10 Lit., that we may know them. The verb know yada was used of sexual intercourse, hence the translations that we may have relations with them NASB and have sex with them NIV . Gay theologians argue that yada is only used 15 times to describe sexual understanding but it appears over 900 times as mental understanding. However, word usage statistics are not nearly as important as context. In Bible interpretation, context is king. Yet, it can also be argued that ten of the twelve usages of yada in Genesis refer to sexual intercourse e.g., 4 1, 25 .
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