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Chapter 1

Genesis 1:22

RBT Hebrew Literal:

And he is blessing-kneeling elohim40 את-their to speak: "Be fruitful, and be abundant, and fill את-the Dual-Waters in the Days, and the flying-one is multiplying in the Earth,

RBT Paraphrase:
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And mighty ones is blessing/kneeling their eternal selves to speak, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill up the self eternal dual waters within the Days!" And the Flying One is multiplying within the Earth.
Speaking, to Speak

The infinitive לאמר "to speak" is found 936 times, but always translated a present or participle sense "saying" by virtually every translator that has ever come across it. The mighty ones, their eternal selves, are one. Fill not the seas, for "the Sea, she is no more" (Rev. 21:1 RBT)

  • The wheel of genesis spins: history, nations, generations, thoughts, memories.
  • The center abides: all things return, because all things emanated from here.
  • The self on the rim dies off, because motion = change = dissolution.
  • But the self in the center is. It is before Abraham (John 8:58). It is the I AM.

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And God will praise them, saying, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and birds shall multiply in the earth.
LITV Translation:
And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas; and let the birds multiply in the earth.
ESV Translation:
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Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And God blessed them, saying, Increase and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let the creatures that fly be multiplied on the earth.

Footnotes

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To Bless⇒to Kneel

Strong’s #1288, barak. To kneel. This is the concrete definition. “To bless” is an abstract implied meaning. In the Piel form. “The Piel stem is the most flexible in its use of all the various stem formations; it can express simple action, intensive action, resultative action, causative action.” (UHG Hebrew Grammar - Piel). The Psalmist, who must have been a die-hard observer of the Law, helps us understand this word better,

“Come in, may we be bowing ourselves down, and may we be bending-the-knee, may we be kneeling [barak] to the faces of Yahweh.” Psalm 95:6 literal