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  • From: "Vadim Cherny" <VadimCherny AT mail.ru>
  • To: "JP vd Giessen (FOL)" <janpieter AT giessen.fol.nl>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Genesis 2:6
  • Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 03:05:53 +0300

2. Ancients were somewhat of farmers, and knew that mist could not
suffice to water the land.

This is not quite true, it is very characteristic of tropical countries that
in the non-rainy seasons the dew in the morning often falls so heavily that it
is spread like a thick fog, profusely saturating the ground.
See in this case Haggai 1:10 "For this cause the heaven over you is kept from
giving dew, and the earth from giving her fruit." So the ancients knew the
effect of dew.

Haggai says, basically, "The drought is such that there is even no dew." Nothing implies that dew (tal, no 'ed) suffices to water the plants.

Vadim Cherny




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