Adam and Eve in the Garden · Genesis 2
Adam and Eve in the Garden (Genesis 2) read aloud, in a fresh direct translation from the Hebrew - plain modern English, nothing added.
Translator's notes:
• Genesis 2:6 — אֵד (ed): chose "a mist". Alternatives: "a stream", "a flow of water", "a spring". Why: the word occurs only here and once in Job, so its exact sense cannot be recovered for certain; "mist" keeps it as water rising to wet the ground, as the sentence describes.
• Genesis 2:17 — מוֹת תָּמוּת (mot tamut), literally "dying, you will die": chose "you will surely die". Alternatives: "you will die on that day" read as instant…
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