Today’s Word

An Alien Beginning

This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made earth and heaven.  Genesis 2:4 NASB The account of – The King James renders this verse as “these are the generations of.”   This represents the Hebrew tôlēdôt, but it misdirects us in English. The English word…
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God of the Unconscious

For You created my innermost parts; You wove me in my mother’s womb. I will give thanks to You, because I am awesomely and wonderfully made; wonderful are Your works, and my soul knows it very well.  Psalm 139:13-14 NASB Innermost parts – We assume, correctly, that the Hebrew kilyotāy’ in this verse isn’t about kidneys (its literal translation). …
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Not Exactly

Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it in the hearing of the people. And they said, “All that the Lord has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.”  Exodus 24:7  ESV Be Obedient – The translation “be obedient” makes sense.  It’s pretty much repeated in the other English translations.  But it…
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Short and Sweet

And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.  Matthew 6:12  NASB Forgive – This is enough for today: A great Hasidic rabbi, Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev, once prayed this way: “Lord of the universe, I want to propose a deal. We have many sins. You have much forgiveness.  Let us exchange our sins for…
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Epigenetics

yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, inflicting the punishment of fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”  Exodus 34:7b  NASB Inflicting – I like the NASB.  I use it as my standard English Bible text.  But in this verse, the translation couldn’t be worse!  There is simply no…
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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…
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