Today’s Readings: Genesis 47-50; Mark 7:24-37
I finished Genesis today. I have to say that I really enjoyed reading it (I think enjoyed is the word I want). Whoever wrote it is quite the storyteller. I know that I’ve read it before, but I found it more engaging this time than I ever [...]
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Quite the Blessing
Posted in genesis, old testament, tagged bible, dan, gad asher, genesis, jacob, joseph, naphtali on March 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Jacob’s Ladder
Posted in genesis, old testament, tagged angels, bible, childhood memories, genesis, jacob's ladder on January 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I read about Jacob’s ladder today. You know, the one with angels going up and down (Genesis 28:10-17). Considering how much the toy intrigued me, the story was kind of anti-climactic. I mean, sure, seeing angels going back and forth from heaven was probably fairly awesome for Jacob, but I just didn’t [...]
Remember that time that Lot had sex with his daughters?
Posted in genesis, old testament, tagged bible, genesis, gomorrah, homosexuality, incest, lot, rage, sodom on January 9, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Lot and his two daughters escape into the hills and live out their lives there. With their mother gone and no men in the hills to wed, the girls get their father drunk and then somehow manage to get him to sleep with them so they can continue the bloodline.
Wait. What? SERIOUSLY?! I MEAN, SERIOUSLY?!
Isaac and Ishmael
Posted in genesis, old testament, tagged aaron sorkin, bible, genesis, isaac, ishmael, jealousy, terrorism, west wing on January 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Did a feud between two races truly begin because of the jealousy between the two wives of one man? Is that really how this all works?
God is an “Us”(?)
Posted in genesis, old testament, tagged angels, bible, biblical confusion, biblical typos, feminism, genesis, monotheism, omnipotence, polytheism, skepticism, translations on January 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; …”
Genesis 1:26
This may seem like an asinine question right off the bat, but who is the “us” in this statement of God?
