Biblical Hebrew Forum

["George F. Somsel" <gfsomsel AT juno.com>]

On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 00:04:57 -0500 "Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>
writes:
> Peter:
> 
> I didn’t mention a couple times (M H)RC in Genesis refers to the 
> Canaanites living in Canaan during the days of the Patriarchs. And 
> you have to agree that the unspecified reference to the land in 
> Exodus 5:5 refers to Egypt.
> 
> As for 1 Chronicles 7:21, the context of Ephraim’s life indicates 
> that he lived only in Egypt, making the unspecified reference to 
> “land” connected with Ephraim to be Egypt. But the reference is so 
> brief and unspecified that different people can read it different 
> ways without being able to prove any one reading is correct. Because 
> of its unspecificity, I try to avoid using such verses as proof 
> texts.
> 
> I think the reference, HNWLDYM B)RC indicates that these “men of 
> Gath” were not born in Gath, rather born somewhere else. But right 
> now I can’t prove it.
> 
> Karl W. Randolph.
> 
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That makes about as much sense as to say that "the citizens of California
who were born in the United States" indicates that these citizens were
born in Maine.  That makes no sense whatsoever.

george
gfsomsel