[b-hebrew] daughters jacob never spoke of
sujata
shevaroys at yahoo.com
Wed Jun 21 13:27:07 EDT 2006
33 excluding Dinah. If we add Dinah, the number would become 34
Best,
Sujata
Yigal Levin <leviny1 at mail.biu.ac.il> wrote:
Not quite. You are probably using a "politically correct" translation like
NRSV. The Hebrew says: "These are the SONS of Leah which she bore Jacob in
Paddan-aram, and Dinah his daughter, all souls, his sons and his daughters,
thirty-three". Note "and his daughters". Even though the list does actually
list 33, making it clear that no more than Dinah are counted, it still uses
the plual "his daughters" in exactly the same way as it does in 37:35.
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