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DILCIA
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I have read the whole chapter and want to know why doesn’t it say “and God saw that it was good” on the second day?
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Crumpy
Guest
well, gee! Why does the Bible say anything or not say anything?
I took a look at the New American Bible translation and it renders those words “and God saw how good it was.”
I didn’t catch that translation before, but I sure don’t like it.
I took a look at the New American Bible translation and it renders those words “and God saw how good it was.”
I didn’t catch that translation before, but I sure don’t like it.
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Liberian
Guest
For what it’s worth, the Hebrew reads something like “va-yirah elohim le-or ki tov”, which translates literally (using modern Hebrew definitions for the words–beware!) as …
va- (and)
yirah (he saw)
elohim (God)
le-or (to the light–indirect object–probably how Hebrew constructs the direct object of “to see”)
ki (because)
tov (good)
… so you can see how wild and woolly the actual Hebrew text is. I would not get too bent out of shape over the translation.
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