1)

How can we explain the words, "ka'Asher His'u Osi"? When did Avraham first instruct Sarah to declare that they were brother and sister?

1.

Rashi: When Ha'Kadosh-Baruch-Hu took Avraham away from his father's house, to wander around from one unknown place to another - often one where Resha'im lived.

2.

Rashbam: When HaSh-m exiled him from his land. 1

3.

Targum Onkelus: When nations strayed after Avodah-Zarah, and HaSh-m brought Avraham close to His service.

4.

Targum Yonasan: When the people tried to lead Avraham astray after their idol-worship, 2 but he left his father's house (to escape from their clutches).

5.

Seforno: When Avraham's rejection of idolatry forced him to leave his father's land, to travel to a foreign land which he did not recognize.


1

I.e., when He said, "Lech Lecha me'Artz'cha" (12:1).

2

In which case, "Elohim" is not Kodesh, but Chol.

QUESTIONS ON RASHI

2)

Rashi writes: "'His'u Osi...' (lit. led me) - Onkelus translated as he so chose." How does Onkelus explain the Pasuk?

1.

Gur Aryeh #1: The term His'u usually means "strayed" or "misled;"but how can we say that HaSh-m misled Avraham?! Onkelus therefore divides the phrase in two - "When the nations strayed after idolatry, HaSh-m brought me close...."

2.

Gur Aryeh #2: The Ta'amei ha'Mikra combine the two words "His'u Osi;" it is difficult to separate them. 1 Verbs in Leshon Kodesh can at times mean either doing or un-doing. 2 Avraham means, "HaSh-m kept me from straying, and led me out from the errors of my father's house."


1

Gur Aryeh implies that Rashi understood Targum using the first approach; and that Rashi explains the Pasuk differently, due to this objection. Gur Aryeh now presents a second approach, through which Targum fits well even according to Peshat. (EK)

2

Gur Aryeh: For example, l'Sharesh can mean to strike root (see Yeshaya 40:24), or to uproot (as in Iyov 31:12).

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