I was interested in the writer's quotation that he who spares the rod hateth his children. The KJV translates this as "son," not children. If the "son" translation is correct, then there is no biblical mandate for fathers spanking daughters.
Does anyone here know the original Hebrew?
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I have spent most of my adult life teaching and tutoring algebra but have recently made a late-life career switch and have earned a PhD in English.
I used NIV (New International Version) because that was the version of the bible that we owned. A pretty popular translation too — probably the most popular one. The Hebrew word is ḇə-nōw, which is masculine — but that’s very common in the old…
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