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Re: [b-hebrew] Gen. 2:16-17 :: idiom or clumsy lie

From: "K Randolph" <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>
To: "Jay Frank" <jif_mail AT mac.com>
Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Gen. 2:16-17 :: idiom or clumsy lie
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 16:32:30 -0800

Frank:

We touched on this just recently. The text merely state "in (the) day"
without specifying any particular day, not even "this" day, which is
often used to specify a period of time, not a particular day.

So it can be understood that Adam started dying the day he ate the
fruit, but it took 930 years before he was laid in the grave.

As for the targum, I'll let others discuss that.

Karl W. Randolph.

On 11/29/06, Jay Frank <jif_mail AT mac.com> wrote:

On this day, you will surely die!

But, of course, they didn't.

[b-hebrew] Gen. 2:16-17 :: idiom or clumsy lie, Jay Frank, 11/29/2006
- Re: [b-hebrew] Gen. 2:16-17 :: idiom or clumsy lie, K Randolph, 11/29/2006
  - Re: [b-hebrew] Gen. 2:16-17 :: idiom or clumsy lie, YODAN, 11/29/2006
    - Re: [b-hebrew] Gen. 2:16-17 :: idiom or clumsy lie, K Randolph, 11/29/2006
      - Re: [b-hebrew] Gen. 2:16-17 :: idiom or clumsy lie, YODAN, 11/29/2006
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        Re: [b-hebrew] Gen. 2:16-17 :: idiom or clumsy lie, K Randolph, 11/29/2006
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] Gen. 2:16-17 :: idiom or clumsy lie, YODAN, 11/29/2006
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] Gen. 2:16-17 :: idiom or clumsy lie, Yonah Mishael, 11/30/2006
        Re: [b-hebrew] Gen. 2:16-17 :: idiom or clumsy lie, Isaac Fried, 11/30/2006
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] Gen. 2:16-17 :: idiom or clumsy lie, Peter Kirk, 11/30/2006
        Re: [b-hebrew] Gen. 2:16-17 :: idiom or clumsy lie, YODAN, 11/30/2006
        Re: [b-hebrew] Gen. 2:16-17 :: idiom or clumsy lie, Isaac Fried, 11/30/2006