APPENDIX A. A SELECTION OF SCRIPTURE TEXTS, EXHIBITING THE AUTHORIZED ENGLISH VERSION WITH SUGGESTED EMENDATIONS. [Of the passages considered in this COMMENTARY, the following are the principal concerning which it is believed that a Revised Rendering is desirable. The reason for each version will be found in the Notes upon each Text respectively. The words in parentheses are designed to convey the full sense of the original terms.] PROPOSED RENDERING. I. THE OLD TESTAMENT. AUTHORIZED VERSION. GENESIS 9. 20. And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard: 21. And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. 27. 28. Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine. 27. 37. And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, with corn and wine have I sustained him. 35. 14. And he (Jacob) poured a drink offering thereon. . And Noah began to be a cultivator of the soil, and he prepared a vineyard. And he drank of the juice-of-the-grape, and was filled to repletion; and he was uncovered within his tent. Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, even abundance of corn and vine-fruit. And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, with corn and vine-fruit have I sustained him. And he (Jacob) poured a libation thereon. [N.B.-In all other places where drink-offering' occurs in the A. V., the proper translation is ‘libation’—¿. e. the pouring out of some liquid.] 40. 9. And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me; 10. And in the vine were three branches and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes. 43. II. And a little honey. 43. 34. And they (the brethren) drank, and were merry with him (Joseph). 49. 11. Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes: 12. His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk. EXODUS 12. 8. And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread. 15. Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel. 17. And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread. 18. In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even. 19. Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land. 20. Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread. And the chief cup-bearer told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me. And in the vine were three branches, and the vine was upon the point of budding; (then) it burst into flower; (then) its stalk-clusters ripened into grapes (fit for gathering). And a little grape-honey. And they drank, and were well filled with him. Binding his foal to a vine, and his ass's colt to a sorek-vine, he shall wash his garments in wine and his clothes in the blood of grapes. His eyes shall be purple-stained with wine, and his teeth white with milk. And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roasted with fire, and sweet (=unfermented) cakes. Seven days shall ye eat unfermented cakes; even the first day ye shall put away ferment (whatever-can-cause-fermentation) out of your houses: for whosoever eateth what is fermented from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel. And ye shall attend to the unleavened cakes. In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened cakes until the one and twentieth day of the month at even. Seven days shall there be no ferment found in your houses; and every one eating a fermented thing, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land. Ye shall eat nothing that has been fermented; in all your habitations shall ye eat unfermented cakes. [N.B.-In all other places where the A. V. gives 'unleavened bread,' 'leaven,' 'leavened bread,' and that which is leavened,' the preferable readings are'unfermented cakes,' 'ferment,' 'fermented cakes,' and 'that which is fermented.'] NUMBERS 18. 12. All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto the Lord, them have I given thee. All the choice part of the olive-andorchard-fruit, and all the choice part of the vine-fruit, and of the corn; the firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto the Lord, them have I given thee. |