And Yahweh the
god planted a garden in Eden, to the east,
and there he put the
ADAM whom he had formed.
(Genesis 2:8)
How
long did it take for you to read that sentence? One of the very important
skills required for accurately understanding the words written in the biblical
text is this:
“After you read a sentence or portion pause and consider
how much time passed in the lives of people mentioned in
those words
and what they must have experienced.”
An
easy example to understand what I am talking about is found a few chapters
later (modern translation).
“And Adam had sex with Eve, his wife.
She became pregnant and bore Cain.”
They
didn’t have sex, and then a few minutes later, she gave birth to a baby. Read
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