Then the man said, “This at last is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ because she was taken out of man.” Genesis 2:23 ESV Woman/ man – Irregular plurals. That’s the description for the fact that neither ʾiššâ nor ʾiš have plural forms. The plurals are rather nashim and…
Then the man said, “This at last is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ because she was taken out of man.” Genesis 2:23 ESV Woman/ man – We already know that something quite unusual, and spectacular, is happening in this verse. The first occurrence of both ʾiššâ (woman) and…
An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who shames him is like rottenness in his bones. Proverbs 12:4 NASB Rottenness– Why does the Bible seem to focus on the potential damage to the husband’s reputation? Why are there no comparable verses about the harm inflicted on women? For example, the infamous passage in Numbers about a…
The Lord God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man. Genesis 2:22 NASB Brought – Why is the role of women in the family and in society so misunderstood? Why are challenges to the typical characterizations of women seen as threats? Why does…
Now I find woman more bitter than death; she is all traps, her hands are fetters and her heart is snares. He who is pleasing to God escapes her, and he who is displeasing is caught by her. Ecclesiastes 7:26 JPS More bitter – We are often disturbed with some of Paul’s statements about women….
That is why a wife ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels. 1 Corinthians 11:10 ESV Because of the angels – Sometimes when you have half a conversation in a letter from another culture and another time, you can barely figure out what the argument was all about. …
In Christ Church Cathedral in Oxford there is a tomb, the tomb of a woman. On the side of the tomb are carved representations of several women. But notice what has happened. The face of each of these women has been destroyed. I asked the curator why. He told me that no one knows for…
So, too, if, while in her husband’s household, she makes a vow or imposes an obligation on herself by oath, and her husband learns of it, yet offers no objection – thus failing to restrain her – all her vows shall stand and all her self-imposed obligations shall stand. But if her husband does annul…
“And you shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which you shall speak to the people of Israel.” Exodus 19:6 Kingdom of Priests – You and I are adopted into the Kingdom. It doesn’t matter what ethnic background you have. Ancient or contemporary, adoption is the…
The children of Amram were Aaron, Moses and Miriam. 1 Chronicles 5:29 (Hebrew text) 6:3 English text Children – It’s true that the children of Amram were Aaron, Moses and Miriam, but this isn’t what the Hebrew text says. The Hebrew word oovnei appears a second time in the same verse, but it isn’t translated…
