Examples
What is the question (according to the Parshanut symbol) that
each verse's
difficulty prompts? (I have highlighted the key word(s) as a hint)
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Verse |
Missing Information |
And Cain said to Abel his brother, [...] and they were in the field. (Gen. 4:8)
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Duplication |
This is the story of Isaac, son of Abraham. Abraham begot Isaac. (Gen. 25:19)
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Literal |
Notes on Gen. 4:7 (JPS)
The preserved text is not in order when the feminine noun has
to serve as the subject of the masculine form of the participle,
rovetz; and even the conjectural emendation of the masculine rovetz
to the feminine tirbatz lacked meaning when it is remembered that
the suffixes in the second half of our verse are both masculine.
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Contradiction |
They came to Reuel, their father... Moses was a shepherd for his father-in-law Yitro, a Midianite priest. (Ex. 2:18, 3:1)
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Echo |
When she could hide him no longer, she took a little-ark for him... and placed it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile.
(Ex. 2: 3)
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Symmetry |
Genesis 3:11-19
God questions man; man points to woman; woman points to serpent.
God passes judgment on serpent, woman and man.
There are many examples of symmetry in larger stories that are
hard to illustrate with one or two verses, such as the plagues,
the flood narrative etc.
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Compare & Contrast |
And Sarah laughed to herself, saying, "Now that I am withered,
am I to have enjoyment - with my husband so old?!" Then the Adonai said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh, saying,
'Shall I in truth bear a child, old as I am?' ..." (Gen. 18:12,13)
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