Lehi Sun | 1922-11-16 | Page 3 | Typographical Error Cost Life

Typographical Error Cost Life. A typographical error 'nce cost n woiiiun her life. Shortly after (he In ventlon of printing, a German printer working ou nn edition or the Kilih-entrusted Kilih-entrusted to lilt wife the setting up ol the type for n portion of the (took ot Genesis. There Is a sent rare In Genesis, Gene-sis, describing Kve'a duty to Adam which runs "He Hindi lie thy Lord." The Gerniun word for Lord Is "llerr" nnd Hint for fool Is "NHrr." The printer's wife changed the "e" to "n" and, In llio crude type of thnt period the en il I ii I "IT looked exnrtly like an "N." The sentence consequently rend "He shall be thy fool." Many copies of the hook got Into circulation befote the error wn ills covered. The ecclwliislhiil nuihorl tie were so enrugrii at what they con sldered tho woman's Impiety thut the) lunderaned her to the stake.