Biblical Hebrew Forum

[James Christian <jc.bhebrew AT googlemail.com>]

How do you identify Gezer and Shur? It would seem to me that the Qadesh in
Genesis 20:1 should be on the other side of Gezer to Shur.

James Christian

On 10 May 2010 06:48, K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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