Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Harold Holmyard <hholmyard AT ont.com>]

davidfentonism AT aim.com wrote:
> I'm not sure what "line" you refer to. My inquiry is earnest and if 
> you have a direction in which you suggest I go, it would be 
> appreciated. Even better, what do you say the verse is saying in light 
> of my original question?

HH: The line is the slant you are trying to give the verse. What the 
verse is saying is what the standard translations say it is saying. I 
have never seen an alternative in any major published translation. Do 
you have an alternative example to offer? You don't seem to understand 
Hebrew. Just stick with the major translations and commentaries 
available. They are reliable. Sometimes there is disagreement among 
them, and those are cases for closer investigation. This is not one of 
them, as far as I know. Are you translating the verse without recourse 
to standard translations? Here are a few:

KJV: Gen. 4:26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he 
called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.

NRSV: Gen. 4:26 To Seth also a son was born, and he named him Enosh. At 
that time people began to invoke the name of the LORD.

NIV: Gen. 4:26 Seth also had a son, and he named him Enosh.  At that 
time men began to call on the name of the LORD.

HCSB: Gen. 4:26 A son was born to Seth also, and he named him Enosh. At 
that time people began to call on the name of the Lord.

Yours,
Harold Holmyard