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  • From: "Kevin Graham" <kevlds AT hotmail.com>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [b-hebrew] Ex 13:15 "Firstborn of my sons"
  • Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 00:19:11 +0000


Ex 13:15 "It came about, when Pharaoh was stubborn about letting us go, that the LORD killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of beast. Therefore, I sacrifice to the LORD the males, the first offspring of every womb, but every firstborn of my sons I redeem."

This seems to imply that by sacrificing his firstborn, that Moses redeems (delivers, saves, rescues) his future firstborn grandsons. Now I've been told that the Hebrew phrase translated "firstborn of my sons" simply means "my firstborn sons."

Is this true? If so, I wonder why most Bible translations retain the ambiguity - as far as I can tell only the NIV and NLT have changed it.






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