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  • From: "Vadim Cherny" <VadimCherny AT mail.ru>
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  • Subject: [b-hebrew] A very cranky translation
  • Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 21:17:53 +0300

Genesis2:6-8:

There was no man to work the ground and overhaul-he would [rather] leave the
land-and [no man] would give drink to the whole ground.

The Lord God would bring forward the man. Dust from the ground blew in his
face. The essence of life became the man to a living being.



2:8 matter-of-factly states that the garden was marked out eastward. The
reference point is the land that became arid, and which the people had left.

God brought the man (or the group) to oasis he planted in Eden, where the
climate was good. That man or group became a progenitor (essence of life) for
other humans. This is the first destruction and salvation - by drought. The
Flood was the second one.

This makes sense of the fear of Cain, who was afraid of other people when
expelled from Eden.

Any opinions?

Vadim Cherny





  • [b-hebrew] A very cranky translation, Vadim Cherny, 09/28/2005

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