*1 So the simple meaning of Gn29-17b according to Rashi is
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God has helped me (Rachel) WRESTLE with my sister(Leah)
for the love of my husband
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This refers to the continuous fighting--described in
Gn30 -- to have THE SHARE of children

*1 This root occurs very infrequently We have
- Lv15-03a oozing (RR) of sexual secretions
- 1S21-14 (Spittle)
- Jb06-06(Oozing of plants or spittle)

*2 Thus YQTziA doesnt just refer to ANY CUTTING but
rather to SANDPAPERING. Hence this root can
also refer to CORNERS and EDGES
(which get their distinctness from being SANDPAPERED)

*3 I used an English analogy. Actually TNUR vs CIRaYIM
seem to refer to a ONE-burner vs a TWO-Burner
hot plate. I am not actually sure on all details*10

*4 Both of these are pots. One is shallow--the type
used for frying. The other is deep--the type
used for rich cooking*10

*5 These are two shades of white. I dont know if analogies
exist in English (CLOUD-WHITE or
SNOW-WHITE vs MARBLE WHITE)*10

*6 I dont believe English has technical terms for the TOP
vs the Bottom grindstone*10

*7 Again there are no English words. The Kaph-Vuv-Resh
refers to a VAT that can hold about 200 Gallons

By contrast the Kaph-Yud-Vuv-Resh refers to a hugh
TANK of water with faucet holes. This TANK was
used to wash hands and legs in the temple (The water
sprinkled out of the holes and washed the person)

*10 I believe Rashis basic thrust in all these verses is
explaining items that are ALMOST similar in meaning
but have some subtle nuance (Like STOVE OVEN).

However Rashi goes further and gives etymologies of
some of these words eg
- SeAyTh = CLOUD WHITE (From NaSiH=cloud)
- MaChaVath= FRYING PAN (Has a rim that HIDES(Cheth-Bet)
- MaRCheSeth= Deep Cooking Pan(food BUBBLES (RaChSh))
- RCV=Top Grindstone that RIDES(RCV) on the other grindstone
There are more etymologies; some of these have been
discussed elsewhere. I believe these are the basic ones.

*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

*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