[Avodah] Chovav and Reuel

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From: "kennethgmiller at juno.com" _kennethgmiller at juno.com_ 
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>>Are  Chovav and Reuel the same person, or are they father and son?

....So  here's my question: What about the FIRST Yesh Omrim? How is the 
"seven names"  opinion consistent with our pasuk? How can anyone hold that 
Chovav and Reuel are  the same person, if we have a pasuk which clearly says 
they  aren't?

....Reuel was one of Yisro's names, and he suggested that perhaps  he was 
named after his father - "Reuel Jr.", as it were. If so, then Reuel was  
Tziporah's father, and ANOTHER Reuel was her grandfather, and everything  fits.

....(The specific question can be rephrased as: How is the first  view of 
Rashi in Shmos 18:1 consistent with what the Torah says explicitly in  
Bamidbar 10:29?)<<

Akiva Miller
 
 
>>>>>>
 
There are precedent for sons having the same name as the fathers  for 
generations, when you look at rulers (maybe priests too?  and  Yisro had been a 
priest).  Think of Paraoh and Avimelech,  It's at  least possible that father 
and son were both named Reuel if that was some kind  of title.
 
 
 

 
--Toby  Katz
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