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"Mystery Babylon"

The references to the KJV are theirs...

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Lets take a look at this verse:

And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain...

- Gen. 4:1 (KJV)

To many this is proof positive that Adam had sex with his wife; and wasthe father of Cain. An open-and-shut case... or is it? The word knew, if we examine the original Hebrew, here, does have the meaning of "to have sex with" (which makes it easy to assume that they copulated). However, this word could also mean something totally different!

The word knew actually comes from two Hebrew words: yada and eth.

The word yada not only means to "have carnal sex with," but also "to recognize," "discern," or "acknowledge."[2] The word eth is untranslatable in English, but it generally relates to "a sign," "a distinguishing mark," or an "omen."

From these other meanings, we can reconstruct the English translation of the verse, as it sets, into something such as the following:

And Adam eventually acknowledged the distinguishing sign that had come upon Eve...
- Gen. 4:1 (in retranslation)

Also, if we look at the Hebrew word for the translated word conceived, here, we see it could also mean "to already be with child." Put them all together... and we gather a whole new possible meaning for this verse:

And Adam eventually acknowledged the distinguishing sign that had come upon Eve; that she was with child, and realized she was about to give birth to Cain...
- Gen. 4:1 (in retranslation)

Yes, studying the Hebrew, we see this verse could easily take on a whole new meaning! See how easily verses could be mistranslated when the people translating them might assume they should say something a certain way?

Could it really mean that Adam understood what had happened to Eve, here; and that Cain was about to be born?

And Adam eventually acknowledged the distinguishing sign that had come upon Eve.
- Gen. 4:1 (in retranslation)
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