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Message 52 of 307 (197023)
04-05-2005 6:01 PM

Reply to: Message 51 by ex libres
04-05-2005 5:51 PM

Re: Go back to School

Yes, there are plenty of translations which do not use the past tense:

NASB

Out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name.

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And out of the ground the Lord God formed every [wild] beast and living creature of the field and every bird of the air and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them; and whatever Adam called every living creature, that was its name.

KJV

And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof

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So out of the ground the LORD God formed[a] every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name.

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Message 55 of 307 (197040)
04-05-2005 6:31 PM

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04-05-2005 6:09 PM

Re: Go back to School

Taking note of the "and" without identifying what it links to is not a good way to identify ehat it means in context.

Even the NIV version has this for 2:18

The LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him."

So the "and" links creation of the animals to God's decision to [B]make

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Message 67 of 307 (238486)
08-30-2005 2:50 AM

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08-30-2005 1:03 AM

Re: I disagree

This has already been covered in te thread. Not only do many translations omit the "had", you need to start at 2:18

The LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him."

(NIV)

By your reading instead of going and making a helper like He said God first has Adam look over all the animals to see if one could be suitable. The reading found in other versions makes more sense, sicne God's next action is to create potential helpers.

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Message 68 of 307 (238487)
08-30-2005 2:52 AM

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08-30-2005 1:00 AM

Re: plus sun and moon

The day-night cycle is set up right at the start (Genesis 1:3-5). Before the creation of the sun and moon. There's no reason why the "days" shouldn't be read as ordinary 24 hour days (in the context of the story)

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