Geneva Bible

The Geneva Bible was a Protestant translation of the Holy Bible into English. It has also been known as the Breeches Bible, after its rendering of Genesis 3:7, "Then the eyes of them both were opened, and they knewe that they were naked, and they sewed figge tree leaues together, and made them selues breeches." By contrast, the King James Version translates the Hebrew word "chagor" in this verse as "apron."

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Protestant - Translation - Holy Bible - Genesis - King James Version - Hebrew

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This was the Bible read by William Shakespeare, by John Donne, and by John Bunyan, author of Pilgrim's Progress. It was the Bible that was brought to America on the Mayflower and used by Oliver Cromwell in the English Civil War. Because the language of the Geneva Bible was more forceful and vigorous, most readers preferred this version strongly over the Bishops' Bible, the translation authorised by the Church of England under Elizabeth I.

Related Topics:
William Shakespeare - John Donne - John Bunyan - Pilgrim's Progress - Mayflower - Oliver Cromwell - English Civil War - Bishops' Bible - Church of England - Elizabeth I

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