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  • From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
  • To: Karl Randolph <kwrandolph AT email.com>
  • Cc: Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Machir and the Exodus ?
  • Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2004 00:26:49 +0100

On 07/09/2004 00:05, Karl Randolph wrote:

Uh, Peter:

(M H)RC is used for the people of Egypt, Genesis 42:6 and Exodus 5:5 the
pharaoh refers to Israel living in Egypt as (M H)RC. I wouldn’t be surprised
if I can find more examples.


I grant you Genesis 42:6, so BDB has let me down here by implying that the phrase was used only of Israelites. But not Exodus 5:5 where as you say the reference is, rather paradoxically, to Israelites.

As for context, I didn’t say immediate context, though when Israel was told
to ascend and take possession of the land, the land they were to possess was
already defined elsewhere so the “take possession” acts as an identifier.


Well, I suppose so. But isn't that true of 1 Chronicles 7:21 as well? The most recently mentioned land in the context is clearly Israel, as divided in chapter 6 as well as in 7:24,28-29. There is no mention of or allusion to Egypt anywhere near.

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