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["Michael Abernathy" <mabernathy AT isot.com>]

Just out of curiosity.  Is Genesis 25:25 describing hypertrichinosis? 
Sincerely,
Michael Abernathy
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Michael,

It is a pun, or at least word play.  Esau was thought to be the founding
ancestor of the nation of Edom (which means "red") and to have traded his
birth-right to his brother for a bowl of red lentil soup (adom).  Esau is
said to be "hairy" (se'ar) and lived in the land of Seir (or Se'iyr).  So
the ancestor of the Edomites in the Land of Seir was, at birth, edom and
se'iry.

David Eugene Kimbrough
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-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Abernathy [mailto:mabernathy AT isot.com]
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 1:15 PM
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Subject: [b-hebrew] Genesis 25:25


Just out of curiosity.  Is Genesis 25:25 describing hypertrichinosis?
Sincerely,
Michael Abernathy
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