Biblical Translation--Eden

Autumnman,So you know Hebrew and translate yourself? What do you think of the concordant method? Here is a link to the interliner that I use:Scripture4All - Greek/Hebrew interlinear Bible software

The concordant method picks an english word that is the best fit for each hebrew word, and translates it consistently throughout, regardless of the context. The idea is to minimize translation errors, and multiple english words for one hebrew or vice versa.

Ger, Here is the translation from the scripture for all website:

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and he is instructing Yahweh Elohim on the human to say of from any of tree of the garden to eat you shall eat

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and from tree of the knowledge of good and evil not you shall eat from him that in day of to eat of you from him to die you shall die

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I think "shall" makes better sense than "must" as it is the same Hebrew word in both instances I bolded above. Shall is a more gentle way of saying it. Sure we must eat, but that is something we will do regardless, and God is simply declaring it.Again I think the use of "any" is an much better rendering than "whole" and even better than "every" as the KJV puts it. Adam doesn't have to eat from every tree, but he can eat from any of them.

Otto, Thanks for your strong opinion of the Concordant Method. I stand by it. I would rather have the raw translation based on the limited vocabulary of the original language, instead of having the translator add their spin on the meaning with their interpretation of the context.In the Hebrew they had to interpret based on the context of the words, and that is what we should have to do as well, not have the translator do it for us... I think that's where error gets introduced.