holding that Tanach does not contradict itself
Thank you for sharing your knowledge here.
But may I still hold it were 430 years?
You say that Kehat entered Egypt. But I don't see this to be the case necessarily, similar to @user4578 .
Kehat certainly is part of the list as included in Jacob's grandchildren
Let's get back to Genesis 46:27. 70 souls that came to Egypt. Nice. As you say.
However, Genesis 46:26 says that Jacob's born children and grandchildren who entered Egypt .... were as many as 66.
Now, add Jacob's four wives to these 66... and this is already 70. Now add Jacob himself to this numberand we arrive at 71.
So we see that the 66 from verse 26 and the 70 from verse 27 do not correspond.
Furthermore, if you add the wives of Joseph's sons that were formally excluded from the 66... to the 66 you arrive at a number far larger than the mentioned 70 in verse 27.
To me, since these two groups do not correspond to each other, it makes sense to assume that the list from Genesis 46:8-25 does not necessarily correspond to the 66 from verse 26 or the 70 from verse 27, either.
Kehat is only part of that list... but that doesn't mean he is included in the 66 or the 70 that entered Egypt.
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great analysis. I know you are all Bible experts, since you study so much, and I feel it's a great pleasure debating with you about the books we have in common!These are a lot of assumptions.
My "assumption" about Kehat, as you put it, is based on the text itself. As for the missing person among the seventy, Jewish tradition holds that that's Yocheved who was born just as they entered the gates of Egypt. But to base upon that missing person that thus one can be led to believe that there's more than one missing person, and in fact, one may also conclude that even people who do appear on the list are also "missing", i.e., unborn, is quite far-fetched. And you've lost me on what your deal is with Amram's brothers. They are named as his brothers and sons of Kehat multiple times in Tanach:
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(Exodus 6:18, Numbers 3:19, Chronicles 1:5:28, Chronicles 1:6:23, Chronicles 1:23:12, as you yourself referenced)
Thus, it seems to me that there's no difficult question here of who Amram's brothers were - they really were his brothers. And all four were the sons of Kehat. So I don't get your point.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge here.
But may I still hold it were 430 years?
You say that Kehat entered Egypt. But I don't see this to be the case necessarily, similar to @user4578 .
Kehat certainly is part of the list as included in Jacob's grandchildren
Let's get back to Genesis 46:27. 70 souls that came to Egypt. Nice. As you say.
However, Genesis 46:26 says that Jacob's born children and grandchildren who entered Egypt .... were as many as 66.
Now, add Jacob's four wives to these 66... and this is already 70. Now add Jacob himself to this numberand we arrive at 71.
So we see that the 66 from verse 26 and the 70 from verse 27 do not correspond.
Furthermore, if you add the wives of Joseph's sons that were formally excluded from the 66... to the 66 you arrive at a number far larger than the mentioned 70 in verse 27.
To me, since these two groups do not correspond to each other, it makes sense to assume that the list from Genesis 46:8-25 does not necessarily correspond to the 66 from verse 26 or the 70 from verse 27, either.
Kehat is only part of that list... but that doesn't mean he is included in the 66 or the 70 that entered Egypt.
EDITED my whole point and some minor errors from the old version of the post
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