Reading the Bible in anything but Hebrew seems such a meme.
Take this part in genesis for example:
Abraham complains that since he is childless, the one in charge of his household is his servant dammesek eliezer.
No one knows the meaning of this word dammesek, no commentary, nothing.
The Septuagint tries to bullshit their way translating this as "damascene" meaning from Damascus, even though the city didn't have this name before the Hellenistic era.
What are your thoughts about this?
If you don't see the Hebrew text you don't even know you are being fed lies.
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