Not sure what you mean. Which argument? That "brothers" mean also cousins, or that in certain cultures to this date the same is true, and always has been?
What are the odds that the scripture means cousins over the literal reading of brethern?
JH :)
Given the language the scripture was written in and/or first translated into, I'd say excellent.
What are the odds that the scripture means cousins over the literal reading of brethern? What are the odds that when you say "literal reading" you actually mean your own contemporary reading of the word in English?
Was Lot Abraham's brother as a "literal reading" would make him?
SD