Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Heard, Christopher" <Christopher.Heard AT pepperdine.edu>]

All four "men" move somewhere else in v. 18, though, so the (WDNW in  
v. 22 cannot simply mean that Abraham was still standing in the same  
place under the tree where he had been standing in v. 8.

Chris H.

On Apr 30, 2005, at 9:12 AM, Uri Hurwitz wrote:

>    Verse 22  continues  the description in verse  8 where Abraham  
> is described as standing under the tree. Thus  verse 22 reads: ..."  
> and Abraham still  [ (wdnw  - odenu  ]  stands...."
>
>   Uri
>
> wattswestmaas <wattswestmaas AT eircom.net> wrote:
> GENESIS 18:22
>
> "the Lord yet stood before Abraham" and "Abraham yet stood before  
> the Lord"
> the first sentence being substituted for the latter in the  
> masoretic notes.
>
> I do not understand why the scribes would object to the first  
> rendering?
>
> Chris Watts.
>
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R. Christopher Heard
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