Genesis 17:3-4 (JST 3-8) new info – people not kept ordinances, sprinkled children, Abel not sacrifice
Four verses added
Genesis – v3 & v4
JST – four verses added between v3 & v4: People had gone astray, not kept ordinances nor anointings nor baptism; have started incorrectly sprinkling/baptism of children and preaching that Abel’s blood was a sacrifice for sin.
Genesis 17:7 (JST 17:11-12) new info – children not accountable until 8; keep covenants
Verse 7 expanded and a new verse added
Genesis – verse 7
JST – Children not accountable until 8 years of age; keep all my covenants and commandments and I will be your god.
Genesis 17:17 (JST 17:23) Abraham rejoiced not laughed; testified (not questioned) of Isaac’s birth
Abraham’s amazement was rejoicing and not laughter. He then testified of God’s promise (not questioned it)
Genesis – Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed. Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old?
JST – Then Abraham fell on his face and rejoiced. A Child shall be born unto him that is an hundred years old.
Genesis 17:18 (JST 17:24) – Added “uprightly” to hope of Ishmael’s life
Abraham hopes Ishmael will not just live, but live uprightly
Genesis – And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!
JST – And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live uprightly before thee!
Genesis 17:19 (JST 17:25) – Added “also” indicating covenant was before Isaac
Covenant given to Sarah’s son also, that is in addition to Adam, Enoch, Noah, Abraham
Genesis – and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant
JST – and I will establish my covenant with him [Isaac] also for an everlasting covenant
Genesis 18:3 (JST 18:3) – Abraham’s tired messengers are angels, not God
Abraham is speaking to the three messengers (tired, hungry, dirty) sent from God, and not to the Lord himself.
Genesis – And said, My Lord, if now I have found favor in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant
JST – My Brethren, if now I have found favor in your sight, pass not away I pray you from thy servant
Genesis 18:13 (JST 18:13) – Messengers are from the Lord, not the Lord himself
The messengers are angels from the Lord, not the Lord himself
Genesis – And the Lord said unto Abraham
JST – And the angel of the Lord said unto Abraham
Genesis 18:20-21 (JST 18:19-20) – Messengers are speaking (not the Lord speaking)
The messengers are talking to Abraham; it is not the Lord himself speaking
Genesis – And the Lord said … I will go down now, and see
JST – And the angel of the Lord said unto Abraham … And I (angel) will send you, and ye shall go down now
Genesis 18:22-23 (JST 18:23-24) – Mesengers were not just “men” but holy men
The messengers were not just “men,” but holy men, after the order of God; and Abraham remembered their conversations
Genesis – And the men turned their faces.. and went toward Sodom… And Abraham drew near
JST – And the angels which were holy men, and were sent after the order of God, turned their faces…But Abraham stood yet before the Lord, remembering the things which had been told him … And Abraham drew near to Sodom
Genesis 18:26 (JST 18:29) – the one looking for righteous in Sodom was Abraham not the Lord
If Abraham finds the righteous in Sodom, not the Lord finding them
Genesis- And the Lord said, If I find…
JST – And the Lord said unto Abraham, if thou findest …
Genesis 18:33 (JST 18:41-2) – Abraham (not the Lord) went his way
Abraham went his way, not the Lord
Genesis – And the Lord went his way,
JST – And as soon as he had left communing with the Lord, Abraham went his way
Genesis 19:1 (JST 19:1) – three not two angels
Three angels, not two
Genesis – And there came two angels
JST – And there came three angels
Genesis 19:1 (JST 19:1) – Lot was at his door, not the gate of Sodom
Lot was at the door of his house, not the gate of Sodom
Genesis – And Lot sat in the gate of Sodom
JST – And lot sat at the door of his house, in the city of Sodom
Genesis 19:8 (JST 19:13-14) – Lot will “not” (rather than bring them) offer his daughters to the Sodomites
Lot says he will not bring his daughters to the sodomites, whereas the bible said he will bring them to them.
Genesis – I have two daughters… let me, I pray you bring them out unto you
JST – I have two daughters … let me, I pray you, plead with my brethren that I may not bring then out unto you
Genesis 19:12 (JST 19:18) – Lot has sons-in-law, not just one
Lot has sons-in-law, not just a son-in-law
Genesis – Hast thou here any besides ? son-in-law and thy son’s sons?
JST – Hast thou here any besides? sons-in-law and thy son’s sons
Genesis 19:17 (JST 19:25) – Angelic visitors are “they” and not “he”
Angel visitors are they and not he
Genesis – when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape
JST – when they had brought them forth abroad, that they said, Escape
Genesis 19:31 (JST 19:37) – Lot’s eldest daughter was wicked
Lot’s eldest daughter was wicked
Genesis – And the firstborn said unto the younger
JST – And the firstborn dealt wickedly, and said unto the younger
Genesis 20:4 (JST 20:5) – Abimelech not allowed by the Lord to approach Sarah
Abimelech didn’t approach Sarah because the Lord had not allowed it
Genesis – But Abimelech had not come near her; and he said,
JST – But Abimelech had not come near her for the Lord had not suffered him; and he said,
Genesis 20:16 (JST 20:17) – Sarah’s covering was not Abraham, but a token
Sarah’s rebuke from Abimelech where Abraham is portrayed as a covering; however the covering was a token to all that she not be taken again
Genesis – I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee,
JST – I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold he shall give unto thee a covering of the eyes, and it shall be a token unto all that thou mayest not be taken again from Abraham thy husband.
Genesis 21:6 (JST 21:5) – Sarah “rejoiced” not “laughed”
Sarah, upon hearing she would have a child, rejoiced not laughed
Genesis – God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh
JST – God hath made me to rejoice, so that all that hear will rejoice
Genesis 21:7 (JST 21:6) – Added that Sarah remembered God’s promises
Sarah remembered God’s promises
Genesis – Who would have said that Sarah should have given children suck?
JST – Who would have said that Sarah should have given children suck? For I was barren, but the Lord promised, and I have borne unto Abraham a son in his old age.
Genesis 21:8-9 (JST 21:7) – Not only did Hagar mock Sarah, but her son mocked Sarah also
Verses 8 & 9 combined into the same paragraph indicating the same event; Ishmael mocking Isaac
Genesis – Abraham made a great feast that same day that Isaac was weaned. (new paragraph) And Sarah saw the son [Ishmael] of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.
JST – Abraham made a great feast that same day that Isaac was weaned. And Sarah saw the son [Ishmael] of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, [Ishmael was] mocking [Isaac].
Genesis 21:21 (JST 21:19) – Ishmael (not his mother) chose his wife
Ishmael, not his mother, decided who his wife should be
Genesis – and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt
JST – And he took him a wife out of the land of Egypt
Genesis 21:33 (JST 21:31) Abimelech (not Abraham) planted a grove of trees
Abimelech, not Abraham, planed a grove in Beer-sheba
Genesis – And Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba
JST – Then Abimelech, and Phicol, the chief captain of his hosts, rose up, and they planted a grove in Beer-sheba
Genesis 22:2 (JST 22:2) – Clarifies that Abraham had two sons, not just Isaac
Abraham had two sons, Ishmael (older) and Isaac (younger), not just Isaac
Genesis – Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac
JST – Take now thy son, thine only Isaac
Genesis 22:6 (JST 22:7) – The sacrificial wood laid on Abraham (not Isaac) back
Abraham, symbolizing Christ, laid the wood on his back, not Isaac’s back
Genesis – And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire
JST – And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon his back, and he took the fire
Genesis 22:15-16 (JST 22:19-20) – The Lord (not an angel) confirmed Abrahamic blessings
Abrahamic blessings reiterated by the Lord himself, not by an angel of the Lord
Genesis – And the angel of the Lord … said, By myself have I sworn
JST – And the angel of the Lord called unto Abraham.. and said, Thus saith the Lord, I have sworn
Genesis 24:2, 9 (JST 24:2, 8) – Oath to servant by putting his hand under Abraham’s hand (not thigh)
Abraham made an oath with a servant (who was tasked to find a wife for Isaac) by the servant putting his hand under Abrahams hand (not Abraham’s thigh)
Genesis – Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh
JST – Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my hand
Genesis 24:16 (JST 24:16) she was more beautiful than any man had ever seen (not that she hadn’t had sexual relations)
Abraham’s servant saw the potential wife for Isaac and described her as a beauty that no man had seen; but the comment didn’t refer to whether she had sexual relations with someone
Genesis – And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her:
JST – And the damsel being a virgin, very fair to look upon, such as the servant of Abraham had not seen, neither had any man known the like unto her;
Genesis 24:21 (JST 24:21) – added to “held his peace,” pondering in his heart
Abraham’s servant wondered if the damsel was the one described by Abraham; added- pondering in his heart
Genesis – And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit, whether the Lord
JST – And the man, wondering at her, held his peace, pondering in his heart whether the Lord
Genesis 24:28 (JST 24:27) – damsel told her mother (not those of her mother’s house)
Genesis – And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother’s house these things
JST – And the damsel ran to the house, and told her mother these things
Genesis 24:47 (JST 24:51) – put earrings into her ears (not upon her face)
Abraham’s servant sent to find a son for Isaac, met Rebekkah and gave her earrings that she put in her ears (not on her face)
Genesis – and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.
JST – And I gave the earrings unto her, to put into her ears, and the bracelets upon her hands.
