[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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