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11) A shoe tree
23)Noah built his ark out of this
One must be Sandalwood, but what would the other be?
Thanks for any help
23)Noah built his ark out of this
One must be Sandalwood, but what would the other be?
Thanks for any help
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Noahs ark is difficult
The sixteenth century Geneva Bible translated it as “pine-trees.” Rather than risk a wrong translation, the translators of the King James Version of the Bible (1611) simply kept the original Hebrew word and called it gopher wood.
Some translators of more recent Bible versions, such as the New American Standard translation (1960), have continued this wise practice. Others, most notably the New International Version (1978), have substituted “cypress” for gopher, using a footnote to admit that the meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain.
The sixteenth century Geneva Bible translated it as “pine-trees.” Rather than risk a wrong translation, the translators of the King James Version of the Bible (1611) simply kept the original Hebrew word and called it gopher wood.
Some translators of more recent Bible versions, such as the New American Standard translation (1960), have continued this wise practice. Others, most notably the New International Version (1978), have substituted “cypress” for gopher, using a footnote to admit that the meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain.
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"Gopher wood" is a misreading and scribal error. "Kopher" wood is correct and means wood (any wood) that is covered with Kopher. Kopher is bitumen. In the Genesis text (6:14), the context is clear. The GPR wood used, (a scribal error) is to be covered in KPR. G and K in Hebrew are so similar that inexperienced Hebrew "scholars," such as those translating the King James Version of the Bible, could have been prone to such errors, indeed, they made many such errors.
IF this is correct, then it could be any wood available in the area,IMO
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"Gopher wood" is a misreading and scribal error. "Kopher" wood is correct and means wood (any wood) that is covered with Kopher. Kopher is bitumen. In the Genesis text (6:14), the context is clear. The GPR wood used, (a scribal error) is to be covered in KPR. G and K in Hebrew are so similar that inexperienced Hebrew "scholars," such as those translating the King James Version of the Bible, could have been prone to such errors, indeed, they made many such errors.
IF this is correct, then it could be any wood available in the area,IMO
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