Though Young's Literal Translation is difficult at times to read and to understand, there are many times when I am so grateful for it and the understanding it gives to me.

Consider these words which Jacob spoke to all who were with him "and we rise and go up to Bethel and I make there an altar to God, who is answering in the day of my distress and is with me in the way that I have gone".

The verb 'is answering' is a continuing action of God, and 'is with me', though Jacob is referring to the past, is to say that God is ever present with him in that past and to the present day also.

The lists of names of the generations of families, sons of sons of sons, that we find in the Bible are awesome: this record keeping is such an evidence to me of true history, of fact recorded and written down and how important are the names of peopl ...