Refining the conclusions of the previous lecture: King David does not justify Isaac vs. Rebecca, but rather he justifies Jacob, whose sons were all part of the family and lived together, even the most distant ones. We will see additional sources in which Hermon represents the highest, the most distant, and the most different – representing the diversity among and the huge distance between the sons of Jacob/Israel. Nevertheless it is “good and pleasant” for these Brothers to dwell together and, it is precisely there, referring to the distant site of Mt.Hermon that “God commanded the blessing”.
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