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Why Fix Genesis 3:16?

Why Fix Genesis 3:16?

  Why fix it? Isn’t this similar to asking what’s wrong with cursing someone? The incorrect idea of something like a curse is what is said in current translations of Genesis 3:16. But the woman was not cursed in Genesis 3:16. Not even close! God told the woman of...
So they mistranslated the FIRST TWO key words in Genesis 3:16???

So they mistranslated the FIRST TWO key words in Genesis 3:16???

If the first two key words to the woman in Genesis 3:16 (‘itsabon and heron) have been mistranslated what does that mean? We can accept that the woman was: 1. Not cursed a half dozen times. She was not cursed even once! And that first “curse” never happened. 2. Not in...
So they mistranslated the FIRST TWO key words in Genesis 3:16???

Eleven mistranslations of Genesis 3:16 a and b. (6 to 11)

Teaching to Keep in Mind. The word “sorrow” (‘itsabon) was misunderstood by these translators. It really meant “sorrowful-toil-from-fieldwork-of-the-cursed-ground.” Rotherham’s Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902) Unto the woman, he said, I will, increase, thy pain of...
So they mistranslated the FIRST TWO key words in Genesis 3:16???

Eleven mistranslations of Genesis 3:16 a and b. (1 to 5)

Teaching Point to Keep in Mind. The word “sorrow” (‘itsabon) was misunderstood by these translators. It really meant “sorrowful-toil-from-fieldwork-of-the-cursed-ground.” American Standard Version (ASV 1901). Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply...
From the Woman in the Garden to the Women at the Garden Tomb!

From the Woman in the Garden to the Women at the Garden Tomb!

God told the woman in the Garden of Eden the Good News that she would conceive and that her offspring would crush the head of the serpent tempter (Genesis 3:15-16). God’s angels spoke to the women at the empty tomb of Jesus on Easter Sunday giving them news of the...
The Teacher’s Guide to Genesis 3:16 – Part 2

The Teacher’s Guide to Genesis 3:16 – Part 2

The meaning. The linchpin pulls meaning into line one of Genesis 3:16 from verse 17 below it and from verse 15 above it. The first Hebrew word in the linchpin is ‘itsabon and can be translated as “sorrowful-toil” or “toil.” The second Hebrew word is heron and can be...
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