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VERSE: Gn29-11a
RASHIS COVERED: Gn29-11a Gn29-18a
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SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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Rashi frequently illumines the meaning of one verse with
details from an OTHER VERSE.
EXAMPLE
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Gn29-11a states Jacob cried when he met Rachel. But an
OTHER VERSE, Gn29-10, states that Jacob moved a heavy
stone that normally several people have to move, because
he was in love. So Rashi interprets Gn29-11a and Gn29-10
together--Jacob cried out of happiness(hence, love & cry)
EXAMPLE
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In Gn27-44 Rachel tells Jacob to stay away from Esauv
for a few DAYS. But Gn29-18 states that Jacob stayed
away 7 years. Thus it is reasonable to interpret
Gn27-44 as meaning that Rachel tells Jacob to stay
away from Esauv for a few YEARS. Gn29-20 echoes this
interpretation that DAYS means YEARS.
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ITEM DETAIL
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RASHI RULE CLASS: OTHER VERSES
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS FURTHER DETAILS
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #1
SEE BELOW LIST210a
List of verse pairs with one verse illuminating an other
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=================== LIST210a ==================================
We present a list of verses where
further details of the verse are presented
from other verses.
The classical example is the Passover Hagaddah
example: The verse Dt26-05d, ONLY A FEW JEWS
WENT DOWN TO EGYPT, is illumined by Gn46-27
which states that 70 PEOPLE WENT DOWN TO EGYPT.
Thus the technique of OTHER VERSES teaches
us that A FEW JEWS(Dt26-05d) means 70(Gn46-27)
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VERSE TEXT OF VERSE OTHER VRSE DETAILS
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Gn29-11a Jacob cried Gn29-10*13 Cried in happiness
Gn29-18a Work 7 years for Rachel Gn27-44 Stay away awhile*8
Gn28-22b This willbe HOUSE OF GOD Gn35-01:08 altar;remove idols
Gn26-15a Philistines closed wells Ex01-10 Prevent inflows*7
Gn23-02a Abraham CAME Gn21-33:34 CAME from BeerShva
Gn23-02b Chevron=CITY OF 4 Ju01-10*12 City of 4 Giants
Gn23-09a Chevron=Cave of Doubles Gn49-29:31 Doubles=Couples*12
Gn23-15a $400 between US?So what? Gn23-06 Abe distinguishd*6
Gn18-04c Guests rest under TREE Gn21-33 Shady fruit tree*5
Dt32-12a Gd by himself gave peace Ju11-23*4 Conquest=gODS act
Dt32-12b No other gods with Him 2K18-33*4 Conquest=gODS act
Dt29-09b All Jews here, TRIBES,*3 Nu02-02 Each Jew has tribe
Lv01-12a the THANK YOU OFFERING Ps127-01 4 Thank Yous
Lv01-05a Slaughter Sacrifice 2Chr30-17 A Levite Can
Dt26-05d A FEW Jews came to Egypt Gn46-27 70 people came
Gn21-23b I treated you NICELY Gn20-15 I gave you LAND
Dt25-13b Dont have big STONES Lv19-36 Big STONE WEIGHTS
Gn26-05e because ABRAHAM OBEYED Gn22-18 He offered Isaac
Nu24-07c Jews greater than AGAG 1S15-33*2 AGAG,King Amalayk
Lv21-18a Blemish priests no-serve Mal01-08 It is disgusting*1
Ex13-17c Jews afraid of war Nu14-42 Defeat of Jews
Ex17-10b Chur 1Ch2-18:19 Kalevs son
Ex35-30a Chur 1Ch2-18:19 Kalevs son
Ex24-14c Chur 1Ch2-18:19 Kalevs son
NOTES
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*1 Lv21-18 says
- Blemished priests dont serve BECAUSE blemished
- priests dont serve
Mal01-08 amplifies this
- Would you give a blemished animal to your governor?
- Would he like it? Would he grant your favor?
*2 Rashis approach to the verse is literal--Bilam was
a prophet and he foresaw the defeat of Amalayk by
the Jews.
Therefore the next phrase in the verse--
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His(Jewish) Kingdom will be higher than AGAG
and his (Jewish) reign will go higher
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This next phrase (GO HIGHER) would refer to
the Kings after Shaul--to David and Solomon
who had greater Kingdoms and greater victories
than Shaul*10
*3 So the point of the verse is that not only
were the nation of individual Jews there but
that each Jew had his/her very own tribe.
Already the Patriarch Jacob laid down the
modern idea that Jews must be able to live
with people they are compatable with.
In fact the layout of tribes given by
Jacob (Gn49) and Moses (Nu02) are basically
the same (See http://www.rashiyomi.com/gn50-13a.htm)
Thus Rashi borrowed the idea of JEWS BY TRIBE
and applied it to Dt29-09
*4 Thus we see these other verses as indicating
that reference to gOD should be interpreted as
CONQUEST BY gOD. Hence the verse reads
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God by Himself gave the Jews rest
There were no other gods
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In other words the Jews did not lose battles
and achieved prosperity without political
alliances.*11
*5 We could also refer to Gn18-01 THE HEAT OF THE DAY
Thus a requirement for guests was to have SHADY
trees where they could rest. Gn21-33 describes
Abrahams trees as being of the AYSHEL variety
which indicates peace and tranquility (from
adequate food and shade)
*6 Gn23-06 states about Abraham YOU ARE A PRINCE OF GOD
Gn23-10 states about Eprohn HE WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE CITY
So the two verses indicate that Both Eprohn and Abraham
were distinguished people. And it is normal when
distinguished people bargain that they make light of
large sums.
*7 Here is the point:
- If a land has OPEN wells then maurading troops would
be attracted to go thru that land. Hence the
Philistines closed the wells because of their
paranoic concerns
- Similarly Pharoh enslaved the Jews because they
were reproducing quickly; he was paranoically
worried about a takeover.
In both cases the good (of wells/people) was cancelled
by a paranoic concern.
*8 Thus Rashi interprets Gn27-44 where Rivkah told Jacob
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STAY AWAY FROM ESAUV FOR A FEW DAYS
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to really means
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STAY AWAY FROM ESAUV FOR A FEW YEARS
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The word DAYS can also mean YEARS.
Gn29-21 states
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THE 7 YEARS APPEARED IN JACOBS EYES AS A FEW YEARS
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also echoes the exact phrase used by Rivkah
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*10 It is also possible to have a poetic approach to
these verses. Thus
- AGAG from GAG would refer to the ROOF nations,
that is, nations who think that they are self
sufficient (Their own ROOF) and dont need God.
The ROOF nations include AMALAYK under King AGAG
They would also include the MAGOG kingdom under
king GOG (See Ez38) which the Jews will defeat
in Messianic times.
The second phrase in the verse
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His(Jewish) Kingdom will be higher than AGAG
and his (Jewish) reign will go higher
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would therefore refer to King Messiah
*11
The use of words to refer to RELATED ITEMS is
a literary device call SYNECHDOCHE or METONOMY
*12 Actually Ju01-10 and Nu13-22 speak about the 3 children
of THE GIANT. So Rashi suggests that the 3 children+
father=4 giants.
Rashi however cites Gn49-29:31 showing that 3 couples
were buried in Chevron (Abe-Sarah, Isaac-Rivkah,Jacob-Leah)
Rashi conjectures (reasonably) that Adam-Chava were also
buried there making the total 4.
How are we to take this second explanation of Rashi? After
all isnt the explicit reference to the 4 giants sufficient?
It would appear to me that the simplest explanation is
that
- The cities name was Chevron
- It was known for the 4 giants and was nicknamed DURING
THEIR LIFETIME as the CITY OF 4
- However (and this is Rashis point) there would be no
need to retain the name of CITY OF 4 after their death
- The fact that 4 important couples were buried there
facilitated keeping the name CITY OF 4
In summary
- CITY OF 4 was a sort of joke nickname because of 4 giants
- but the name CITY OF 4 LATER became an important name
because of the 4 couples
Additional support to this explanation is that the city
is also called the CAVE OF DOUBLES (referring to the
couples buried there).
*13 Rashi-is-Simple: One verse says Jacob lifted a rock
that normally takes several people to lift--he did this
out of love for Rachel. If the next verse says HE CRIED
this must be CRYING OUT OF HAPPINESS
You can ask--But does Rashi state that?
Does not Rashi state
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He cried because his fathers servant came
with 10 camel-loads of goods whereas he,
his fathers son, came empty handed
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I think however, that a literal reading of this
Rashi is shallow. It makes the Rashi too narrow.
One cannot avoid the NATURAL observation that
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Jacob cried out of happiness
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What Rashi adds is WHY anyone cries out of happiness
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People cry out of happiness when that
happiness is sudden. The happy person
is then apprehensive that the happiness
may be transient and lost--hence they
cry because of these doubts...so for
example when Jacob unexpectedly met
Rachel he was overjoyed that he found
such a woman...but then he must have
had doubts since he was empty handed
and without a job...thus his apprehension
plus joy led him to cry in happiness
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Such a reading of Rashi is broad and deep.
Rashi is ONLY GIVING ONE EXAMPLE of why
Jacob cried out of happiness. Undoubtedly
there were other reasons (eg Maybe Esauv
would find him here).
I think this is the proper and mature
way to read Rashi
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