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  • From: Tsadowq AT aol.com
  • To: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: Re: Gen 1:2 "was"/"became"
  • Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 18:07:09 EDT


Hello,

In a message dated 09/06/2000 11:41:55 AM Mountain
Daylight Time, brocine AT earthlink.net writes:
<< There are indeed examples in which hyh clearly
means *became* that do not have lamed on either
an "indirect object" or a "direct object."

Gen 19:26, 21:20, 25:27, Exo 8:13, to
name a few. Gen 19:26 goes like this:

vatthi netsib melax
"And she became a pillar of salt." >>

Thank you for acknowledging that an exegetical
analysis of this passage does not deny us the
possibility of an Earth which "became" void and
without form.

In a message dated 09/06/2000 11:41:55 AM Mountain
Daylight Time, brocine AT earthlink.net writes:
<< It is a bit radical to think "the earth *had become*
tohu and bohu," isn't it?>>

What about Isaiah 45:18?

Did God *create* in *vain*?

Best Regards,
Glen











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