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  • From: "Lee Deavers" <devious AT carol.net>
  • To: "George Athas" <gathas AT mail.usyd.edu.au>, "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Death and Deception in Genesis 2-3
  • Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 00:47:37 -0500


> > God did not say that on that day you will become mortal, or that
> > 'eventually' you will die, he clearly states that they will die 'on that
> > day'

> We need to understand Hebrew idiom here. The expression _b:yom_ might
literally mean 'on
> the day that...', but the meaning is 'when' or 'then' or 'whenever'. It is
an expression
> signifying indefinite future time.

What is the possibility that Adam and Eve did die that very moment they ate?
Can it be this death is a spiritual death, a separation from God rather than
the death we perceive as a separation of body and soul?

Lee Deavers





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