By Ernie Lee Hoch
Covenants Of Promise Ministries

Please read the following verse. On it’s face, it sounds very understandable but look at the true meaning of some of the Hebrew words.

Bereshith (Genesis) 4:26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD. {Enos: Heb. Enosh} { to call ...: or, to call themselves by the name of the Lord}

Here’s the same verse with the Strong’s Concordance numbers.

26 And to Seth <8352>, to him <1931> also there was born <3205> (8795) a son <1121>; and he called <7121> (8799) his name <8034> Enos <583>: then began men <2490> (8717) to call <7121> (8800) upon the name <8034> of the LORD <3068>. {Enos: Heb. Enosh} { to call ...: or, to call themselves by the name of the Lord}

2490 chalal {khaw_lal'}
a primitive root [compare 02470]; TWOT _ 660,661; v
AV _ begin 52, profane 36, pollute 23, defile 9, break 4, wounded 3,
eat 2, slay 2, first 1, gather grapes 1, inheritance 1, began men 1,
piped 1, players 1, prostitute 1, sorrow 1, stain 1, eat as
common things 1; 141
1) to profane, defile, pollute, desecrate, begin
1a) (Niphal)
1a1) to profane oneself, defile oneself, pollute oneself
1a1a) ritually
1a1b) sexually
1a2) to be polluted, be defiled
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to profane, make common, defile, pollute
1b2) to violate the honour of, dishonour
1b3) to violate (a covenant)
1b4) to treat as common
1c) (Pual) to profane (name of God)
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to let be profaned
1d2) to begin
1e) (Hophal) to be begun
2) to wound (fatally), bore through, pierce, bore
2a) (Qal) to pierce
2b) (Pual) to be slain
2c) (Poel) to wound, pierce
2d) (Poal) to be wounded
3) (Piel) to play the flute or pipe
 
03068 Y@hovah {yeh_ho_vaw'}
from 01961; TWOT _ 484a; n pr dei
AV _ LORD 6510, GOD 4, JEHOVAH 4, variant 1; 6519
Jehovah = "the existing One"
1) the proper name of the one true God
1a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of 0136
 

0136 'Adonay {ad_o_noy'}
am emphatic form of 0113; TWOT _ 27b; n m
AV _ Lord 431, lord 2, God 1; 434
1) my lord, lord
1a) of men
1b) of God
2) Lord _ title, spoken in place of Yahweh in Jewish display of reverence

We can now see the error of translators who apparently did not intend to present the whole truth of the matter in this verse. Here is how this verse should be understood. I do not portend to present this as the correct translation but rather the correct understanding.

Bereshith (Genesis) 4:26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then was the Name of Yahweh being profaned and dishonored among men..

Certainly from the time of Adam and Howwah (Eve) they knew the Name of Yahweh and called upon His Name and the translators have given us the impression that it wasn’t until after their 3^rd son gave birth to Enos that men started using the Name of Yahweh. To the contrary, it was then that men started to profane and dishonor the Name of Yahweh.

The lying pen of the scribes certainly does mislead.

YermeYahu (Jeremiah) 8:8 How do ye say, We [are] wise, and the law of YaHWeH [is] with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he [it]; the pen of the scribes [is] in vain. {in vain made...: or, the false pen of the scribes worketh for falsehood}