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Re: 14 sons 6 daughters Job 42

From: Jim West <jwest AT highland.net>
To: Doug Jantz <dwjantz AT swbell.net>
Cc: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
Subject: Re: 14 sons 6 daughters Job 42
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 19:34:41 -0400

At 05:59 PM 9/28/99 +0000, you wrote:
>But the text in 42 has no mention of 6 daughters, only 3. The speaker said
it ended
>up being 14 sons and 3 daughters.
>
>Doug

As I pointed out in an earlier post- the mention of "14" comes from
accepting the form in the verse as a dual.

Best,

Jim

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14 sons 6 daughters Job 42, Mark Markham, 09/28/1999
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: 14 sons 6 daughters Job 42, Jim West, 09/28/1999
- Re: 14 sons 6 daughters Job 42, Mark Markham, 09/28/1999
- Re: 14 sons 6 daughters Job 42, Doug Jantz, 09/28/1999
- Re: 14 sons 6 daughters Job 42, Jim West, 09/28/1999
- Re: 14 sons 6 daughters Job 42, Jim West, 09/28/1999