Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Andronic Khandjani <andronicusmy AT gmail.com>]

Shalom,

Yes, the other translations seems to create another question:"ehad" would
refer only to Adam. It would suggest that Eva did not know "the good and
evil". Only Adam was expelled from "Gan Eden". Did he separate from his
wife as some traditions suggested?

I don't think that the traditional translations who are following the LXX
offer us any satisfactory solution.

Let me ask again the question, there some objection to translate "Adam" as
a plural:"the humans" and to consider "ehad" as a reference to 2.24.

In the Genesis a wrong "unity" is followed by the Heavenly judgment(Gen
11:1 and 6).



Firouz Khandjani

Pleven, Bulgaria



2011/10/29 Chavoux Luyt <chavoux AT gmail.com>

> Shalom
>
> To return to the original question:
> "The human became as one by their own initiative through the knowledge of
> good and evil"?
> I think that this is a possible translation, but not the most obvious one
> IMO. If I was translating this verse, I would rather put it as a footnote.
> I
> do think that the Hebrew Bible sometimes include ambiguous language on
> purpose. :-)
>
> Berachot
> Chavoux Luyt
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