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>The Lord smelled the soothing aroma, and the Lord said to Himself, “I will never again curse the ground on account of man, for the intent of man’s heart is evil from his youth; and I will never again destroy every living thing, as I have done.
This is another case of God speaking figuratively, because He doesnt have passions, it wasnt the smell of the sacrifice that pleased Him, it was the Righteousness of Noah. He knew from the moment He created Man that Man would have the capacity for great evil, solely because of the nature of Free Will.
I *highly* recommend getting a Douay-Rheims, it has nice footnotes that clarify some of the more confusing passages.
The DRB annotations are literally the exact opposite of Sculfield's, ironically, which is why I recommend it. The truth is, a lot of the bible is incredibly figurative while other parts are incredibly literal, and the average person simply wont be able to tell which is which on their own. (In fact, midwit translations like scofields are evidence of this).
Judging by his early life, I think he was just a useful pawn who was intelligent enough to provide a translation for his masters, but too stupid or maybe just greedy to actually bother seeing if the translation was correct
This is another case of God speaking figuratively, because He doesnt have passions, it wasnt the smell of the sacrifice that pleased Him, it was the Righteousness of Noah. He knew from the moment He created Man that Man would have the capacity for great evil, solely because of the nature of Free Will.
I *highly* recommend getting a Douay-Rheims, it has nice footnotes that clarify some of the more confusing passages.