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VERSE: Gn47-29c

=============== HAND ON LAP means OATH ==========================

BACKGROUND
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Jacob was giving his final orders to his son Joseph

THE VERSE
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Gn47-29c Jacob says to Joseph: PLACE YOUR HAND ON MY LAP

RASHI
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The identical phrase, PLACE YOUR HAND ON MY LAP, is also used
in Gn24-02 except that the Bible explains there that this act
of placing hands on a lap is a prelude to an oath. We are
therefore justified in interpreting Jacobs request in the same
way: He asked Joseph to take an oath

THE METHOD
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Rashi uses the method of alignment. On our alignment page we
have identified 4 methods of alignment. In this case Rashi uses
the principle that ALIGNMENT CAN INDICATE SAMENESS, so that
PLACING ONES HAND ON THE LAP means taking an OATH

THE REFERENCE
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The alignment page is at http://www.Rashiyomi.com/align-58.htm
Over 150 Rashis on alignments are analyzed there.

A FURTHER PERSPECTIVE
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We can also classify this using the Rabbi Ishmael rules.
Rabbi Ishmael suggested that if a phrase is used in the Bible,
usually without explanation, but IS explained in one verse,
then that one verse can be perceived as explaining the general
meaning for all the verses.Here are the URLS
- http://www.RashiYomi.com/lv09-07d.htm.
- http://www.RashiYomi.Com/h5n20.htm

THE LIST
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Here is the ALIGNMENT of the two verses.
=================================================================
VERSE    PHRASE1 PHRASE2 PHRASE3          #4   PHRASE5
======== ======= ======= ================ ==== ==================
Gn24-02  Abraham Eliezer Hand under thigh Oath RE: Isaacs wife
Gn47-29c Jacob   Joseph  Hand under thigh      RE: Burial
Differs                                   *1

NOTES
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*1 The two verses are identical in the phrase
   -------------------------------------
   Please place your hand under my thigh
   -------------------------------------

   In Gn24-02 the taking of an oath is explicitly
   mentioned while this is left out of Gn47-29c.

   Using the method of ALIGNMENT we infer that
   PLACING A HAND UNDER A THIGH refers to OATH
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RASHI RULE USED: ALIGNMENT
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