jewish
         (Pharohs) daughter.

         Thus by the Jewish wife it uses the term BIRTH while
         by the non jewish wife it uses the term CONCEIVED
         The implied insult is clear.


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