Sanoy
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Different translations have different goals in mind. Some have the intent of making it easy to read to modern ears, some strive to be thought for thought, and some strive to be more literal. In any case we can say with certainty that "son" is not in the original text. McGrew confirm this, and you can see the original text here, there is no son just a genative.Why then does the NIV and KJV say "the son of"? Shouldn't translations use the most accurate words? Maybe the reason why people don't want to translate it as "the son of" is because it messes with their explanations for why the genealogies differ.
Is there any hard evidence about Neri having a daughter? Or is it just a hypothesis? So then there are two ancestors of Shealtiel - Solomon and Nathan - I thought they'd include the most impressive ancestor - Solomon....
edit: on the other hand there is a theme in Matthew where Jesus is the King of the Jews (including Solomon) while Luke is very humble, so it makes sense not to be from Solomon.... see:
An Uncensored Guide to the Christmas Stories
Should I really need historic evidence that Neri had a daughter? Is it not the case that people have multiple children, and even more the case that established men had multiple child bearers back then? Did not Solomon himself have 700 wives? Given that there are so many historical things we can miss and don't have access to, the impetus on evidence should be attached to the affirmative claim that there are contradictions. Even a nominal hypothesis is sufficient to undermine a claim of contradiction that is not bound in evidence, because such a claim of contradiction is itself nominal. To make a non nominal case of contradiction one has to eliminate, or make unlikely, all the ways in which something could have been achieved.
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