oun, you might be correct that "VEELE TOLDOT..." in gen 10:1 is a summary of previous chapters (though i have my doubts since i think there are further biblical examples with "veele shmot/veele toldot etc").
still, VAYIVALDU LAHEM... is clearly a title for gen:10. i also agree that the editing may be late. but i was referring to the text as it stands. this is all we have. nir cohen On Tue, 28 Aug 2012 22:48:06 -0500, Oun Kwon wrote > On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 9:31 PM, K Randolph <[email protected]> wrote: > > Nir: > > > > On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 6:51 AM, Nir cohen - Prof. Mat. <[email protected]>wrote: > > > >> karl, > >> consider also: > >> > >> Genesis Chapter 10 בְּרֵאשִׁית > >> א וְאֵלֶּה תּוֹלְדֹת בְּנֵי-נֹחַ, שֵׁם חָם וָיָפֶת; וַיִּוָּלְדוּ לָהֶם > >> בָּנִים, אַחַר הַמַּבּוּל. 1 Now these are > >> the generations of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and unto them > >> were sons born after the flood. > >> > > > > The present division of chapters and verses came millennia after these > > words were written. What is now put at the beginning of a section, may show > > incorrect positioning contrary to the desires of the original authors. > > Consider Genesis 6:9 and 37:2. > > > >> > >> "these are the generations..." is a summary, "and unto them..." is already > >> part of the detailed narrative. > >> > > > > What makes you think that the following list was part of the original > > document, and not added by a later author? > > > <clipped> > < > >Karl W. Randolph. > > > > If the text read as 'generations' (KJV and most others) in 10:1, it > seems to serve well as the titular verse to the section following it. > However if understood as 'account' (NET, NIV), or, 'history' (NWT), > this verse may be actually the summary verse of the large section > preceding it (i.e. from Gen 6:9 to Gen 9:29). > > Since I'm ignorant of Hebrew, I would not know which way I should > take. Is it possible for me to get some help from Hebrew scholars? I > would appreciate very much. > > Oun Kwon. -- Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org) _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
