A Verse to Remember

“ . . . reckoning the crime of fathers with sons and sons with sons, to the third generation and the fourth.”  Exodus 34:7  Alter This was supposed to go out on October 8, but the server missed the schedule. Reckoning – Robert Alter’s attempt to render the Hebrew pāqad avoids the totally misdirected implication…

Generational Gymnastics (1)

who keeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin; yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, visiting the iniquity of fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”  Exodus 34:7 NASB Visiting – Does God pass iniquity to the children of sinful fathers? Or…

I Stand at the Door and Knock

You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me, Exodus 20:5 NASB Exodus in Revelation – paqad, the Hebrew word for “visiting,” has always given…

Generational Non-Curses

Nevertheless I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand, but I will make him ruler all the days of his life, for the sake of My servant David whom I chose, who observed My commandments and My statutes;  1 Kings 11:34  NASB For the sake of – Let’s see now.  The usual…

Original Dissent

Parents shall not be put to death for children, nor children be put to death for parents: a person shall be put to death only for his own crime.  Deuteronomy 24:16  JPS Torah Commentary: Deuteronomy Only – Does God punish people for the sins of their ancestors?  Well, if you read Exodus 20:5-6, Exodus 34:6-7,…