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  • From: Yigal Levin <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>
  • To: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] daughters jacob never spoke of
  • Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 06:08:40 +0200

All I wrote was that it was likely that Jacob had other daughters. I did not
write that it was impossible.

Yigal

----- Original Message ----- From: "sujata" <shevaroys AT yahoo.com>
To: "b-hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 3:28 AM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] daughters jacob never spoke of


Yigal,
I am totally surprised that you have come up with such a conclusion backed by nothing but your own logic. My mother-in-law's parents had 9 daughters and one son. I also have a friend whose parents had 13 daughters and one son.

Human logic seems incapable of even understanding ordinary life events, it is amazing that this same logic is also used to understand the word of God :)

Sujata

Karl Randolph <kwrandolph AT email.com> wrote:

----- Original Message -----
From: "Yigal Levin"

Dear Karl,

While what you write may be true (although do you have any examples?), one
cannot assume that Jacob did not have other daughters. As I wrote,
statistically, for a man with 12 sons to have only one daughter is not
likely. It's more likely that the text simple did not consider them
significant enough to mention.

Yigal

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