Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Stephen C. Carlson" <scarlson AT mindspring.com>]

At 12:52 AM 1/20/00 -0500, Peter Kirk wrote:
>Jonathan, you don't need to use that tone. You have failed to deal 
>with Ian's point (which he may have got from me) that Genesis 11:31 
>indicates that Haran is a long way from Ur Kasdim, not just that both 
>are a long way from Canaan.

I've looked at Gen. 11:31 several times tonight, and I can't find
any indication that Haran is a long way from Ur Kasdim.  It merely
says that Abraham left Ur Kasdim to go to Canaan, but stopped in
Haran (which is actually on the way in the northern scenario).  How
do you understand the verse?

Stephen Carlson
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