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NASB | Genesis 4:26 To Seth, to him also a son was born; and he called his name Enosh. Then men began to call upon the name of the LORD. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 4:26 To Seth, also, a son was born, whom he named Enosh (mortal man, mankind). At that [same] time men began to call on the name of the LORD [in worship through prayer, praise, and thanksgiving]. [Joel 2:32; Luke 3:38; Acts 2:21] |
Subject: Contra "Total Depravity" |
Bible Note: There is another view of this verse. Many believe that the "calling on the name of the LORD" was not favorable. The following is quoted from The Targum of Palestine (THE TARGUM OF JONATHAN BEN UZZIEL) "And Adam knew his wife again, at the end of a hundred and thirty years after Habel had been slain; and she bare a son, and called his name Sheth; for she said, The Lord hath given me another son instead of Habel whom Kain slew. And to Sheth also was born a son, and he called his name Enosh. That was the generation in whose days they began to err, and to make themselves idols, and surnamed their idols by the name of the Word of the Lord." (to read more, see http://uwacadweb.uwyo.edu/religionet/ts/PJgen.htm) From the Targum of Onkelos: 26. And to Sheth also was born a son, and he called his name Enosh. Then in his days the sons of men desisted (or forbore) from praying in the name of the Lord. (Please see http://www.ultimasurf.net/bible/aramaic/targum/onkelos/genesis/genesis_4.htm) There are other ancient sources as well that indicate that men were calling either themselves (See margin A.V.) or their idols by the LORD's Name. There is also the logic that men would not be said to "begin" worship of the LORD, as that had already been begun by Abel, if not Adam. Love in Christ, Mark |