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  • From: Tory Thorpe <torythrp AT yahoo.com>
  • To: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Cc: JimStinehart AT aol.com
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Genesis 20: 1
  • Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 10:34:11 -0400

On Oct 14, 2007, at 9:18 AM, JimStinehart AT aol.com wrote:
Yitzhak Sapir :
1. You wrote: “Genesis 26 speaks of a special blessing of God to
Isaac.”
So this is your view of this section of the Patriarchal narratives. Isaac
faces a terrible drought/famine in Hebron. So Isaac moves to the Negev
Desert (!?!?!). While in the Negev Desert, Isaac becomes incredibly wealthy by
growing crops in the Negev Desert (!?!?!).

Gerar is between Gaza and Beer-Sheba, closer to the coast, making it a Philistine town or one within the sphere of Philistine control. Striking out from the region of Sodom, Abraham would have to pass through "the (dry) south country" (Gen. 20:1) en route to the rich pastureland of Gerar. What is the problem?

Tory Thorpe



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