Originally posted by merka
Originally posted by Thurisaz
Genesis 1:28:
28And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth
Why replenish?
Because the author of the King James bible decided it?
New King James:
Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it
Contemporary English:
God gave them his blessing and said: Have a lot of children! Fill the earth with people and bring it under your control.
Message:
God blessed them: "Prosper! Reproduce! Fill Earth! Take charge!
Just to mention a few variants. Most I see have the "subdue" version in various forms. To REALLY answer the question "why replenish", one need the exact translation of the original bible in hebrew (a stage between that would be seeing what the latin bible say). Unfortunely, I dont know hebrew (or latin).
Love your 'translations'. Concise and on the mark, in my opinon anyway. As a minor point; as far as the languages...
I always understood it to be Greek before Latin, and Hebrew (old testament) before Greek, (none of which I speak/read/write either.) I do believe that the bulk of the documents used for the New Testament were originally written in Greek... Paul wrote in that language pretty much exclusively.
Sorry to get off topic.
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