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VERSE: Gn27-29b

Rashi compares or >ALIGNS< the following two verses

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Gn27-29 Isaac Jacob Curses to your cursors;Blessings to blessors
Nu28-09 Bilam Jews  Blessing to blessors;  Curses to Cursors
                    *1                     *2
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NOTES
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*1,*2 The order is reversed. Isaac first curses those who curse
      Jacob and then blesses those who bless him while by
      contrast Bilam first blesses those who bless Jacob and
      then curses those who curse him.

      Each party (Isaac, Bilam) used an order relative to their
      life experiences. Righteous people usually suffer in the
      first part of their life and only see happiness later while
      wicked people enjoy the first part of their life and see
      suffering later.

I think this Rashi clear enough. I only wanted to add that such
Rashis should be >Supplemented with a list<. Is it really true
that Righteous people suffer the first part of their life (to
remove their immaturities) and only then receive blessings?
A LIST enhances appreciation of the Rashis. Here is a
partial list of righteous people who suffered the first part
of their life and later had some happiness


{LIST}
Righteous people in the Bible who suffered the first part
of their life and then later had happiness. This is
seen as a general pattern since by suffering first
the righteous can remove immaturities
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Person How did he suffer             Happiness at end
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Jacob  His sons tried to kill Joseph He lived to see family unity
Joseph He was sold as a slave        He was King;family reunion
David  Saul pursued him to kill him  He was King
Jews   Suffered in Egypt,wilderness  Inherited Israel
Moses  Pharoh tried to kill him      Was leader of Israel
{END OF LIST}


THE POINT
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Even though the derivation of the Rashi is clear we should
use LISTS to supplement what Rashi says. This enhances
appreciation.

RASHI RULE USED: DOUBLE PARSHAS
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WARNING: The following additional references may be too wordy
However they frequently contain additional information & lists
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