(February 3, 2014 at 11:52 pm)Godschild Wrote: If God meant they would die the day they ate the fruit, then why is the translation always in the day, wouldn't it be more appropriate to say on the day.The verse is translated a few ways depending on the Bible being used. Most say "in the day," some say "on the day," and some even say "if you eat from it, you will die that day." Other translations simply say "if you eat from it, you will die." It seems awkward to say "in the era that you eat from it, you will die." It makes the most sense that the writer of the story meant the version that doesn't specify a time frame: if you eat from the fruit, you will die. Then there is no need to figure out why they lived longer than a day.
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