Adam’s offspring were like a “bruised reed, ” which God did not wish to crush, or like a“ smoldering flaxen wick, ” which he did not want to extinguish.
چونکه در نظر یَهُوَه کفاره دادن بشر عملی درست و عادلانه بود اگرچه به قیمت گزافی برایش تمام شد .‏