Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

On Sat, 17 Sep 2005 10:36:11 -0500 "Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>
writes:
> Dear Bryan:
> 
> This is eisegesis.
> 
> The text merely says that he was reddish colored, 
> that he got the nickname of Red after demanding a 
> meal of red beans from his brother, and that he 
> ended up living in a place called Red. This is a 
> straightforward historical account. As for the red 
> meat comment, that is a modernism (slaughtering 
> a lamb is no less red meat than venison). In English 
> that is not a pun, why should we consider it one in 
> Hebrew?
> 
> In modern English it reads, "Esau was born with 
> reddish hair. But he got his nickname Red from 
> demanding a bowl of red bean stew from his 
> brother. Now he and his family live in a place we 
> call Red's Place, or, for short, just Red," Where's 
> the pun?
> 
> Karl W. Randolph.
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Karl,

It's very like the situation with a joke.  If it must be explained to
you, then you just don't get it.  It seems that almost everyone else
"gets it" so I find it puzzling that it's incomprehensible to you.  I
suppose there's simply no point in trying to explain it.

george
gfsomsel
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