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NASB | Genesis 22:5 Abraham said to his young men, "Stay here with the donkey, and I and the lad will go over there; and we will worship and return to you." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 22:5 Abraham said to his servants, "Settle down and stay here with the donkey; the young man and I will go over there and worship [God], and we will come back to you." [Heb 11:17-19] |
Bible Question (short): Interesting Rendering |
Question (full): To my esteemed colleagues of the forum let me raise this question: This is not a blanket agreement with or condoning of Biblebeliever, but they raised a very interesting point here. In the KVJ Genesis 22:8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together. Focusing on the phrase "...God will provide himself a lamb..." In NKJV and many others it is rendered or something similar "...God will provide for Himself the Lamb..." NKJV Genesis 22:8 And Abraham said, "My son, God will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering." So the two of them went together. NASB Genesis 22:8 Abraham said, "God will provide for Himself the lamb for the burnt offering, my son." So the two of them walked on together. NLT Genesis 22:8 "God will provide a lamb, my son," Abraham answered. And they both went on together. In KJV it is saying God will provide Himself a Lamb, which could be read God will provide Himself as the Lamb, which in effect God did, Jesus being God was the Lamb that was sacrificed. Written this way the passage leaves little room for the debate was Jesus God or there is no Trinity. I will agree this view would be made even stronger if there was a coma following Himself thus rendering the passage God will provide Himself, a Lamb, but again in open reading the tie can still be seen. In the NKJV and other versions while this passage might be more grammatically correct God gave His son (provided the Lamb) but does it remove the hint of Jesus being God offered as the sacrifice. I’m interested in your thoughts on this. As any of you that have read even a few of my responses to the forum know I'm not the person to be making a case on English sentence construction. It is just I read Biblebelievers response and pondered it all night. Looking for thoughts EdB |