Epigenetics

yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, inflicting the punishment of fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”  Exodus 34:7b  NASB Inflicting – I like the NASB.  I use it as my standard English Bible text.  But in this verse, the translation couldn’t be worse!  There is simply no…

Who’s In Charge?

Into Your hand I commit my spirit; You have ransomed me, O Lord, God of truth.  Psalm 31:5  NASB I commit my spirit– Exodus 34:7.  Yes, that’s right.  The infamous verse about “visiting the iniquity of the fathers” uses the same verb we find here, pāqad. Speiser writes, “There is probably no other Hebrew verb that has caused translators…

Once or Twice

 . . . she heard that the LORD had taken note of His people and given them food.  Ruth 1:6  JPS Had taken note – Once or twice in life it’s nice to hear something from the Lord.  Two times is the extent of direct mention of God in the story of Ruth.  Yes, the…