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  • Redeeming Adam (2)

    Now the man named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all the living.  And the Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them.  Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might reach out with his hand, and take fruit also…

  • Redeeming Adam (1)

    Now the man named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all the living.  And the Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them.  Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might reach out with his hand, and take fruit also…

  • Genesis in Joshua

    He commanded them, saying, “See, you are going to ambush the city from behind it. Do not go very far from the city, but all of you be ready. Joshua 8:4 NASB Going to ambush – How do you know what a word means?  You might respond, “Look in the dictionary,” but a dictionary is just…

  • April’s Foolish

    But he said to her, “You are speaking as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we actually accept good from God but not accept adversity?” Despite all this, Job did not sin with his lips.  Job 2:10 NASB Foolish – Hebrew has several words translated as “fool.”  It’s important to know what each of them means…

  • The Devil’s Dictionary

    Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold firm your integrity? Curse God and die!”  Job 2:9  NASB Curse – As we discovered in verse 5, the accuser twists the meaning of the Hebrew bārak to imply that Job will blaspheme God once his flesh is attached.  Translators typically render this verse as…

  • Loneliness

    “At last this 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 NASB At last this – Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik wrote, “To understand himself, man must confide in another.  Only woman, who is an independent person with her own I-awareness, can liberate the…

  • All by Myself

    Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.”   Genesis 2:18  NASB Alone – Since the publication of Guardian Angel, my work on this chapter in Genesis has been either jubilantly welcomed or vehemently rejected.  Those who welcome the exegesis are typically people…

  • Once More, with Feeling!

    To the woman He said, “I will greatly increase your sorrow and your conception – bring forth children in pain.  And your desire is for your husband, and he does rule over you.”  Genesis 3:16  (translation SRI) Greatly increase – It’s been several years since I published my book about the Hebrew view of woman…