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  • From: K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>
  • To: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Qadesh of Genesis 20:1
  • Date: Sun, 9 May 2010 20:48:14 -0700

James:

On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 2:02 AM, James Christian
<jc.bhebrew AT googlemail.com>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> anyone have any opinions on what light Genesis 20:1 puts on the location of
> Qadesh? Taken literally it would seem to put Qadesh as West of the Dead Sea
> and Southish of Hebron. Obviously, this conclusion relies on
> identifications
> of Shur and Gerar. Any thoughts?
>
> James Christian
>
> Seeing as Qadesh was a relatively common name with at least three towns in
Canaan with that name, it would be the other towns near it that would
identify it. From the context, I conclude that this was the Qadesh that
belonged to Barnea.

Karl W. Randolph.




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