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  • From: ben.crick AT argonet.co.uk (Ben Crick)
  • To: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: Re: son of Neriah
  • Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 10:21:54 +0000


On Sat 27 Nov 1999 (22:05:48), jchildsjr AT mmcable.com wrote:
> As I did a word-search in BW on "son of Neriah" in Jeremiah, I came up
> with both Baruch and Seraiah. Are they brothers or the same person?

Dear Jay

Seriah the son of Neriah the son of Maaseiah (Jeremiah 51:59) may well
have been the brother of Baruch son of Neriah the son of Maaseiah
(Jeremiah 32:12). Baruch was a realtor who issued the title deeds of
the property in Anathoth which Jeremiah purchased on God's orders.
This Baruch later appears as Jeremiah's scribe and/or legal advisor.

Seriah was a member of King Zedekiah's Court Staff, about to be taken
captive to Babylon. Jeremiah gives him a copy of the prophecies against
Babylon, which he is to publish there, and then throw the weighted scroll
into the Euphrates as a sign that these words are irrevocable.

Shalom

Ben
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  • son of Neriah, John Childs, 11/27/1999
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    • Re: son of Neriah, Ben Crick, 11/28/1999

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