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Giving Bible readers what God said not what translators think God meant
This passage describes how King David handed over the sons of Saul, including Mephibosheth, to the Gibeonites for execution. This action appears to be in direct conflict with the earlier statement that David “showed compassion for Mephibosheth” as he spared his life.
The passage states that the Pishon flowed around the land of Havilah, which is described as a region that was rich in gold and other precious minerals. The Gihon is said to flow around the land of Cush, which is typically understood to refer to the region of Africa south of Egypt. The Tigris and Euphrates are both well-known rivers that flow through the region of Mesopotamia, which is located in modern-day Iraq and parts of Syria and Turkey. The mention of Assyria in this passage is not considered to be an inaccurate statement.
There are a few different ways that this verse has been interpreted by scholars and theologians. One interpretation is that the phrase “was sorry” or “regretted” can be understood to mean that God was disappointed or displeased with the actions of humanity. This interpretation suggests that God regretted creating humanity because of their disobedience and wrongdoing. Another interpretation is that the phrase “was sorry” or “regretted” should not be taken literally but rather should be understood as a way of expressing the depth of God's emotional response to the situation. In this interpretation, the verse could be seen as expressing the sadness and grief that God felt at the prospect of having to punish humanity through the flood.
There is more involved in Adam and Eve’s choice to eat from the “tree of knowledge of good and evil” as being a sin. It is not like the act of a child stealing a piece of fruit from a fruit stand. This was a ...
It is important to note that the account of the Ark and the flood in the Book of Genesis is an account from the Hebrew Bible. Its purpose is not necessarily to provide a scientific explanation of events. Nevertheless, there are many reasonable answers to this question.
Some have suggested that the prohibition against the fruit of this tree is symbolic, the fruit standing for sexual intercourse. Others have suggested that it stood for having a knowledge of or an awareness of right and wrong. Still, others have suggested that it stood for the knowledge that they would have attained upon reaching maturity, by way of experience, which could be used for good or bad.
The higher critics argue that every Bible verse that contains the Hebrew word for God, (Elohim), set off by itself has its own writer, designated by the capital “E” (“Elohist”). On the other hand, any verse that contains the Tetragrammaton, (Jehovah, Yahweh), God’s personal name, is attributed to yet another writer, “J” (“Jawist”). (Cassuto, 18-21) Let us see how they explain this. The critics argue that “God” (Elohim) is restricted to use exclusively in the first chapter of Genesis (1:1–31) in relation to God’s creative activity and that starting in Genesis 2:4 through the end of the second chapter, we find God’s personal name.
Genesis 11:5 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 5 Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men had built. Does not 2 Chronicles 6:18 (see, 1 Kings 8:27) tells us that “will God indeed dwell with man on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this house that I have built!” Therefore, in what sense had Jehovah God come “down to see the city and the tower, which the children of man had built”?
After the creation of Adam, God informed him, “And God went on to say, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food.” (Gen 1:29) However, meat was not on the human diet. Therefore, some are confused by God’s words to Noah after he came out of the ark, “Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you; as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything.” (Gen. 9:3) Is this a contradiction of God’s earlier command to Adam?
Genesis 8:11 says, “And the dove came back to him in the evening, and behold, in her mouth was a freshly plucked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the waters had abated from the earth.” This verse indicates that the dove brought an olive leaf to Noah, which he took as a sign that the floodwaters had receded.