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Pictured to the left is a copy of a version of the Holy Bible, known as the NEW CENTURY VERSON ( NCV ); being entitled: THE revolve DEVOTIONAL BIBLE. The following quotation is taken from this version of the Holy Bible:
"This Bible is perfect for any girl who wants straightforward answers about God and clear explanations of what life is supposed to look like. The New Century Version is an accurate, reliable, and readable translation. You won't get bogged down with confusing sentences and difficult words...this translation flows naturally and clearly." [ See HOLY BIBLE, NEW CENTURY VERSION: THE revolve DEVOTIONAL BIBLE, Copyright 2006, by Thomas Nelson, Inc., p. v. ]
Genesis 2:18-25 read as follows:
"Then the LORD God said, 'It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is right for him.' From the ground God formed every wild animal and every bird in the sky, and he brought them to the man so the man could name them. Whatever the man called each living thing, that became its name. The man gave names to all the tame animals, to the birds in the sky, and to all the wild animals. But Adam did not find a helper that was right for him. So the LORD God caused the man to sleep very deeply, and while he was asleep, God removed one of the man's ribs. Then God closed up the man's skin at the place where he took the rib. The LORD God used the rib from the man to make a woman, and then he brought the woman to the man. And the man said, 'Now, this is someone whose bones came from my bones, whose body came from my body. I will call her '"woman,"' because she was taken out of man.' So a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two will become one body. The man and his wife were naked, but they were not ashamed."
Moreover, Genesis 3:20 reads as follows: "The man named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all the living."
The word "lady" is defined as follows:
". . . n. pl. -dies 1 A refined and well-bred woman; a gentlewoman. 2 A woman of superior position in society; a woman of good family and recognized social standing. 3 Any woman: in the plural, used as a form of address. . . ." [ See NEW ILLUSTRATED WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY Including THESAURUS of SYNONYMS & ANTONYMS, PMC Publishing Company, Inc., 118 EAST 28th STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10016, dictionary portion: pages 1-1150, Copyright 1992, by J.G. Ferguson Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois, p. 546. ]
To you, the reader, it should be clear that Eve was a woman of superior position in society, since she was the "mother of all the living" ( as we read in Genesis 3:20 ): she was the first lady - literally.
If you have any questions about the Holy Bible, you can contact me by e-mail at:
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NOTE: Some of the pictures of girls in this version of the Holy Bible portray them as being dressed immodestly ( see Ephesians 6:4 and 1 Timothy 2:9, for example ), for example. Such sinful ( see 1 John 3:4, for example ) pictures must not appear in any copy of the Holy Bible ( see Psalm 119:18, for example; KJV, for example ). See also Psalm 22:22, 25; 40:9, 10; 119:13, 65-73 ( KJV, for example ), 142, 151, Matthew 28:18, John 1:1, 14; 3:16, 17; 5:26, 27; 7:16; 8:26; 10:30; 14:6; 17:1, 17; Romans 1:16; 1:20 ( see Romans 1:20 ( KJV, for example; with center-column references, for example ) to get the equivalent translation for the word "Godhead" ), Colossians 2:8, 9, Titus 1:1, 2, 1 John 5:6-8, and Revelation 2:10, for example.
