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size=2>From: "kennethgmiller@juno.com" <A
href="mailto:kennethgmiller@juno.com">kennethgmiller@juno.com</A><BR><BR><BR>>>Are
Chovav and Reuel the same person, or are they father and son?<BR><BR>....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?<BR><BR>....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.<BR><BR>....(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?)<<<BR><BR>Akiva Miller</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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