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Subject: Genesis 3:14,15
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Date: 6 Aug 90 01:48:34 GMT
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Greetings:

I am reading the book _Catholicism_, George Brantl, Editor.  On page 74, he
discusses Catholic teaching on Mary.  He proceeds to quote Genesis 3:14,15,
applying it to Mary:

	And the Lord God said to the serpent:  ... I will put en-
	mities between thee and the woman, and thy seed and her
	seed:  she shall crush thy head and thou shalt lie in wait for
	her heel.

Note that it is a feminine person that crushes the serpent's head; that the
serpent lies in wait for the heel of a feminine person.  The NIV renders the
passage as follows:

	So the Lord God said to the serpent, ...

	"And I will put enmity
	    between you and the woman,
	    and between your offspring and hers;
	he will crush your head,
	    and you will strike his heel."

Note that this time it is a masculine person that crushes the serpent's head;
that the serpent lies in wait for the heel of a masculine person.

I went to _The Pocket Interlinear Old Testament_, Jay P. Green, Sr., General
Editor and Translator.  Green renders the passage as follows:

	And Jehovah God said
	to the serpent, ...

	And I will put enmity
	between you and the
	woman, and between your
	seed and her seed - He will
	bruise your head, and you
	shall bruise His heel.

As you can see, Green and the NIV are in agreement.  I am nearly ready to
conclude that Brantl is quoting from a "broken" translation.  Is there anyone
in net.land that is proficient enough in Hebrew to settle this issue for me?

Thanks,

Brad Staff
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