Who is the second "he" in Genesis 15:6?

Paul Zellmer pzellmer at sc.rr.com
Sun Oct 14 23:51:26 EDT 2001


Tony,

Why do you consider the feminine suffix=object to be curious?  In the
translation given, the suffix is what is translated as "it".  Would you not
expect an agreement between that pronoun and the noun to which it refers?

Paul Zellmer
  -----Original Message-----
  From: Tony Prete [mailto:tonyprete at earthlink.net]
  Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2001 12:37 PM
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  Subject: Re: Who is the second "he" in Genesis 15:6?


  At 11:26 PM 10/13/2001 -0400, Bill Ross wrote:

    Who is the second "he" in Genesis 15:6?

    And of course, why?

    Genesis 15:6  And he believed in the LORD; and **he** counted it to him
    for righteousness.


  I'm interested too, since I looked it up and the afformative suffix looks
to be feminine. The only other feminine word in this brief sentence seems to
be the one for "righteousness"--curious.



  Peace,
  Tony

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