Dear Karl,
Thank you for your response. It has lead me towards learning much more
about bereshit and its structure, though I still have a long way to go.
I was not aware of the toledoth debate and the vast scholarship
surrounding it and now can see the difference between the Driver and
Wiseman views about toledoth statements/sections. I was simply looking
at how the Torah is divided into reading sections and so far, the
toledoth statements (the first three) seem to fit best with the text as
introductions rather than colophons, though I understand your point
about the structure of writings more ancient than mid 2nd millenuim BCE.
About the word תולדות
I wasn't making any assumptions about it. It is a fem. plural noun
derivative of ילד(yud-lamed-hey), correct? So what you say makes
sense to me.
My focus, though, was on the word seifer and if it is significant.
About the verb behibar'am. I still don't understand it. If it is an
infinitive or imperative, the suffix doesn't make sense to me. If it is
past tense, both the prefix and suffix don't make sense.
Again, thanks for your time in answering my question and elucidating my
attempt to take part in the interesting discussion on Bereshit.
Jill
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