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  • From: George F Somsel <gfsomsel AT juno.com>
  • To: Schmuel AT escape.com
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Exodus 6:3 - was I not known to them.
  • Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 01:33:56 -0500

On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 21:12:39 -0500 Schmuel <Schmuel AT escape.com> writes:
> Hi b-hebrew,
>
> Since we had some interesting discussions of verses that may be
> questions,
> I will bring up another, very well known verse, where this issue
> arises.
>
> Exodus 6:3
> And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac,
> and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty,
> but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.
>
> Similar to before, my main interest here is grammatical, not
> translation by doctrine,
> or the theories of textual consistency, and especially not JEPD
> theories :-)
>
> Some translations add a question mark.
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Which are those? I looked through a few quickly but found none which add
a question mark. Despite the inverted word order in the AV, this is not
a question there either.

george
gfsomsel
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