Not There Nowhere

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

He returned to his brothers and said, “The boy is not there; as for me, where am I to go?”  Genesis 37:30  NASB Not there – In this verse, the words “not there” are not there.  The translators have added an explanation to the text, implying that Reuben declares Joseph is no longer in the pit. …

Loopers

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

He returned to his brothers and said, “The boy is not there; as for me, where am I to go?”  Genesis 37:30  NASB Is not there – The translation reads the way we expectit to read, but that isn’t what the verse actually says.  In Hebrew it reads, einenu, that is “he is not.”  Of course,…