I agree with most of you. the second verse is the toughest one. obviously the daughter didn't mean much to abraham, since he never gave her a name.
But the sentence ''ánd with his sword up raised for the slaughter'' doesn't seem right. I am listening very closely, and i just can't decide if they say ''and with his sword up'' or ''and when he saw her''. it seems like they say both..
anyway.. the second could make sense too though. when you think about ''when he saw her raised for the slaughter'' katniss wasn't raised like every other kid in district 12. maybe the daughter was ''raised'' to rebel against her father, since he never gave her a name..
@Sidera It is 'And with his sword up' I think because a) it is more true to the original story of Abraham and Isaac and b) it doesn't make sense to have the daughter raised for the slaughter as if she and Isaac had switched places (if they had the 'father' would not you the phrase 'and WHEN he saw her'; he would be watching it happen 'and AS he saw her RAISE for the slaughter') nor does it make sense for her to be raised before she raises her bow.
@Sidera It is 'And with his sword up' I think because a) it is more true to the original story of Abraham and Isaac and b) it doesn't make sense to have the daughter raised for the slaughter as if she and Isaac had switched places (if they had the 'father' would not you the phrase 'and WHEN he saw her'; he would be watching it happen 'and AS he saw her RAISE for the slaughter') nor does it make sense for her to be raised before she raises her bow.
I agree with most of you. the second verse is the toughest one. obviously the daughter didn't mean much to abraham, since he never gave her a name. But the sentence ''ánd with his sword up raised for the slaughter'' doesn't seem right. I am listening very closely, and i just can't decide if they say ''and with his sword up'' or ''and when he saw her''. it seems like they say both.. anyway.. the second could make sense too though. when you think about ''when he saw her raised for the slaughter'' katniss wasn't raised like every other kid in district 12. maybe the daughter was ''raised'' to rebel against her father, since he never gave her a name..
am I making sense? I don't know..
@Sidera It is 'And with his sword up' I think because a) it is more true to the original story of Abraham and Isaac and b) it doesn't make sense to have the daughter raised for the slaughter as if she and Isaac had switched places (if they had the 'father' would not you the phrase 'and WHEN he saw her'; he would be watching it happen 'and AS he saw her RAISE for the slaughter') nor does it make sense for her to be raised before she raises her bow.
@Sidera It is 'And with his sword up' I think because a) it is more true to the original story of Abraham and Isaac and b) it doesn't make sense to have the daughter raised for the slaughter as if she and Isaac had switched places (if they had the 'father' would not you the phrase 'and WHEN he saw her'; he would be watching it happen 'and AS he saw her RAISE for the slaughter') nor does it make sense for her to be raised before she raises her bow.