Question on Genesis 3:15

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I have a friend whose faith is shaken by recently going to a Baptist Church to watch her nephew in a Christmas program. She is Catholic, but during the program which was within a church service, the pastor criticized the Catholic Church on many issues, but there is one she has a question. This Baptist pastor says that Catholic say that Gn 3:15 says “she will crush his head” but that it should be “he will crush…” She said she checked the Douay Rheims version and it says “she” but that other newer versions say “he.” She was taught in her studies that the Douay Rheims is not accurate in its interpretation. This was from Scott Hahn.

She wants to know how to answer her sisters’ question who is the Baptist. By the way, my friend does have a degree in Theology and studied at Franciscan University in Steubenville and is very orthodox, but doesn’t remember the answer to this one. She is getting older.

Please help so I can help her. Thanks in advance for your help.
 
I just looked this up in my Haydock version of the Douay-Rheims Bible. There is a discussion of this verse in the footnotes. You can find this footnote online at this page: haydock1859.tripod.com/id329.html . Scroll down to Ver. 15.

Beyond that, you may want to submit the same question on the Scripture forum. Good luck!
 
has been discussed many times on the scripture forum, that search would be helpful
 
Thanks for all your responses. I did not know we had a Scripture forum but found it under apologetics. I did do a search, but could not find anything before writing my question. I will try again. Thanks again and God bless.
 
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I have a friend whose faith is shaken by recently going to a Baptist Church to watch her nephew in a Christmas program. She is Catholic, but during the program which was within a church service, the pastor criticized the Catholic Church on many issues, but there is one she has a question. This Baptist pastor says that Catholic say that Gn 3:15 says “she will crush his head” but that it should be “he will crush…” She said she checked the Douay Rheims version and it says “she” but that other newer versions say “he.” She was taught in her studies that the Douay Rheims is not accurate in its interpretation. This was from Scott Hahn.

She wants to know how to answer her sisters’ question who is the Baptist. By the way, my friend does have a degree in Theology and studied at Franciscan University in Steubenville and is very orthodox, but doesn’t remember the answer to this one. She is getting older.

Please help so I can help her. Thanks in advance for your help.
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The first translations from Hebrew and Greek into LATIN was done by St.Jerome in around the 4th or 5th Century. St. Jerome was a scholar in the known languages…it is from his translations that the Douray-Rheims has been dependent upon. The “SHE shall cruch your head…” is the Second Eve3, The Blessed Mother." Douray-Rheims is ACCURATE the others are flawed, IMO. We also notice for over a Century the statue/paintings of Our Lady of Grace…she is standing atop the snake’s head…this is derived from Genesis.

As a sidenote: St. Jerome is depicted with a mature male lion at his side. As the story goes, a huge male lion strode into St. jerome’s monastery in Northern Africa where he and his monks wrote volumes of translated bibles by hand (no printing presses at that early time).

So, the lion strode into heir workplace and, on seeing hin, all of the monks scrambled to their rooms and secured them shut except for St. Jerome. Jerome noticed that the lion was not in a predatory mode but was, instead, in great pain. This was because a huge thorn was in the lion’s front paw.

Jerome approached the lion and gently whispered to it and came close enough to remove the thorn and dress the wound.

The lion then became Jerome’s constant companion and was somewhat a “household pet.” On most occasions the lion would sit on the outside of the entrance to the monastery for daylight and fresh air.

St. Jerome is the Patron Saint of Libraries." And that is why we always see a cement statue of a lion at the entrance to libraries.
 
Thank you too, for your response.

That is a very poignant story and it is true. The lion walked by St’ jerome’s side wherever he went like a dog but without a leash.

I suppose when jerome went to market the first time or two the marketplace must have scattered just like the monastery before. But eventually it became a “normal/ordinary” sight to see Jerome walking with his closest companion.
 
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Thank you too, for your response.

That is a very poignant story and it is true. The lion walked by St’ jerome’s side wherever he went like a dog but without a leash.

I suppose when jerome went to market the first time or two the marketplace must have scattered just like the monastery before. But eventually it became a “normal/ordinary” sight to see Jerome walking with his closest companion.
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I enjoyed the story too. I love to hear about the Saints and their lives. This is remarkable that a Lion was like a pet to him. Thanks for sharing this with us all.😉
 
Here is another “tidbit” I learned while on pilgrimage to the Holy Land.

Our guide in Jerusalem was a resident Franciscan priest, named Father Godfrey. As we toured the nooks and crannies of Jerusalem you cannot help notice the many donkeys the Palestinian merchants and dealers use to transport goods.

There were many types of donkeys: some black in color; others grey and still others almost whitish. So as I was walking abreast of Father Godfrey I asked him, “Father, what kind of donkey did Jesus ride atop of on Palm Sunday?”

Father snickered and said, "That’s a very good question and it is believed the species of Donkey used on that first Palm Sunday is a “Palestinian donkey.”

That species is whitish and for 2,000 years all of them have from the neck to its rear and again from its shoulder to shoulder a perfect cross with contrasting black fur…thus it has a cross drawn on that breed…a perfect cross.

It is a phenominal thing to see. Now, you can catch a quick glimpse of a Palestinian donkey…the glimpse is so brief it would be missed UNLESS you videotape it and playback frame-by-frame…and then you will see the cross.

The movie that came out last Christmas season, “The Nativity Story” has Mary in scenes with a donkey…for a brief second the camera, unintentionally, filmed the cross. It was a Palestinian donkey used in that movie. But to see the cross, you must videotape the movie and playback the scene when the donkey’s back is exposed.

Good Luck!
 
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