05-04-2009, 12:55 AM
Lamsa translated from the Peshitta Tenakh. However, it is true that he incorported KJV wordings if they were consistent with the Peshitta text. His rendition of Genesis 6:4 is very similar to the KJV, but does not match in the last phrase.
KJV: There were giants on the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men and they bore children to them, the same became mighty men who were of old, men of renown.
Lamsa: There were giants on the earth in those days; and also after that, for the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bore children to them, and they became giants who in the olden days were mighty men of renown.
KJV: There were giants on the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men and they bore children to them, the same became mighty men who were of old, men of renown.
Lamsa: There were giants on the earth in those days; and also after that, for the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bore children to them, and they became giants who in the olden days were mighty men of renown.