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the Geneva Bible uses the term "whelps" (puppies) in Jesus's initial denial of a woman's request, rather than the more derogatory term "dogs" used by most English translations
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King James banned the Geneva Bible in 1611,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=XamSCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA247 Edwards the Exegete: Biblical Interpretation and Anglo-Protestant Culture on the Edge of the Enlightenment]</ref> which led to its virtual disappearance for nearly 400 years.<ref>[http://www.breakingchristiannews.com/articles/display_art.html?ID=10876 Kirk Cameron Endorses Geneva Bible]</ref> The Geneva Bible is now available in a hardcover edition published in 2006 by Tolle Lege Press.<ref name=Bible>Lillback, Peter A., DeMar, Gary D., Federer, William J., ''et al.'' ''1599 Geneva Bible: The Holy Scriptures Contained in the Old and New Testaments.'' White Hall, [[West Virginia|WV]], [[United States of America|USA]]: Tolle Lege Press, 2006. 1400 pp., cloth. ISBN 0975484699. Also available in black (ISBN 0975484613) and calfskin (ISBN 0975484621) leather-bound editions.</ref>
 
King James banned the Geneva Bible in 1611,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=XamSCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA247 Edwards the Exegete: Biblical Interpretation and Anglo-Protestant Culture on the Edge of the Enlightenment]</ref> which led to its virtual disappearance for nearly 400 years.<ref>[http://www.breakingchristiannews.com/articles/display_art.html?ID=10876 Kirk Cameron Endorses Geneva Bible]</ref> The Geneva Bible is now available in a hardcover edition published in 2006 by Tolle Lege Press.<ref name=Bible>Lillback, Peter A., DeMar, Gary D., Federer, William J., ''et al.'' ''1599 Geneva Bible: The Holy Scriptures Contained in the Old and New Testaments.'' White Hall, [[West Virginia|WV]], [[United States of America|USA]]: Tolle Lege Press, 2006. 1400 pp., cloth. ISBN 0975484699. Also available in black (ISBN 0975484613) and calfskin (ISBN 0975484621) leather-bound editions.</ref>
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== Notable Translation Differences ==
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At {{bibleref|Mark|7|27}} (and the corresponding passage in the [[Gospel of Matthew]]), the Geneva Bible uses the term "whelps" (puppies) in Jesus's initial denial of a woman's request, rather than the more derogatory term "dogs" used by most English translations:
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{{cquote|But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be fed: for it is not good to take the children’s bread, and to cast it unto whelps.}}
 
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