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  • From: George F Somsel <gfsomsel AT juno.com>
  • To: kwrandolph AT email.com
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Genesis 25:25, Different Lexemes & No Puns?
  • Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 12:01:47 -0400

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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