[B-Greek] Matt. 1:1 - GENESIS

Harold Holmyard hholmyard at ont.com
Mon Jan 1 06:56:39 EST 2007


A. J. Birch wrote:


> Bearing in mind:
>
> (1) the use of GENESIS in Matt. 1:18 (according to the best manuscripts);
>
> (2) its use in Luke 1:14 (is there any manuscript support for GENNHSIS 
> there?);
>
> (3) the only other occurrences in the Greek N. T. (?): James 1:23 and James 
> 3:6;
>
> (4) the existence of a perfectly good word for 'genealogy' (GENEALOGIA);
>
> wouldn't 'birth' be the most natural translation in Matt. 1:1?
>   

HH: I apologize. I was answering the question 
whether "birth" would be a natural translation of 
the word, not "whether it would be "the most 
natural translation in Matt. 1:1." I did not mean 
to say that.

Yours,
Harold Holmyard




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