1-8). Although not himself locating a matching Biblical passage, West in footnotes refers variously to Deuteronomy 32: 35; Romans 12: 19; Genesis 4: 15; also Isaiah 30: 27, 28, 30. ^ Mary Boyce, ZRBP (1979, 1985) at 149. ^ E. W. West (SBE 24) at 229 (SGV XV: 2-3). Christians in