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COINCIDENCES IN THE BIBLE AND IN BIBLICAL HEBREW
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However, as often happens with biblical translation, a major message is lost.
In the Hebrew Bible, the verse is “Noah found [chen 125 ] in the eyes of the Lord”
(Gen. 6:8).
In Hebrew, you ask a girl whether the boy she just met “found chen 125 ” in her
eyes, meaning whether she found him to her liking. But it is not coincidental that
the Bible uses the word chen 125 at this particular spot, because this word is written
like Noah, only in reverse:
(נ) + (ח) � (ח) + (נ)
Thus one can deduce that by using the two words, “Noah” and chen, 125 in the
same verse, the Bible insinuates that it is legitimate to identify information about
a person’s personality and moral conduct by reading the name in reverse, just as
done earlier with Laban and Moses .
