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…
Don’t forget that you are invited to participate in my scheduled lecture, THE BIGGEST BIBLICAL MISTAKES, on July 18 at 11:00AM Eastern Daylight Time. This lecture is FREE, but it is open only to the first 100 participants. That means, “Don’t be late.” I will open the participant link at 10:45 and close it at 11:01AM…
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…
Now the man named his wife [a]Eve, because she was the mother of all the living Genesis 3:20 NASB Because – What did we learn yesterday? We learned that Genesis 2:23 recounts that Adam projects the woman’s function with a name, a name that intimately connects her existence to his own, ʾiššâ and ʾšh. Subsequently, after the punishment…
Since I will not be able to travel in July, I want to invite all of you to an online lecture on THE BIGGEST BIBLICAL MISTAKES. Don’t worry. It’s not about errors in the Bible. It’s about things we believe or have been taught to believe that interfere with our relationship with God. The lecture…
Now the man named his wife [a]Eve, because she was the mother of all the living Genesis 3:20 NASB Eve – But of course he did not name her “Eve.” I’m sorry, but the footnote in the NASB (“Genesis 3:20 I.e., living; or life”) is absolutely no help whatsoever. “Eve” is not her name. That word comes from the…
And the Elect One shall in those days sit on My throne, and his mouth shall pour forth all the secrets of wisdom and counsel: For the Lord of Spirits hath given (them) to him and hath glorified him. 1 Enoch 51:3 My throne – Academicians recognize that the “son of Man” in the gospel…
Broken What story do you see? Memories – Transitions – Disclosure – Revelation – Discovery Outside it seems tragic. Once a place of productive work, now abandoned. Purposeless. Reminders of life that no longer thrives. Broken. Shattered. Empty. Black tears staining pink skin below the rusted frames, weeping for the loss. But maybe it says…
that, in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit, Ephesians 4:22 NASB Lusts of deceit – The odd translation of the NASB is revised by the ESV to read “deceitful desires.” The NASB simply tries to more literally…
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