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(C) Dr Hendel, Jan-03
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#2 in a series of 7
Alignment of Gn01-11 vs Gn01-12. Both trees and grass
developed BY SPECIES (No mingling of different species)
However only the trees were so ordered. See below for
further details
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VERSE
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PHRASE1
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PHRASE2
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PHRASE3
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Gn01-11
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Earth, bring forth
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Grass
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Trees by species
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Gn01-12a
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Earth brought forth
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Grass by species
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Trees by species
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Differs *
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COMMENTS
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*1 Gn01-11 describes WHAT WAS COMMANDED
Gn01-12 describes WHAT WAS ACTUALLY DONE
*2 Note how for
- TREES - there was both an order to come forth by species
--------- as well as a coming forth by species
- GRASS - there was NO order to come forth by species
--------- but the grass did come forth by species.
See the longer footnotes *10 and *11 for further details
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LONGER FOOTNOTES
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*10 In http://www.Rashiyomi.com/h19n11.htm we developed
the symbolic nature of Genesis 1 as indicating
prerequisites for prophecy.
The BY SPECIES description above indicates that
lack of adultery, incest and bestiality are important
prerequisites for attainment of prophecy.
*11 Rashi cites the talmudic tractate of Hulin 60
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How did the grass know to observe the BY SPECIES
law?
They inferred it using a fortiori argument!
If trees which usually grow separately, each in
its own space, nevertheless had to be explicitly
ordered to grow by species, then how much more
so should grass which frequently grows mingled
be required to grow by species (Each grass species
should grow by itself)
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