tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462946535883846881.post4647967672213322926..comments2024-03-17T16:32:51.970-04:00Comments on Vast Public Indifference: Obscure Biblical Names: FortunatusCDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14390048358391513711noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462946535883846881.post-15695065513356504472011-03-24T15:30:00.399-04:002011-03-24T15:30:00.399-04:00> The Geneva Bible spells the name of Kain(Cain...> The Geneva Bible spells the name of Kain(Cain)'s son as Henoch in Genesis 4:17 — the 1611 KJV went with Enoch<br /><br />The Geneva spelling is the correct one in this case, and the KJV a corruption, because we know <a href="http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Henoch" rel="nofollow">the name Henoch originated millions of years before among Sargon's people</a>.Robert J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12937384579138400443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462946535883846881.post-29290252324731347512011-03-23T20:33:18.263-04:002011-03-23T20:33:18.263-04:00I'll certainly keep my eye out for these!
As ...I'll certainly keep my eye out for these!<br /><br />As far as I can tell, Enosh is the Geneva Bible's spelling of the name that appears in Gen 5:7, rendered as Enos in the KJV. The Geneva Bible spells the name of Kain(Cain)'s son as Henoch in Genesis 4:17 — the 1611 KJV went with Enoch. <br /><br />For comparing the Geneva and KJV, <a href="http://lookhigher.net/englishbibles/thegenevabible/genesis/5.html#v7" rel="nofollow">I like this site </a>— you can switch back and forth between versions without losing your place, it is searchable, and it has both the 1611 and 1769 versions of the KJV.Caitlin GD Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05317897772288904474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462946535883846881.post-31969259447718425172011-03-23T17:21:59.497-04:002011-03-23T17:21:59.497-04:00I'd be very interested to know of cases where ...I'd be very interested to know of cases where a name of quotation on a stone was clearly taken from the Geneva Bible rather than the KJV. I know of one such name: there was an Enosh Lawrence in early Groton, and according to Green, this is not an error for Enos or Enoch, as some have said, but is rather the Geneva spelling of Enos:<br /><br />http://books.google.com/books?id=qUXoTmfpbD4C&printsec=frontcover&dq=groton+epitaphs&hl=en&ei=4mKKTY-cOobZgQfnpeDODQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Geneva&f=false<br /><br />—RJORobert J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12937384579138400443noreply@blogger.com