[B-Greek] OSFUI

George F. Somsel gfsomsel at juno.com
Mon May 31 00:31:30 EDT 2004


Genitals

gfsomsel
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On Mon, 31 May 2004 15:14:37 +1200 "Eddie" <vangent at xtra.co.nz> writes:
> Greetings,
> 
> I understand OSFUI metonymically as 'genes' in its Hebrews 7:10 
> occurrence. 
> The reason for this is that the Bible in my opinion looks at the 
> whole picture, past, present and future and
> sees things as they are..things in this case that modern forensic 
> science has only been using for the past 20 years, if that! 
> The old 'loins' translation used even in modern English translations 
> seems to be a euphemism of sorts, 
> or the translators may have buried the word a little because more 
> modern explicit renderings might drive a lot of readers in the wrong 
> direction. 
> I think that if a survey were done of what people thought 'loins' 
> were many would more that likely think of associations with loin 
> chops on
> the dinner table!
> 
> Now, what do others think would be a good modern rendition of OSFUI 
> as in the context of Hebrews 7:10?
> 
> Regards
> Eddie Van Gent
> New Zealand 
> 
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