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  • From: kenneth greifer <kenneth AT messianicmistakes.com>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [b-hebrew] Deuteronomy 32:8-9
  • Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2012 13:13:29 -0800 (PST)

Deut.32:8-9 says something like "...when He divided the sons of man, He set
the borders of peoples to the number of the sons of Israel, because the
portion of the L-rd is His people, Jacob, the portion of His inheritance."

I was thinking that maybe it says "...when He divided the sons of a man (not
mankind), He set the borders of peoples to the number of the sons of Israel,
because the L-rd divided His people, Jacob, the portion of His inheritance."

Maybe Jacob's sons were peoples like Gen. 28:3 says an assembly of peoples
would come from him. Maybe G-d divided the sons of a man (Jacob) and set the
borders for the peoples who came from him, the tribes of Israel.

I have read that adam can mean man or mankind, so maybe the usual translation
is wrong. Any opinions?

Kenneth Greifer
http://www.messianicmistakes.com/




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