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  • From: "Brian Sullivan" <bsullivan AT dingoblue.net.au>
  • To: "b-Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: RE: ABH Gen 31:42, 51-53 the Dread of Isaac
  • Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 20:42:30 +1000

Greetings to all,

In Genesis 31 Laban and Jacob swear a covenant. Laban swears by the god of
hiws forefathers but Jacob swears by the 
 ' Dread of his father Isaac ' 
(Rotherhams  transl ).

To my ears this reads like a title. eg the NAB reads the Awesome One, but other renderings translate pachad as fear: 'the 'fear' of his father Isaac
 .' 
 
Is the word used as a divine title? Is it used as a title of YHWH?
Or was such a title used for local gods in Canaan?

Yours Sinerely,

Brian Sullivan

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