Certainly the tone as well as the structure of the two accounts is markedly different. Perhaps this signifies two very ancient historical sources maybe coming from two different Hebrew roots? Both are acurately reported and specifically not forced into harmony. We can respect that and allow the facts to encourage us to dig a bit ‘below the surface’ as it were, without feeling a necessity to do a more modern bit of harmonization.

I’m trying very hard to not think of anything archaeological or paleontological but it’s the case of pink elephants popping up all over the place… and then there’s Job, so there may even be 3 ancient histories to consider.

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