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  • From: Yitzhak Sapir <yitzhaksapir AT gmail.com>
  • To: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Seir
  • Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 23:13:11 +0300

On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 10:55 PM, Jim Stinehart wrote:

> “Geographically, Gilead proper was the hilly, wooded country north of a line
> from Heshbon west to the northern end of the Dead Sea, and extending north
> towards the present-day river and Wadi Yarmuk….”

I stand corrected.

> Gilead is east of the Jordan River, from the northern end of the Dead Sea to
> the Yarmuk River (a river which is well north of the Jabbok River).
>
> Here’s one more scholarly quote, this time from the “Oxford Bible Atlas”
> (2007) at p. 27:  “South of the Yarmuk is the territory of Gilead, divided
> by the River Jabbok.”
>
> So as I was saying, when Jacob had his final meeting with Laban, that was in
> northern Gilead (just north of the Jabbok River).  Shortly thereafter, Jacob
> told Esau that Jacob would slowly meander on south to Seir, that is,
> historical Seir/Shar/Jazer in southern Gilead, well south of the Jabbok

But Se(ir is not Ya(zer. It is Edom south of Hebron and Arad.

Yitzhak Sapir




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