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RASHIS COVERED: Gn02-25a Sin made man aware of vulnerability Gn03-07b Gn03-07a Gn03-11a VERY BRIEF SUMMARY Gn02-25 states that although Adam & Eve were naked, nevertheless they were not embarassed--i.e., not aware of their vulnerability Continuing with this theme, Rashi interprets Gn03-07 as pointing out,that after their sin,they became aware of their vulnerability This theme of vulnerability is consistent with the implication of Gn04-01 that the snake lusted Eve because of her nakedness--the snake wanted Adam dead so he could marry Eve. [The following is not in Rashi] We can make this more plausible by interpreting nakedness, not as physical nakedness, but rather as a level of adult flirting where people are physically aware of themselves*12 TODAYS EXAMPLE Yesterday we showed how Rashi used the method of contradictory verses to infer that Adam & Eve knew they were naked but were not embarassed by their nakedness. Today we add many footnotes showing support for this idea using subtle meanings of words. | ||
| VERSE1 | VERSE2 | COMBINED UNIFIED TEXT OF VERSES |
| Gn02-25 | Gn03-07 | Adam &Eve were UNAWARE OF VULNERABILITY of sin*1 |
| COMMENTS | ||
*1 Gn02-25a says ADAM/EVE werent EMBARASSED by their nakedness
Gn03-07b says ADAM/EVE became AWARE of their vulnerability
Thus Rashi interprets the word KNOW in Gn03-07b as AWARE
This is a BROAD interpretation.
Similarly Rashi interprets ADAM/EVE EYES OPENED as meaning
BECOME AWARE (Gn03-07a *10)
Similarly Rashi interprets Gn03-11a as a reprimand by God
for sinning and consequently becoming aware of their
vulnerability and capacity for sin.
Another approach (instead of using contradictory verses)
is to use word nuances. In general KNOW in the Bible means
FAMILIAR. *11
The above interpretation in terms of vulnerability is
consistent with the assertion that the snake saw Eve
naked and wanted Adam dead so he could marry her*13
------------------------- LONGER FOOTNOTES --------------------
*10 cf
- Isa42-20 OPEN EARS
- 2K07-17 God Open his eyes(and make him understand)
In both these verses the Hebrew root P-K-Ch
means TO UNDERSTAND
*11 See a dozen examples at http://www.RashiYomi.com/know-5.htm
*12
Adam was a Prophet. We have never heard that prophecy
comes to naked people and such an assertion seems
irreverant and contradictory to prophetic holiness.
Thus I interpret ADAM & EVE ARE NAKED as meaning
that they engaged in ADULT FLIRTING where one has
a heighted awareness of ones physical self. Such an
interpretation is consistent with the Talmudic observation
that MARITAL HAPPINESS only happens to the thoroughly
righteous and thoroughly wicked (but not to those
inbetween).
*13 The following two postings justify this assertion using
grammatical means
http://www.RashiYomi.com/ex24-01a.htm
http://www.RashiYomi.com/cp-9.htm
More specifically Gn04-01 is interpreted to mean that
Adam HAD ALREADY GIVEN BIRTH TO KAYIN (Prior to the whole
snake incident). It then remains to discuss why the birth
of Kayin which belongs at the end of Gn02 is INTERRUPTED
by the snake incident. The answer is because the follow
up to the last verse in Gn02
-- Although Adam and Eve were naked they were not embarassed
is 2-fold (a) They had Kayin (b) The snake saw Eve naked
and lusted for her (So the snake tried to Kill Adam &
Keep Eve) More details are given in the above postings
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