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VERSE: Gn49-08a
RASHIS COVERED: Gn49-08a Gn49-08c
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SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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Many Rashis derive their punch from comparisons and alignments
with other verses
EXAMPLE Gn49-08a
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RASHI: Jacob...
- CURSED Shimon and Levi's anger
- Accused Reuven of DESCERATING his birthright
- but PRAISED JUDAH as being ACKNOWLEDGED by his brothers
The contrast is obvious
EXAMPLE Gn45-08c
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RASHI:
- Isaac who had ONE wife blesses that ALL CHILDREN OF THE
mother SHOULD BOW TO YOU
- Jacob who had FOUR wives blesses that ALL CHILDREN OF
THE father SHOULD BOW TO YOU
The contrast is again obvious--MOTHERS children in the
case of Jacob would not include everybody.
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ITEM DETAIL
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RASHI RULE CLASS: ALIGNMENT
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS 2 CASES
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #10
SEE BELOW LIST313i
Alignment of blessings of JACOB vs ISAAC
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RASHI RULE CLASS: ALIGNMENT
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS 2 CASES
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #10
SEE BELOW LIST313j
Alignment of blessings to Reuven,Shimon,Judah
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======================= LIST313i =================================
Alignment of blessings of JACOB vs ISAAC
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VERSE PHRASE1 PHRASE2 PHRASE3
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Gn49-08c Jacob blesses Judah Your FATHERS children will bow to you
Gn27-29 Isaac blesses Jacob Your MOTHERS children will bow to you
Differs *1 *1 *2
NOTES
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*1 Rashi is Simple: Isaac had one wife while Jacob had 4
Hence Isaac speaks about the MOTHERS CHILDREN (since it
is unambiguous) while Jacob speaks about the FATHERS CHILDREN
so as to include everybody
*2 The same in both texts
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======================= LIST313j ================================
Alignment of blessings to Reuven,Shimon,Judah
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VERSE PERSON BLESSED TEXT OF BLESSING--BLESSING or CURSE
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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
NOTES
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*1 So quite simply: Reuven and Shimon had aspects of rebuke,
curse or reprimand in their blessing while Judah was blessed*10
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*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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