Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Harold R. Holmyard III" <hholmyard AT ont.com>]

Dear Karl,

>  > >For example, in verse 21, which land? Any reason
> >  >why it couldn’t have been Egypt? When were
> >  >Ephraim’s sons killed, after at least one of
> >  >them had children and his children named for
> >  >several generations? And while the text mentions
> >  >the daughter building three towns, is there any
> >  >reason to suggest that they were other than
> >  >small settlements only for as long as Israel was
> >  >in Egypt, hence were not mentioned in Egyptian
> >  >records?
> >
> >  HH: The problem with this idea is that Lower and
> >  Upper Beth Horon were well known settlements in
> >  Israel, not Egypt.
> >
> >                                 Yours,
> >                                 Harold Holmyard
>
> Harold: so you would say that $)RH the daughter 
> was really a descendent of BRY(H who founded the 
> towns in Canaan, and we just misunderstand the 
> text? Or was she a daughter who founded 
> settlements in Egypt, the names of which were 
> also used for later settlements in Canaan? Can 
> we rule out either question?


HH: The only Upper and Lower Beth Horon we know 
about are in Israel, and if there were some other 
ones in Egypt, the Chronicler would have probably 
clarified that point. Technically, you can't rule 
out an Egyptian pair of cities, but I think the 
proposition is misguided. Upper Beth Horon and 
Lower Beth Horon always refer to cities in 
Israel. The question as to the reference of the 
suffix on "his daughter" in 1 Chron 7:24 could be 
either Ephraim as the dominant person in verses 
22-23, or it could be Beriah.

HH: I hope to look into this issue a bit more on 
Saturday. Right now I am totally baffled.

                                        Yours,
                                        Harold Holmyard



> Karl W. Randolph.
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