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NASB | Genesis 24:9 So the servant placed his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 24:9 So the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter. |
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Bible Note: It's just something which has bothered me for years: that the Greek Lexicons are produced by people with possible denominational biases. I wouldn't automatically accept a Baptist's lexiconography, e.g. for glossa / 'tongues' if I was a Pentecostal. At least I'd want to know the principles he was using to reach his conclusions. I certainly haven't implied any infallibility for my own views, and have asked genuine questions modestly. I'm not preaching at anybody. However, I will make an observation about this forum. I think that most of you are reading the Bible through a narrow low-Church "Non-Conformist" interpretative system and not always reading the text literally, at face value, and according to historic Christianity. By historic Christianity I don't mean ye olde 17th-century Baptists, I mean the whole 2,000 year Christian heritage. I base this observation not on my "infallibility" but simply that I've been around a bit and studied the History of Theology at University. In fact, I have no illusion I'm anything more than just a bright student along with the hordes of others who have had an university education down the ages. However, I do think I am educated enough to be more broadminded and lateral thinking than many. |