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    4. RASHI METHOD: ALIGNMENT
    BRIEF EXPLANATION: Aligning two almost identically worded verselets can suggest
    • (4a) 2 cases of the same incident or law
    • (4b) emphasis on the nuances of a case
    • (4c) use of broad vs literal usage of words
     This examples applies to Rashis Gn24-58a
    URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/rule1314.htm
    Brief Summary: A) Will you, Rivkah, GO WITH THIS MAN B) I will GO [Rashi: even not with this man but by myself]

The table below presents an aligned extract of verses or verselets in Gn24-58. Both verses/verselets discuss Rivkah travelling to marry Isaac. The alignment justifies the Rashi comment that: Since one verse says will you travel with Eliezer while the response says I will travel we infer that Rivkah was seriously interested in Isaac and would travel with Eliezer and if not by herself. In clarifying Rashi's derivation we point out that many other inquiry-response patterns were possible: e.g. Will you travel with Eliezer - Yes or Will you travel to meet Isaac - I will travel. The construction Will you travel with this man uses with this man as an adverbial modifier of the verb to travel. Hence if Rivkah answers I will travel she contrastively emphasizes I will travel with Eliezer or by myself.

Verse Text of Verse Rashi comment
Gn24-58
  • Will you travel with this man [Eliezer]?
  • [Rivkah responds: Yes] I will travel.
Since one verse says will you travel with Eliezer while the response says I will travel we infer that Rivkah was seriously interested in Isaac and would travel with Eliezer and if not by herself. In clarifying Rashi's derivation we point out that many other inquiry-response patterns were possible: e.g. Will you travel with Eliezer - Yes or Will you travel to meet Isaac - I will travel. The construction Will you travel with this man uses with this man as an adverbial modifier of the verb to travel. Hence if Rivkah answers I will travel she contrastively emphasizes I will travel with Eliezer or by myself.
Gn24-58
  • Will you travel with this man [Eliezer]?
  • [Rivkah responds: Yes] I will travel. 


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