Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>]

George:

The general term )RC did not refer specifically to the land of Canaan, rather 
to any land. For example, Genesis 41:30, 31, 34 uses )RC which, in context, 
refers to Egypt and not Canaan.

Where a specific, named land was meant, we find )RC followed by the name of 
the country unless the context otherwise indicates the land’s identity. I 
don’t know when )RC when unnamed started to refer specifically to the land of 
Israel or of Judea, but as far as I can tell, that practice started after 
Tanakh was completed. As I mentioned in an earlier message, the phrase B)RC 
WBMDBR on the “Josiah Stone” was one of the signs that the stone is a fake.

Taken by itself, 1 Chronicles 7:20–24 gives no indication where the event 
occured. But taking the total context that includes Genesis and Exodus, the 
events most likely occured in Egypt and the phrase )N$Y GT HNWLDYM B)RC 
refers to Egyptian born sons of immigrants from Gath.

Karl W. Randolph.

----- Original Message -----
From: "George F. Somsel" <gfsomsel AT juno.com>
> On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 13:27:57 -0500 "Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>
> writes:
> > George:
> > 
> > My reading of the text indicates that the event of Ephraim losing 
> > his sons occured in Egypt itself, not in Canaan. Further, the "men 
> > of Gath" were the Egyptian born sons of people from Gath who had 
> > settled in Egypt.
> > 
> > The conclusion is not so obvious.
> > 
> > Karl W. Randolph.
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> 
> Karl,
> 
> Perhaps there's some text between the lines that I'm not seeing.  Where
> does it say, or even remotely indicate, that this occured in Egypt? 
> Please instruct me.  I need to sit at your feet.  I always thought that
> when it referred to HaN.oWLfDiYM B.f)ReC it definitely meant in the land
> of Israel.  Come, tell me where I have gone wrong.
> 
> george
> gfsomsel

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