Genesis 1:16

Verse

RBT Translation:

And he is making elohim אֶת-second the Great Curses,³¹ אֶת-the Great Light-place for a ruling-place of the Hot-one, and אֶת-the Small Light-Place³² for a ruling-place³³ of the Night-hers, and the Circular-ones.³⁴

RBT Paraphrase:
And mighty ones is making the second eternal self the Great Curses, the eternal self Great Luminary for a government of the Day, and the eternal self Small Luminary for a government of the Night of herself, and the eternal self Round Stars.

LITV Translation:
And God made the two great luminaries: the great luminary to rule the day, and the small luminary and the stars to rule the night.

ESV Translation:
And God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And God made the two great lights, the greater light for regulating the day and the lesser light for regulating the night, the stars also.

Footnotes

31

Hebrew את שני המארת הגדלים. eternal self second the Great Curses. As noted in the previous verse, המארת "ha'me'arot" is the word for "curse" with a definite article here. שני can be either two or second. Here it refers to the second one as in the previous "second day." The context is that of a division between two, and now the second are becoming Great Curses.

Do we add a vowel point for a letter that is not there? And make it read "me'orot"? Or read it as is?

32

Hebrew הקטן, ha-qaton. Strong’s #6996. From the root qatan (#6994, 6962), to cut short, cut off, abridge, crop, pare. Cf. Gesenius and Fuerst. Interpreted as “young” or “small”. Hence the “little finger” in 1 Kin. 12:10 is properly the small finger and likely means the thumb. This noun is mostly used of younger or youngest builders [sons] and built-ones [daughters], i.e. “We have a small [qaton] sister…” Song of Solomon 8:8. This is not the normal word for “small/little”, but speaks of something cut short.

“But you are not thus, yet the greater-one in you -- become as the small-one; and the one leading, as the one serving.” Luke 22:26 RBT

33

Strong’s #4475, memshalah. Noun. Dominion, governance, rule. The government [memshalah] is spoken of in Psalm 145:13, 103:22, 114:2. Also used in the prophets: Isa. 22:21, Mic. 4:8, Jer. 34:1, 51:28, etc.

34

Strong’s #3556, ha-Kokavim. The round ones, balls, globes. From an unused root kavav meaning to be round, circular. Cf. Gesenius, Fuerst. One would think that a different root would be used, related to fire, sparks, or light.

 

 

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