Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>]

Herman:

While I agree with you that it is poetic prose, Genesis 2:4 
is an organic whole including a common poetic mirror 
image. Splitting it apart does violence to the verse.

Karl W. Randolph.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Herman Meester" <crazymulgogi AT gmail.com>
> Rolf, Karl,
> That's an interesting observation; thank you. But then I suppose only Gen 
> 2,4a
>    אלה תולדות השמים ואת הארץ בהבראם
> elle tol'dot hashshamayim w'ha'aretz b'hibbar'am
> is the actual colofon?
> In that case, the following, verse 4b beginning ביום b'yom, is still
> largely parallel to Gen 1,1.
> 
> Karl, somewhere you said that we cannot compare Gen 2,4-7 to Gen 1,2
> syntactically because the former is "poetic", if I understood you
> correctly. However, it is very clear both are prose. Poetic prose is
> still prose.
> 
> regards
> Herman
> 
> 


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