Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Dave Washburn" <dwashbur AT nyx.net>]

Bryan, 
> sorry all, I said something a bit silly in a post replying to Dave W.  I
> wrote:
> 
> >Gen 42:8 drops us, like a
> > revisited beginning, in the middle of a story. 
> 
> revisited beginning in the middle?  now if you can make sense out of
> that!!!  ;-)

Hmm, I missed that one!  (otherwise I'd be harassing you to no end 
with a big grin on my face ;-)

> Reworded:  With Gen 42:8's vayaker the narrator is signalling the reader,
> "Let's start again from back here," and he uses a form that suggests the
> middle of a story.

I agree that this is what the narrator is doing, but I would submit 
that he uses a form that is neutral and lends itself well to this kind 
of jump-back.

Dave Washburn
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A Bible that's falling apart means a life that isn't.