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VERSE: Gn49-05a

========================= Gn49-05a ========================

SUCCINCT SUMMARY:
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One of Rashis 5 main goals is to alert us to nuances
that come from other verses.

EXAMPLE
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Jacob, in Gn49 curses the BROTHERS, SHIMON and LEVI
for murder and pillage. A quick glance at Gn34 shows
that the BROTHERS, SHIMON and LEVI destroyed and
pillaged the city of Schem.

(Rashi also suggets that Shimon and Levi tried to
kill Joseph--this uses the advanced method of
spreadsheets).
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ITEM                     DETAIL
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RASHI RULE CLASS:        OTHER VERSES
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS      FURTHER DETAILS
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #1
SEE BELOW                LIST210z
List of verse pairs with 1 verse illuminating the other
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RASHI RULE CLASS:        SPREADSHEETS
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS      Elimination of alternatives
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #30
SEE BELOW                LIST690c
List of                  Possible murderers of Joseph
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=================== LIST210z ====================================
List of verses pairs     with one verse illuminating another
LIST210z CONTINUES LIST210a
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VERSE    TEXT OF VERSE            OTHER VRSE DETAILS
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Gn49-05a Simon/Levi are BROTHERS  Gn34-25    BROTHERS kill city*4
Ex22-16a the DOWRY OF VIRGINS     Dt22-29    50 Biblical dollars
Gn33-09a I dont need your money   Gn27-41*3  Hatred for stealing
Gn20-23b Childbirth=Lose DISGRACE Is04-01*1  Woman singl=disgrace
Gn30-37a A LIVNEH stick           Ho04-13    LIVNEH=name of tree
Gn30-36b Permit me to leave*2     Gn31-46    You STOLE my daughtr
Gn28-22b This willbe HOUSE OF GOD Gn35-01:08 altar;remove idols
Gn23-02a Abraham CAME             Gn21-33:34 CAME from BeerShva
Lv01-12a the THANK YOU OFFERING   Ps127-01   4 Thank Yous
Lv01-05a Slaughter Sacrifice      2Chr30-17  A Levite Can
Dt26-05d A FEW Jews came to Egypt Gn46-27    70 people came
Gn21-23b I treated you NICELY     Gn20-15    I gave you LAND
Dt25-13b Dont have big STONES     Lv19-36    Big STONE WEIGHTS
Gn26-05e because ABRAHAM OBEYED   Gn22-18    He offered Isaac
Ex13-17c Jews afraid of war       Nu14-42    Defeat of Jews
Ex17-10b Chur                     1Ch2-18:19 Kalevs son
Ex35-30a Chur                     1Ch2-18:19 Kalevs son
Ex24-14c Chur                     1Ch2-18:19 Kalevs son

NOTES
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*1 Rashi states the following: "If MOTHERS make mistakes it
   is because they raise children; if SINGLE women make
   mistakes it is because they try to pick people up"
   Rashi should be perceived as giving ILLUSTRATIONS of
   why being without children is disgraceful for women

*2 Jacob did not NEED permission to leave with HIS wife
   But his father-in-law would perceive it as STEALING
   his daughter.

*3 Gn27-41 states that Esauv hated Jacob for stealing the
  blessing. Gn27-44 states that after a few years this
  hatred would subside. Hence Gn33-09 with its statement
  I DONT NEED YOUR MONEY confirms these other 2 verses.

*4 Rashi is NOT commenting on the MERE coincidence that
   Shimon and Levi are called BROTHERS in two places.
   -Gn49-05 talks about Shimon and Levi KILLING and
    PLUNDERING
   -Gn34 also talks about SHIMON and Levi KILLING
   and plundering.
   Thus the cross reference is clear. The accident
   that they are called BROTHERS in both places
   simply spices up the correspondence.
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====================== LIST690c ===========================
List of                  Possible murderers of Joseph
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POSSIBLE MURDERER YES/NO WHY NOT              VERSE SUPPORT
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Reuven            no     Tried to stop murder Gn37-22
Shimon            YES
Levi              YES
Yehuda            no     Tried to stop murder Gn37-26
Yissachar         YES*1
Zevulun           YES*1
Dan               no     Liked Joseph         Gn37-02
Naftali           no     Liked Joseph         Gn37-02
Gad               no     Liked Joseph         Gn37-02
Asher             no     Liked Joseph         Gn37-02
Joseph            no     Couldnt kill himself
Binyamin          no     His maternal brother Gn43-29:30

NOTES
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*1 Rashis actual language is as follows
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   Yissachar and Zevulun couldnt have done it
   because they were the 5th and 6th child
   and would not have spoken up in front
   of their older brothers Shimon and Levi
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   But I have deviated from Rashi to show how
   strong the spreadsheet method is.

   After examining the above spreadsheet we see
   there are only 4 people who could have tried
   to kill Joseph--Shimon, Levi, Yissachar, Zevulun

   We can now offer many arguments

   ARGUMENT 1 Yissachar and Zevulun wouldnt have
   ---------- spoken in front of an old brother

   ARGUMENT 2 Shimon and Levi were murderers anyway
   ---------- as we can see from the pillage of
   Schem

   ARGUMENT 3 Joseph jailed Shimon  and disgraced
   ---------- him in front of his other brothers
   as it states in Gn42-24 According to this
   explanation ONLY Shimon tried to Kill Joseph
   not Levi.

   My intention here is not to deviate from Rashi
   but rather to show you how powerful the
   spreadsheet methods are.
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