Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter_Kirk AT SIL.ORG]

Have you never watched mist rising out of a damp meadow or lake and 
forming clouds? Maybe this was not common in Canaan, but would have 
been observable in damp conditions in certain areas - also of course 
in Egypt. No doubt the Hebrews thought that major rain clouds rose out 
of the sea in the same way. In fact they would not have been far from 
right.

Peter


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Subject: Re: Genesis 2
Author:  mc2499 AT mclink.it at internet
Date:    26/01/1999 14:53

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I think it is an observable event to see clouds rise from the ends of the 
earth: clouds come over the horizon (the ends of the earth). It is a 
different matter to seem them rise out of the earth, which is not what one 
could consider a normally observable event. So, I don't think you've 
answered the serious objection you raised.

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