Stories and geneologies...ah...not again...

Ok, all you Hebrew students! More food for thought here:

Genesis 11:10 - The KJV reads: "These are the generations of Shem . . ."
Youngs Literal: "These [are] births of Shem. . . "
NAS: "These are the records of the generations of Shem. . . "
NIV: "This is the account of Shem . . ."

But Genesis 11:10 (NIrV) from the International Bible Society reads, "Here is the story of Shem . . ." and the scriptures go on to list his children and their children and their children . . . Is story one of the meanings or an implied meaning of that Hebrew word for "generations"? Is it implied when they refer to the "account of" or the "book of?" In Genesis 5:1 (KJV) we find "This is the book of the generations of Adam. . ." Maybe that's where they got "story".

Gosh! All the generations that follow me are part of my story? We, as God's children are part of His story? Of course! Past generations had better handles on that kind of thinking.

Interesting? It was even more interesting to read that particular translation because (besides Christine's comments) I recently read this on a reader's blog. (If you're a graduate student or doing doctorate work, she has some other interesting posts, here.)