Friday, September 27, 2024

Ronald Hendel on Genesis 4:1

  

The diction of this verse also ties together several themes of the Garden of Eden story. The man (hā’ādām) knew (yāda) his wife, that is, they had sex—perhaps for the first time, although this is not highlighted. This fulfills the rule “Therefore a man . . . cleaves to his wife, and they become one flesh.” (2:24). (Ronald Hendel, Genesis 1-11: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary [AYB 1A; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2024], 213, emphasis in bold added)

 

 

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