by admin | Jan 2, 2014 | Section Three, The Fear of the Lord
Each of you must respect (yârêʼ)[1] his mother and his father, and you must keep my Sabbaths. I am the Lord your God.[2] The Rabbis who translated the Septuagint chose φοβείσθω, a form of φοβέω[3] (fear, put to flight).[4] The note in the NET reads: “Heb ‘A man his...
by admin | Feb 16, 2013 | Genesis, Section Two, The Fear of the Lord
The grain Joseph’s brothers brought back from Egypt didn’t outlast the famine. “Return, buy us a little more food,” their father said. But Judah said to him, “The man solemnly warned us, ‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’ If you send our...