Noah and Jesus were carpenters....
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So I took a look at the Hebrew and both surviving versions use נפח, which is blacksmith. The one even used the Aramaic form which makes me think it's at least very close to the original. This would be a very strange choice for a translation, because τέκτων refers to any kind of craftsman except a metalworker. You would expect חרש, which means any type of craftsman and is much more common.
According to Matthew 13:55 Jesus is the craftsman's son. Mark 6:3 says Jesus is the craftsman, but based on the context that's either a mistranslation (which isn't hard due to how בן is used) or a deliberate alteration to make it conform with the virgin birth narrative. Someone did that in Mark 1:9 by adding Nazareth.
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