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  • From: "George F. Somsel" <gfsomsel AT juno.com>
  • To: peterkirk AT qaya.org
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Machir and the Exodus ?
  • Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2004 17:13:16 -0000

On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 17:59:33 +0100 Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
writes:
> On 03/09/2004 17:38, Harold R. Holmyard III wrote:
>
> > ...
> >
> > 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.
> >
> A quick passing thought: if Ephraim was the son of an important
> Egyptian
> official during the MB period, perhaps he and his family were sent
> to
> settle and form a semi-Egyptian colony at Beth Horon in what became
> the
> land of Israel. His daughter was in charge of the settlement while
> his
> sons got into trouble with the local Canaanites of Gath. After that
>
> perhaps the settlement was abandoned. This would explain the limited
> MB
> evidence at the site as well as the text of Chronicles.
>
> --
> Peter Kirk
> peter AT qaya.org (personal)
> peterkirk AT qaya.org (work)
> http://www.qaya.org/
>
________

Peter,

And perhaps Ephraim was ET's brother. C'mon. There's only one person
(?) known in the OT simply as Ephraim. Why all this unsupported
speculation ? Is is not simply to avoid the obvious conclusion?

george
gfsomsel




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