Why is eve's statement at genesis 5 about Seth in italics...?

Question

Could it be because her statement was Her opinion and that Seth could not have possibly been a replacement for Abel becuase it says that Adam and Eve had intercourse for Seth to be born.
However this does prove that Adam and eve knew that God had demanded a replacement for Abel.
That is what Augustus Ceasar was trying to do with his son Jesus. Create aacceptable replacement for Abel to appeaser God which would guarantee the return of eternal life to mankind.
Is it a Hatfield and McCoy's vendeta.
Does understanding this concept bring the existance of a god alive.

Answer 1

The italics, I'm sure, are a convention of translation. You probably won't find them in different versions of the Bible. I'd suggest that you start with reading the preface to the edition that you're reading - usually the publishers will remark on why they use different typographic conventions. If that doesn't help, go to another version of the Bible and compare translations.

If you gave the chapter and verse, maybe I could look it up and help you figure things out a little more thoroughly.

Also, I notice you're asking a lot of theology-related questions in the anthropology forum. You might find more knowledgeable answerers in the religion forum, which is under society and culture, I believe.

Answer 2

Good luck proving it. Might want to check up on how those italics got translated in from the ancient Hebrew the text was translated from. They might just be a very vague equivalent to italics, who knows. I don't, and I'm not sure you do either.

I sincerely doubt a set of italics in Genesis, that you probably aren't the first to notice, changes the whole meaning of the Bible.

Answer 3

You need to stop. The Bible is not something for us to manipulate and twist to make it something of our own. The Bible is a love story and above all the Holy living word of God.

Stop.