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LIST313j
(C) Dr Hendel, Jan-04

Alignment of             blessings to Reuven,Shimon,Judah
VERSE PERSON BLESSED TEXT OF BLESSING--BLESSING or CURSE
Gn49-04 Reuven Then you DESECRATED it
Gn49-07 Shimon May their anger be CURSED
Gn49-08a Judah Your brothers will THANK/ACKNOWLEDGE you
Differs *1 *1
COMMENTS
 
*1 So quite simply: Reuven and Shimon had aspects of rebuke,
curse or reprimand in their blessing while Judah was blessed*10
LONGER FOOTNOTES
 

*10
Rashi exaggerates this point by citing a Midrash that Judah
got nervous when he heard Jacob reprimanding Reuven and Shimon
This midrash need not be regarded
- as a tradition or
- as a grammatical inference from the text--
Rather
- Rashi can conveniently be perceived as a reasonable fill-in
of events which makes us appreciate the contrast in the
above alignment

This does not detract from Rashi. The punch of Rashi lies
in reviewing an alignment of two verses.
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