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  • From: peter_kirk AT sil.org
  • To: <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>, <navillusbpi AT primus.com.au>
  • Subject: Re: Waw consecutive in Gen 1
  • Date: Sat, 04 Dec 1999 01:04:05 -0500


If Watts consistently translates waw consecutive as "such-and-such
gradually happened", his translation of Genesis must certainly be
distinctive, not to say strange, not to say totally unjustified.

Look for example at this version of Genesis 5:3-5: "Adam was gradually
130 years old, and he gradually had a son in his own likeness, and he
gradually named him Seth. After Seth was born the days of Adam were
gradually 800 years, and he gradually had other sons and daughters.
And all the days of Adam were gradually 930 years, and he gradually
died." And so on all through the chapter. Does Watts translate like
that? Should he have done?

And if the waw consecutive doesn't mean "gradually happened"
everywhere, why does it in Genesis 1?

Peter Kirk





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