The JPS is not the _only_ Jewish translation into English that rendersHH: We have only one Hophal in the Bible, but the Hiphal of this stem with the lamed infinitive means "begin." Adam was about 235 years old when Enosh was born, but the context of Gen 4:26 really gives little reason to think that some big corruption occurred then. It may be that by the time Enosh was born there were enough people to have real worship services. The NET Bible says about the phrasing in 4:26:
"huxal" at Gen. 4:26 as "began". Sorry, if I gave that impression by
citing the Stone Chumash. I do not think, however, mainline translation
is an accurate way to describe the JPS, certainly not in the orthodox
community. R. Simon, in Midrash Rabbah, does not translate the passage;
he attempts explain it because "huxal" is ambiguous at this point.
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