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To: boatbums; metmom
FYI...The Midrash is NOT the Bible.

Neither is the "new testmament."

But whatever one thinks of derash interpretation, the plain sense of the text is that a very short gestation period was lengthened to a much greater amount of time. The idea that it refers to more conceptions after than before the sin is metmom's own private interpretation. Even if private interpretations are all put on the same level, her opinion is no more the obvious sense of the text as the traditional one.

That, btw, is why there has always been an authentic oral interpretive tradition. Unfortunately the Catholic Church ruined that idea for Protestants.

69 posted on 06/11/2018 5:44:10 PM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (Against Theocracy? Repeal the laws against murder!)
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To: Zionist Conspirator; metmom; boatbums; aMorePerfectUnion; ealgeone; MHGinTN; Elsie
Neither is the "new testmament."

LOL. You keep telling yourself that bro. In eternity, we will see if the New Testament is true or not, but by then it will be too late for you. You can accept Jesus of Nazareth as the Messiah now, or face him later, as a judge. That’s on you bro, but the Queen of the South, and the men of Ninevah will be there too. You may feel free, to do with that information, whatever you like. It is your problem.

The idea that it refers to more conceptions after than before the sin is metmom's own private interpretation.

Gee whiz dude. You accuse Metmom of making a personal interpretation, which I agree with her on. Then, what do you do? You turn right around, and make your own personal interpretation.
I am pretty sure that I disagree with about 98% of your beliefs. I am totally comfortable with that. Try to have a nice eternity, wherever you spend it. 😁😇🤣🔥

88 posted on 06/12/2018 1:19:00 AM PDT by Mark17 (Genesis chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning GOD....And the rest, as they say, is HIS-story)
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