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PHall | December 22, 2010
Genesis 9:23 NASB But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it upon both their shoulders and walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were turned away, so that they did not see their father’s nakedness. Genesis 9:23 HCSB Then Shem and Japheth took a cloak and placed it […]
PHall | December 21, 2010
Three times the ground is cursed by God. First it is with Adam (Genesis 3:17-19), then Cain (Genesis 4:10-12), and finally with the flood (Genesis 8:21). Each time it is due to man’s sin. With Adam, he is told he will return to the ground. With Cain, Abel’s blood cries from the ground. The third […]
PHall | December 21, 2010
Genesis 6:16 NASB “You shall make a window for the ark, and finish it to a cubit from the top; and set the door of the ark in the side of it; you shall make it with lower, second, and third decks. Genesis 6:16 HCSB You are to make a roof, finishing the sides of […]
PHall | December 21, 2010
Genesis 6:15 NASB “This is how you shall make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, its breadth fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits. Genesis 6:15 HCSB This is how you are to make it: The ark will be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high. Although technically, there […]
PHall | December 21, 2010
Genesis 6:3 NASB Then the LORD said, “My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; nevertheless his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.” Genesis 6:3 HCSB And the LORD said, “My Spirit will not remain with mankind forever, because they are corrupt. Their days will be 120 years.” […]
PHall | December 21, 2010
In the name of readability, English translations sometimes lose something in the translation. When Cain’s offering was not accepted, his “face” (literally) fell (Genesis 4:5). The NASB says, “his countenance fell.” The HCSB says “he was downcast” (2004) and “he looked despondent.” The ESV is the best translation, “his face fell.” This same Hebrew word (pânı̂ym […]
PHall | December 21, 2010
Genesis 2:25 HCSB Both the man and his wife were naked, yet felt no shame. The word for naked here is actually related to the word for crafty and cunning used of the serpent in Genesis 3:1 HCSB Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the wild animals that the LORD God had made. […]
PHall | December 21, 2010
Adam and Eve were naked – Genesis 2:25 (‛ârôm – 6174) and not ashamed. Then Adam and sinned and hid because they were naked – Genesis 3:7,10,11 (‛êyrôm / ‛êrôm – 5903). Then God made them clothes called “skin” – Genesis 3:21 (‛ôr – 5785) – and that word comes from a word meaning naked. […]
PHall | December 21, 2010
Genesis 3:8 NASB They heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. Genesis 3:8 HCSB Then the man and his wife heard the sound of […]
PHall | December 21, 2010
Genesis 2:18 NASB 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 HCSB (2004) Then the LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is like him.” […]