The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible begins with "The First Book of Moses that has been quaintly called GENESIS.

Allegedly, this is the account, based upon the limited knowledge of that day concerning natural phenomena, of the beginning of the earth and the heavens and the origin of humankind and all living creatures and plants on the earth.

The term, Genesis was first used by the Greek translators of the various Hebrew manuscripts, and, interestingly, virtually all of such manuscripts no longer exist. As in much of the Bible, the renditions that we now have seems to have been left to the discretion of the translators.

The Old Testament begins with Chapter 1:1 "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." This is the correct statement from the Hebrew as verified in The NIV Interlinear Hebrew-English Old Testament, Vol. 1, J.R. Kohlenberger III, Ed., Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, MI, 1979.

NOWHERE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT OR IN THE NEW TESTAMENT IS THERE ANY DESCRIPTION OF THIS "YHWH", "YAHWEH" (JEHOVAH), "LORD", "GOD", OR "LORD GOD". Isn't it odd that there is not one descriptive passage that would truly lead humankind to understand who or what"God" really is?

The Old Testament is replete with passages which are ANTHROPOMORPHIC (attributing human characteristics to gods or animals), which would, in and of themselves, tend to make gods more human, just as there are passages in both the Old and New Testaments which tend to make humans more godlike, for example Noah and Jehoshua, or Jeshua, or "Jesus Christ" (the Greek appellation).

Is "God" greater than infinity? He would have to be in order to create infinity! Does "God" live in "heaven", and, if so, where is "heaven"? Does "God" sit on a "throne" in "heaven"...behind "Pearly Gates"? Is "God" a huge humanlike figure dressed in a white robe" Is "God" male or female or neuter gender? Is "God" merely a force which permeates everything?

Further, Genesis 1 relates, in what would be termed today as a most childish and ignorant manner, to the creation of the earth, the sun, the moon and the stars, but no mention is made of the changing nature of the earth and its constellation and the estimated millions of other constellations that astrophysicists now know exist, which they have documented with the Hubble telescope and other scientific instruments.

Surely the great Creator would have informed humankind of the existence of such other constellations. However, apologists would state that at the time of Moses, the Creator did not deem it the time to reveal such information, or, alternatively, the ways of the Lord are mysterious and beyond the comprehension of the human mind, or merely explained it away with any other of a number of vague or evasive statements.

Genesis, Chapter 2, The apologists could cite verses 1 through 4 as an explanation of God's creation of the earth and "heavens". There is no further explanation of the word "heavens", which is plural meaning more than one, nor is there any specific information given as to the exact location of a "heaven" or "heavens", although the words, "heavens", "heavenly" "heaven" is found repeatedly in both the Old and New Testaments.

Genesis, Chapter 2 deals in the same childish manner with the creation of "man" and the creation of a "garden eastward of Eden" in which "God" allegedly put "man" into that "garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it", and "God" allegedly further instructed "man" that he could eat of everything in the "garden" except the "tree of good and evil", because on the day that he ate of the "tree of good and evil" the "man" "shall surely die." The chapter contains a rudimentary account of how the "man", now called "Adam", from the Hebrew "adam" meaning the first "man" or "human being" (see Webster's Dictionary) and named all of every living creature.

The chapter concludes with the first anesthesia in which "Adam" is put to sleep and the first surgery performed in the removal of a rib, which was used to create a "Woman, because she was taken out of man." "God's" way to "take woman out of man" is the reverse of all mammalian creatures in which both male and female are taken out of the female. Interestingly, "The ribs are elastic arches of bone which form the chief part of the thoracic walls. They are twelve in number on each side, but this number may be increased by the development of a cervical or lumbar rib, or may be diminished to eleven." (Gray's Anatomy, 11th ed., 224, House of Collectibles, 1934).

It would seem odd that this great "Creator" would not consider "standardizing" the number of ribs so that ALL men would have the same number of ribs. Further, it would seem odd that this great "Creator" would have to take a rib from a man he had created to create a woman, when the same "dust of the ground" was available from which he had made a man and he could have "breathed into [her] nostrils the breath of life", thus producing two mud creatures, and [woman would become] a living soul" equal in standing with man!

The "Lord God" must have anticipated that he would create "woman", because he created a "man" ("adam" which is from the Hebrew "adam" meaning the first "man" or "human being", see Webster's Dictionary), and how do we know it was a "man" that the "Lord God" created? Because of the protuberant genitalia, the penis and scrotum, which define "man" and which are designed to procreate through the insertion of the penis into the inverted genitalia of a "woman."

Of course, we know that there are cases in which the testes fail to descend, which makes that person an "it". Then there are cases in which a minor surgical operation can change a person to a female except for the womb and ovaries. There are many kinds of cases which show that "God" is not the consummate "creator" depicted in the Old Testament, or in the New Testament, for that matter.

This is the first account of the discrimination against women by the great "Creator", who could have just as well first created "woman" and then "man", since the overwhelming majority of the process of creating further human life and nurturing that new human life primarily rests with the woman!

Instead, after creating the "man" from "the dust of the ground", "the Lord God said, It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him." This is the second account of discrimination against the "woman" by the "Lord God", who could just as well have first created "woman" and then created "man" as a "help meet" for the "woman."

Genesis 2:22 states, "And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man." However, this second creation should have been nameless until "Adam" properly named it in Genesis 2:23, "And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man."

Thus, the Hebrew religion established the Woman as a "help meet" for Man because the "Lord God" took a rib out of the Man and made of it a Woman, for which "Therefore shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife; and they shall be one flesh." (Genesis 2:24).

Looking up the word, "wife" (at page 1159, in Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, Abingdon Press, 1983), the reference is made to number 802, turning then to that book's Hebrew and Chaldee Dictionary, it states, in pertinent part: "802 ...'ishshah, ish-shaw;...a woman (used in the same wide sense as 582): -[adulter]ess, each, every, female x many + mone, one, + together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English." Gesenius' Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon to the Old Testament (Baker Book House, 1984), at page 84, states, in pertinent part: "802...(1) a woman, of every age and condition, whether married or not...Used of unmarried women...Specially it is--(a) the name of the sex, and is even used of animals...Also used of a concubine...of one espoused...(c) as a man is praised for valour, constancy, and intrepid mind, so woman is used as a term of reproach to a cowardly man, one who is timid, undecided...a concubine...an honest woman...a quarrelsome woman...a harlot..."

Thus, one can reason that the word, "wife", did not have the meaning with which it is accepted today, which would be the joining of a woman and a man in the state of matrimony, allegedly an altogether honorable position for a woman.

This initial subjugation of "woman" by man was continued in the New Testament, for example, beginning in 1 Timothy 2: "9. In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;...11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. 12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. 13. For Adam was first formed then Eve. 14. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. 15. Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety." See also 1 Peter 3:1-6, and there are other references as well. Therefore, the New Testament continued the theme of the subjugation of women from the Old Testament.

Genesis Chapter 3 begins with the first example of "ANTHROPOMORPHISM", which is the attributing of human characteristics to gods or animals", by introducing a "talking snake", who was not only the only talking snake in all of human history, but it was this "talking snake" that became associated with "the Devil and Satan" but only in the last book of the New Testament (Revelation 12:9 and 20:2), but nowhere else in the Old Testament is there any reference to a "talking snake" that was also alleged to be of the "the Devil and/or Satan."

This "talking snake" allegedly deceived the "woman" and used her to continue the discrimination against women, which was commented on in 1 Timothy 2:14 "And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in transgression." It must be remembered that the "man" was instructed directly by "God", whereas no explanation is given as to who or how the woman was instructed. However, had the woman been instructed by "God" surely there would have been a mention of that fact.

Further, Chapter 3:14,15, 17-24 is the second example of ANTHROPOMORPHISM, wherein "God" shows anger, which is a human characteristic. In Chapter 3, there is established the basis for the subjugation of women beginning at verse 16, "Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee."

Chapter 3:8 "And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden. 3:9 And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?" The natural question arises as to whom it was that was "walking in the garden in the cool of the day"?

Certainly, it would not be the "Lord God", who would have had to adopt a human form to walk (recall Genesis 1:26,27). How could Adam and his wife have hidden themselves so that an omnipresent, omniscient and omnipotent "Lord God" would have to ask for their location as for example, why would such an omnipresent, omniscient and omnipotent "Lord God" have to ask the question "Where art thou?" Most implausible!

Further, beginning with Genesis 3:6 is unfolded a most disgraceful episode concerning the "man" (Adam) who when questioned by "God" as to whether he had "eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?", the "man" (Adam) was not "man" enough to admit that he had eaten of the tree, but alibied by blaming both God and the woman in the statement "And the man said, "The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat." Such a sorry excuse of a "man" that "God" created.

From Genesis 1:27 we are told "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them." Of course this leaps ahead of the alleged actual creation of man, which occurred in Genesis 2:7 "And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." and the alleged creation of woman, which occurred in Genesis 1:21,22 "And the Lord God cause a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man." This would raise such questions as, for example, the following:

Why was it necessary for the omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent "Lord God" to take a rib from Adam in order to make woman, when there was an abundance of dust of the ground from which to make woman just as HE, SHE, IT ("Lord God") had made man?

Why was it necessary to have woman be the "mark" when it would have been much more effective if Adam had been "conned" by the talking snake?

Why was it necessary for the "Lord God" to make a man and a woman, when the logical thing would be to make all one sex, get rid of the sex organs and make a multitude of immortal, sexless people who would live forever in peace and harmony? WHAT DO YOU MEAN IMPOSSIBLE! BEYOND THE "LORD GOD'S" CREATIVE CAPABILITIES? OH, YEAH, THE "ANGELS" ARE SEXLESS AND LIVE IN PEACE AND HARMONY. OR DON'T THEY? HOW DO WE KNOW? THE BIBLE TELLS US SO!

IF THE "LORD GOD" MADE MAN IN HIS OWN IMAGE, IN HIS OWN LIKENESS, THEN HUMANKIND IS MERELY A MIRROR IMAGE OF THE "LORD GOD", WHICH MEANS THAT ALL OF MAN'S IMPERFECTIONS ARE BECAUSE THE "LORD GOD" DECIDED TO MAKE MAN IN HIS OWN IMAGE, IN HIS OWN LIKENESS!!!!!

Well, Adam didn't amount to all that much, but was necessary to give the basis for the creation of man, and incidentally, woman, and to lay the beginning of the chain of begatting that allegedly produced Noah from whom allegedly all present human life is derived after the "flood."

In Genesis 6:1-3 the "Lord God's" "spirit will not always strive with man, for he is also flesh" even though man was made out of mud and the "Lord God" sentenced man to a lifetime expectancy of one hundred twenty years (which most humans never achieve!!!).

WHY IS IT THAT ALL BLAME, FOR HUMANKIND'S "EVIL" ACTIONS OR THOUGHTS, IS ALWAYS PLACE UPON HUMANKIND AND NOT ON THEIR CREATOR, THE "LORD GOD"? THAT IS AS POINTLESS AS BLAMING A PERSON FOR BEING BORN WHITE, OR BLACK, OR YELLOW, OR BROWN, OR FOR EVEN BEING BORN, BECAUSE NO INDIVIDUAL HAD ANY CHOICE IN THAT MATTER!!!!

Genesis 6:6 "And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart." IF THE "LORD GOD" IS PERFECT, AND COMPLETE IN ALL REGARDS, THEN THE CREATIONS OF THE "LORD GOD" WOULD BE CREATED PERFECT, BECAUSE PERFECTION MUST GENERATE PERFECTION, SINCE A PERFECT "LORD GOD" COULD NOT ABIDE ANYTHING LESS THAN PERFECTION. THUS, WE KNOW THAT HUMANKIND WAS NEVER CREATED PERFECT, AND, ACCORDINGLY, ANY CREATOR OF THE IMPERFECT HUMANKIND WOULD HAVE TO BE LESS THAN PERFECT. THEREFORE, THE "LORD GOD" IS LESS THAN PERFECT, IF ONE IS TO ACCEPT THE "HOLY" OR "INSPIRED" WORDS OF THE BIBLE!!!!

Chapter 3 states that "God" drove out the "man" and no mention is made at all of the woman, which, again, shows that "God" was allegedly enamored of "man" and that "woman" was just of secondary importance. Further, allegedly, "God" "placed at the east end of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life."

"Cherubims" is a word that is virtually unknown even to those writings in the Old Testament. In Hebrew, the word "cherubims" is a double form of plural, because the Hebrew plural of "cherub" is "cherubim", hence the Anglicized additional "s" is an erroneous form of plural. Amazingly, neither the Old Testament, nor the New Testament, nor any other source knows what the "cherubims" are or were.

However, here arises the most on-point questions. First, if the "Lord God" is to be credited with being "omnipresent, omniscient and omnipotent" and if the "Lord God" is not only perfection, but must create perfection unless he chooses to create imperfection, then why did he create imperfect man (and woman) and place the inevitable temptation ("the tree of the knowledge of good and evil") in the "garden of Eden"? Being omnipresent, the "Lord God" would have been present when the "talking snake" deceived the woman, and if omniscient, the "Lord God" would have known exactly what happened and would not have to ask either the woman or the man what had occurred because an omniscient "Lord God" would know from the moment of their creation exactly what would transpire. Either the "Lord God" is not omniscient nor omnipotent, or this tale was created for the uneducated and unknowledgeable, which constituted the overwhelming majority of the Hebrews that allegedly the "Lord God" led out of Egypt. It is a case of anthropomorphism (attributing human characteristics to gods or animals).

Second, all evil in this world would have to be created and credited to the "Lord God", who allegedly created this constellation in which the earth is just one of the planets. (Genesis 1:1 "In the beginning God created the heaven and earth." Genesis 2:9 "And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree...and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.").

Genesis Chapter 4 begins with Eve bearing first Cain and then Abel. The second incident of the Lord God's discrimination (the first instance was with the woman who was deceived by a talking snake) is related. Nowhere does it state what the Lord God expected of Cain and Abel, nor even of Adam and Eve, in the way of offerings, and the idea of offerings to the alleged great Creator, is merely a continuation of the practices of the early years of mankind's practices to propitiate the "gods", in which many things were sacrificed, from birds to humankind, to obtain favor from the "gods"!

As the tale goes, Cain tilled the ground and Abel kept sheep. Cain brought the fruit of the ground to the Lord, who did not respect Cain's offering, but the Lord did respect Abel's offering of the firstlings of his flock and of their fat. Genesis 4:2-5. THIS IS THE THIRD (3) AND FOURTH (4) EXAMPLES OF ANTHROPOMORPHISM (attributing human characteristics to gods). OBVIOUSLY, CAIN WHO TILLED THE GROUND BROUGHT WHAT HE HAD PRODUCED AS A SACRIFICE, AND ABEL WHO HAD SHEEP ALSO BROUGHT FROM HIS FLOCK AN OFFERING. [Genesis 4:2-4]. THEN "GOD" PRONOUNCED THE SENTENCE OF A VAGABOND STATUS ON CAIN, A MOST HUMAN CHARACTERISTIC. FURTHER, IT STATES THAT "CAIN WENT OUT FROM THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD" [Genesis 4:16], JUST AS THOUGH THE LORD WAS PRESENT AS WOULD BE A HUMAN.

Naturally, this kind of favoritism by the "Lord God" made Cain, who was not instructed by the "Lord God" according to the scriptures in the Old Testament, as what was a proper "offering" hence Cain became angry. The Lord God did not instruct Cain at that time about what was a proper "offering" , but lectured Cain about doing "well" and that failure to do "well" led to "sin". Consequently Cain went out and killed Abel. Genesis 4:6-8.

Again, the "Lord God", the omniscient, omnipotent and omnipresent "God", allegedly talked with Cain by asking the question "Where is Abel thy brother? And he [Cain] said, I know not: am I my brother's keeper? And he ["Lord God"] said, What has thou done? the voice of they brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground. And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive they brother's blood from thy hand; When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. And Cain said unto the Lord, My punishment is greater than I can bear. Behold, thou has driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me. And the Lord said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden." Genesis 4:9-16

For the second time, the "Lord God" punished an uninstructed and imperfect human. First it was the woman [Eve] and, secondly, her first son, Cain.

Genesis 4:17 "And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch."

Genesis 4:18-19 "And unto Enoch was born I-rad: and I-rad begat Mehujael: and Menhujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech. And Lamech took unto him two wives: the mane of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah."

Genesis 5 gives "the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him." From the time of the creation of Adam until the births of Shem, Ham and Japheth [Genesis 5:32], approximately 8,125 years had passed, a sum reached by adding the ages of each listed begatter from the time of Adam [930] to the time of Noah [500]. Of course, the scripture merely said that at age 500 Noah begat Shem, Ham and Japheth, which would lead one to believe that Shem, Ham and Japheth were triplets, since no time frame is placed on these names. From Genesis 5:4 to Genesis 5:32 in all of the begatting that was done according to the scriptures, there is not one woman's name mentioned...not one! How did all of this begatting take place if no women were involved? Further, were there no daughters born during all of this begatting?

Genesis Chapter 6 begins in confusion. In verse 1, it speaks of the multiplication of men, who had daughters. In verse 2, the "sons of God" took the daughters to become wives [there is no explanation or information as to who were the "sons of God" or how they differed from the "men" whose daughters they had taken for wives]. The only explanation of the "sons of God" is derived from Genesis 6:3 "And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years." Thus, the "sons of God" were surely humans and not "angels" as some would have one believe. Also, Verse 3 finds that the "Lord God" betrays the human emotion of anger when He is quoted as saying, "My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years."

GENESIS 6:5-7 IS THE PERFECT SEVENTH (7) EXAMPLE OF ANTHROPOMORPHISM (attributing human characteristics to gods and animals). "GOD" REACTS AS A HUMAN WOULD AND PETULANTLY DECIDES TO DESTROY ALL THAT HE HAD CREATED.

The "Lord God" decided to get rid of his IMPERFECT CREATIONS (all of humankind, except Noah, his wife, and his sons and their wives, by means of a "flood")."

Of course, the wrath of the "Lord God" was turned away from Noah, because Noah was "perfect in his generations," and the "Lord God" saved only Noah, his wife (no name given) and Noah's sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth, and their wives (no names given) and various creatures in an ark of gopher wood in the flood which the "Lord God" brought upon the earth. Please note that the wife of Noah and the wives of Shem, Ham and Japheth are not named...either the authors were paskudneh, or deliberately discriminatory against women, which would make it paskustva.

THE "LORD GOD" COMMITTED ******THE FIRST HOLOCAUST****** , IN THE ALLEGED HUMAN HISTORY AS PRESENTED BY THE BIBLE, BY DELIBERATELY DROWNING ALL HUMANKIND EXCEPT NOAH, HIS WIFE, AND HIS SONS AND THEIR WIVES. Genesis 6:12-14; 7:21-238:21; 9:15. EXCEPT FOR NOAH, HIS WIFE, AND HIS SONS AND THEIR WIVES, THE "LORD GOD" DESTROYED ALL HUMANKIND INCLUDING INNOCENT MEN, WOMEN AND WITHOUT DOUBT, CHILDREN. The "Lord God" certainly taught humankind a lesson, which humankind duplicated with such actions as the old trick of putting excess kittens in a sack and throwing the sack in the river, or shooting animals and letting them lay, or warfare. And to justify such an action in such a gracious way to get rid of all of those "wicked men" whose "every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Interestingly, the "Lord God" did not tell either Adam or Noah that he would make a great nation from them, but simply told them to be "fruitful and multiply."

IF THE LORD GOD HAD DECIDED TO "DESTROY MAN FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH:BOTH MAN, AND BEAST, AND THE CREEPING THING, AND THE FOWLS OF THE AIR" WHY THEN IS THE FOLLOWING UNEXPLAINED AND UNINFORMATIVE STATEMENTS MADE? Verses 8-10 "But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man; and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God. And Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth." It seems that the only things not condemned by the "Lord God" were the fishes in the sea! Genesis 6:11-13 can be termed a repetition of Genesis 6:5-7, which seems to have been necessary in order to lead up to the great flood and the building of the "ark".

Genesis 6:14-17 describes the "Lord's" instructions in building the "ark" of gopher wood [a wood that seems to defy description since it is not related to the gopher, an animal form] and the length to be 300 cubits, breadth 50 cubits and height 30 cubits, which translates as follows in feet, length 450-550 feet, width 75-91.66 and height 45-55 feet. Since it was to be three stories of probably the same ceiling height this would compute to between 15 to approximately 18 feet for each story. Giraffes would have to bow their heads. Each story would thus contain approximately from 33,750 square feet to 50,413 square feet for a grand total of from 101,250 square feet to 151,239 square feet. There is no instructions as to how to keep the "two of every sort of living things" separated, nor is their any description or indication of the massive amount of feed that would be necessary. Further, the amount of excrement that such a collection of animals and all other kinds of living things would create in the ark during the "hundred and fifty days" or approximately five (5) months. To feed and remove the excrement would require constant attention on the part of the four men, who would be working in the dark, because there was only one window on the upper level (approximately one cubit or 18 to 22 inches in size and one door set in the side of the ark, which was probably located on the top-most level to avoid sinking the Ark. Other than these few openings, the ark would be in total darkness for approximately five months.

In Genesis 6:18, it states, "But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee." THIS IS THE "LORD GOD'S" FIRST COVENANT. THE FIRST COVENANT OF THE "LORD GOD" WAS MADE WITH NOAH, AND WITH NOAH'S SONS AND NOAH'S WIFE AND THE SONS' WIVES (not again the prejudicial ranking of Noah's wife after the sons she had borne). ACCORDINGLY, USING THE SAME LOGIC AND REASONING AS ILLUSTRATED IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, THE FIRST COVENANT MADE BY THE "LORD GOD" WAS MADE WITH NOAH AND HIS WIFE AND THEIR SONS AND THEIR SONS' WIVES.

WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? SINCE ALL OF HUMANKIND WAS DESTROYED, OTHER THAN NOAH AND HIS SONS, AND THEIR VARIOUS WIVES, THEN IT CAN NOW BE SAID THAT ACCORDING TO THESE OLD TESTAMENT SCRIPTURES, ALL OF HUMANKIND IS DESCENDED DIRECTLY FROM NOAH, AND, THUS, IT WOULD BE LOGICAL TO STATE THAT THE "LORD GOD" MADE HIS FIRST COVENANT WITH ALL OF HUMANKIND! THIS IS OF VITAL IMPORTANCE, BECAUSE IT CHALLENGES THE "NEO-JEWS" CONTENTION THAT THEY HAVE THE COVENANT WITH THE "LORD GOD", WHEN, AS GENESIS 6:18 CLEARLY ESTABLISHES, THE "LORD GOD" MADE A COVENANT WITH NOAH AND IN GENESIS 9:9 "AND I, BEHOLD, I ESTABLISH MY COVENANT WITH YOU, AND WITH YOUR SEED AFTER YOU."

The remainder of Genesis 6:19-22, Genesis 7 and Genesis 8:1-19 deal with the ark, which was described in Genesis 7:20 as being "fifteen cubits upward" [22.5 to 27.5 feet] and the end of the "flood".

In Genesis 8:20 Noah built an alter and sacrificed "of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the alter." Blood sacrifice and burnt offerings upon an alter are a "barbaric" or "pagan" practice according to Christian theologians, which were designed to propitiate those natural phenomena that were termed "gods" or "goddesses" in the early history of ignorance of humankind. It is most interesting that the "Laws" in the Old Testament (the books of Moses) treated the Hebrew God similarly and related that "God" would not accept an offering from the ground [Genesis 4:3, 5], but accepted such animal sacrifices in the form of "firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof." [Genesis 4:4].

Genesis 8:21,22 states, "AND THE LORD SMELLED A SWEET SAVOUR; AND THE LORD SAID IN HIS HEART, I WILL NOT AGAIN CURSE THE GROUND ANY MORE FOR MAN'S SAKE; FOR THE IMAGINATION OF MAN'S HEART IS EVIL FROM HIS YOUTH; NEITHER WILL I AGAIN SMITE ANY MORE EVERY THING LIVING, AS I HAVE DONE. WHILE THE EARTH REMAINETH, SEEDTIME, AND HARVEST, AND COLD AND HEAT, AND SUMMER AND WINTER, AND DAY AND NIGHT SHALL NOT CEASE."

Genesis 8:21,22 states that the Hebrew God will not "curse the ground" nor "smite any more every thing living" for "the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth." The logical question arises as to whether the Hebrew God is perfect, because if it were, and since perfection can only create perfection, then how was man created in a form such that "the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth"? The Lord God created man in an imperfect form, and then condemned man for being imperfect. This is an omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent "God"?

Genesis 9:1 begins with the Hebrew "God" being articulate with Noah and his sons by "blessing Noah and his sons" and commanding them to "Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth." Which the Hebrew "God" allegedly reverbalized in Genesis 9:7 "And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein." These scriptures are the basis for the present dichotomy regarding contraception and abortion today. The theologians of all sects, including the "NEO-JEWS", all ultimately cite these scriptures claiming that it is against God's stated position to either prevent conception or to abort after conception. The theologians then support that argument with, among others, the following scripture Chapter 9:5,6 "And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man." These same scriptures also forms the bedrock of the use of capital punishment. Thus, the Hebrew "God" approved of an "eye for an eye" and a "tooth for a tooth" and a "life for a life". One could question the entire basis of allowing imperfect man to continue to "multiply, and replenish the earth" when the original "Adam and Eve" had failed so miserably. An omnipresent, omniscient and omnipotent "God" betrays human characteristics in the scriptures of the Hebrew Genesis, which, after all, should be no surprise since it clearly states: "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness...So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them...And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good...And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul...And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of man." Genesis 1:27,31; 2:7,22,23.

"After the "likeness" of the Hebrew's "Lord God", the Hebrew's "Lord God" gave to man the license to raise havoc with "all that moveth upon the earth" in Genesis 9:2,3 "And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered. Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things."

Therefore, the Hebrew's "Lord God" has only himself to blame for creating imperfect man and woman. And who is this "Lord God" to complain, since she, he or it created man and woman in her, his or its "own image"?

In Genesis 9:8-18, "God" re-established his covenant [Genesis 6:18] with Noah, his sons and fashioned a "bow in the sky" [a rainbow] so that this great "Lord God" could remember that covenant "And I will remember my covenant, which is between me an you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh." Genesis 9:15, however, this great "Lord God" makes no mention particularly of any women, which, again, makes the Hebrew Book of Genesis, primarily, male oriented, and basically ignores women, presumably because the original woman came out of the original man! "And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth." Genesis 9:17.

According to the scriptures, one must wonder if the Hebrew's "Lord God" had a tendency to be absent-minded, because he need a "bow in the sky" [a rainbow] to remind him of his covenant with "every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth." THIS IS THE EIGHTH EXAMPLE OF ANTHROPOMORPHISM (attributing human characteristics to gods). Genesis 9:15,16.

The Hebrew explanation for the population of the world is given in Genesis 9:18,19 "And the sons of Noah, that went forth from the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan. These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread."

Curiously, Ham is singled out immediately, first, by stating that "Ham is the father of Canaan", and, secondly, to blacken the name of Ham in Genesis 9:22,23 "And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told this two brethren without. And Shem and Japheth took a garment, a laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness." There is no explanation as to why Noah became drunken and, then, lay naked in this tent, but what is implied is that Noah had "passed out" in a drunken stupor. Further, since Ham was the first to look into his father's tent, then he had no opportunity, as did Shem and Japheth, to drape a garment over his shoulders and back into his father's tent and not see his father's nakedness.

The fairy tale nature of this extraordinary occurrence is continued in Genesis 9:24 "And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him."

Now if Noah, who had "passed out", awoke from his drunken unconsciousness, "and knew what his younger son had done unto him.", then this would stretch the limits of credibility. How could a "passed out" Noah have known that Ham had seen him naked? Did he rouse at that time for a second? Did "God" whisper in his ear? Did Shem and/or Japheth squeal on Ham? According to this fable, Ham was, in Billy Joel's lyrics "an innocent man", who did nothing to his father, Noah, but look at him. Further, there is no explanation that Noah was anything but totally "passed out" and, therefore, would be unaware of what had occurred. Supposedly, this is the inspired "word of God" and that, allegedly, no logical explanations are necessary, just as with all of the other books of the Old Testament and the New Testament. "The ways of the Lord are beyond human understanding!" or some such evasive language is always at hand to excuse the lack of attention to detail and logic.

In Genesis 9:25-27, Noah cursed, "And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant."

This is a startling mishmosh of contradictory statements and conflicting moral standards.

This quandary can be solved by looking back to recorded history. At least three centuries before the Hebrews arrived, the land of Canaan was inhabited by a people who spoke a Semitic language with customs that had been derived from that area of the Tigris-Euphrates rivers. It should be further noted that the Canaanites and the Hebrews were descended allegedly from Shem, and because of this the Graeco-Latin word, "Sem" is derived from the Hebrew word Shem, and this led to the formation of languages such as Assyrian, Arabic, Hebrew and Aramaean. Therefore, on this basis, the Canaanites, Arabs of all descriptions and Hebrews are all "semites".

Further, if one translates Genesis 9:25 to mean that Canaan is to be a servant unto Shem and Jepheth, since they are "brethren" to Canaan, the meaning of Genesis 9:26,27 would seem to be self-explanatory, "And he [Noah] said, Blessed be the Lord God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant."

But how about Ham, who is also a "brethren" to Canaan, is Canaan to be a servant to the guilty Ham? And Ham's descendants? Is this the kind of judgment that one could credit to a Noah, who "found grace in the eyes of the Lord" [Genesis 6:8]?

With such faulty judgment, how could an omniscient, omnipotent and omnipresent "Lord God" have made the mistake of writing in the "inspired" word of God, that "Noah was a just man; and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God."? Was Noah "a just man; and perfect in his generations" when he cursed an innocent Canaan and condemned him and his "generations" to be servants to the other descendants of Shem, namely the Hebrews, his brethren?

Noah, who lived to be 950 years old, being third in longevity behind Methuselah 969 and Jared 962, was among the few long-lived men in the Biblical history, however, if the Lord God truly loved his creations, why isn't there any mention of the longevity of the women in the Bible comparable to that of the men?

The answer is obvious, because the translators were steeped in the philosophy that woman came out of man and was therefore inferior to man and was meant to be only a helpmeet but not ranked with men. Please disprove that comment by quoting from the Scriptures of the Old Testament.

In Chapter 10 of Genesis is given the generations of the sons of Noah, namely, Shem, Ham and Japheth. It is interesting to note that in Genesis 9:32 it is stated "These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood." THEREFORE, ALL OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE EARTH ARE DESCENDED FROM NOAH AND ALL OF HUMANKIND ARE "BROTHERS" AND "SISTERS"! How do we know? THE BIBLE TELLS US SO!!!

Interesting is the following, Genesis 10:2 "The sons of Japheth; Gomer..." Genesis 10:3 "And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz..."The son of Gomer, Ashkenaz, is defined in various Webster's Dictionary as follows:

Even to this day, the "NEO-JEWS" who exercise the control of Israel are, primarily, Ashkenazi "NEO-JEWS", and Sephardic "NEO-JEWS" are essentially second-class citizens in Israel. Further, the "NEO-JEWS" of Israel, allegedly persecuted by the Nazis, arrest and torture Semitic Palestinians allegedly because they are suspected of being Hamas or other so-called terrorists, and are such actions by the "NEO-JEWS" not anti-Semitism? Even more, not only do the present-day "NEO-JEWS" forget their alleged so-called "brutal" treatment at the hands of the Nazis, not only do they ignore the fact that "NEO-JEWS" dealt with the Nazis in many cases, but they also forget that it was thE "NEO-JEWS", whose terrorist organizations plagued the British in Palestine capped with the bombing of the King David Hotel, and the founding of the misnamed state of "Israel." Which was misnamed because the "NEO-JEWS" would have to be of the tribe of Judah (Judeans), and had been given only that portion of the hilly land of the Canaanites allegedly by their "Lord God". The Assyrians conquered the northern ten tribes, who called themselves Israel and sent them to the area between the Black and Caspian Seas. The "NEO-JEWS" continued on as Judeans and not as "Isrealites."

There are several questionable entries. For example, Genesis 10:1-4 is a listing of the sons and grandsons of Japheth of which it is stated in Genesis 10:5 "By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations."

Gentile, a. 1. [also G-(erman)] not Jewish. Webster's New Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged, Second Edition, Simon and Shuster, New York, N.Y., 764.

The question arises as to where the "GENTILES" came from since the only people who survived the alleged great "flood" was Noah and his sons and their wives, and wives who had to be their sisters. This observation is borne out by Genesis 10:32 "These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations; and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood." And Genesis 11:1 "And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech." Naturally they would all be "of one language and of one speech", because they all came from the same parents, Noah and his wife. Noah's WIFE? NOTHING IS MENTIONED ABOUT NOAH'S WIFE AS TO WHO HER PARENTS WERE OR WHERE SHE CAME FROM! Nothing about the background of Noah's wife is ever reported. It remains a mystery even today. Of course, noticing the misogyny (man's contempt or hatred of women) inherent in the Old Testament, it is obvious that Noah's wife would receive short shrift...as do most other women in the Old Testament!

Genesis 10:32 ends the begatting with approximately the same statement as given in Genesis 10:5, for it says, "These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood."

Such conclusions are further supported in Genesis 11:1, "And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech." OBVIOUSLY, IF THE WHOLE WORLD IS OF ONE LANGUAGE AND ONE SPEECH THEN ALL OF THE WORLD WOULD BE RELATIVELY UNIFIED AND THERE WOULD BE PEACE IN THE LAND AND IN THE EARTH.

Genesis 11:2-4 describes a city called Babel.

Genesis 11:5-9 describes how the Lord God confounded the single universal language of the "families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations" and by confounding the language, the Lord God allegedly divided the nations in the earth after the flood [Genesis 10:32], and "did scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth." HOWEVER, IT CANNOT BE DISPUTED THAT BEGINNING WITH THE SONS OF NOAH, AND THE SONS' WIVES, ALL OF HUMANKIND ARE DESCENDED. In Genesis 11:5-9 the Old Testament scriptures have given the ninth (9) case of ANTHROPOMORPHISM (attributing human characteristics to gods and animals).

Genesis 11:10-25 relates a pedantic description of more "begatting" however every other verse does state that various named persons begat "sons and DAUGHTERS" thus giving for the second time some credence to the females.

Genesis 11:26 begins the saga of Abram, or as he is better known, Abraham. Genesis 11:31 describes how Abram left "Ur of the Chaldees" and headed toward entry "into the land of Canaan," but stopped in Haran, which was located in southeastern Turkey, north of the border with Syria. There is some Qe question as to whether Abram was born in Haran, but if he was he would be Aramean as described in Deuteronomy (Revised Standard Version) "A wandering Aramean was my father."

Genesis 12:1 begins with the TENTH (10) case of ANTHROPOMORPHISM (attributing human characteristics to gods and animals) in which the "Lord" said unto Abram that he should depart from Haran and promised him that he would receive the "Lord's" blessing and that he be a great nation and his name would be great and that "in thee all families of the earth be blessed." (Genesis 12:2,3). Note that the "Lord" allegedly said, that through Abram "ALL OF THE FAMILIES OF THE EARTH BE BLESSED." Not just the families of the Isrealites or the families of the Judeans of yesteryear, nor that just the families of the present day "NEO-JEWS" of today would be blessed, but that "ALL OF THE FAMILIES OF THE EARTH [would] BE BLESSED." If this is the case, then the "Lord" certainly broke his word by showing favoritism in allegedly making the Isrealites

(of which the Judeans were only one tribe of twelve) his "chosen" people.

AND THAT THROUGH ABRAM ALL THE FAMILIES OF THE EARTH SHALL BE BLESSED.

Genesis 12:5 states that Abram entered the land of Canaan, which was occupied by the Canaanites [Genesis 12:6], and in Genesis 12:7 is related the ELEVENTH (11) incident of ANTHROPOMORPHISM (attributing human characteristics to gods and animals) with the "Lord". Allegedly didn't the "Lord" then promise Abram that he would give his "seed" the land of Canaan? Doesn't this show that the "Lord" totally disregarded the Canaanites, who were, after all, descended, as were the Isrealites, from Noah, therefore, "brothers and sisters", or, at the least, cousins?

Abram in Genesis 12:12,13 states that the Egyptians would kill him when they saw the "fair" Sarai, however Genesis 12:18-20 tells a very different story than that of Abram and a story that contradicts the story Abram told to Sarai.

In Genesis 12:18, the Pharaoh asked Abram why he had not told him that Sarai was his wife? Genesis 12:19, The Pharaoh asked Abram why he (Abram) stated that Sarai was his sister so that the Pharaoh might take her to wife and then told Abram to take Sarai and go away. Genesis 12:20 states that the Pharaoh instructed his men and sent Abram and Sarai away with "all that he had." Certainly, the Pharaoh was the epitome of kindness and generosity in the face of the treachery of Abram and "GOD"!

Did the Lord punish Abram for lying and cheating the Pharaoh? NO! "GOD" HELPED ABRAM CHEAT THE PHARAOH, AND "GOD" WAS AN ACTIVE ACCOMPLICE TO THAT SCHEME! OH, "GOD", HOW GREAT THOU ART! FEH!!!

Read Genesis 13:12 "Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom." Then read Genesis 13:14-18 "And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward. For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed be also numbered. Arise walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee. Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an alter to the Lord."

Genesis 14:1-12 deals with war and violence. It is interesting to note that in the case of Noah, violence and evil were the reasons that the "Lord God" allegedly created the "great flood" which was survived only by Noah, his wife, his sons and their wives and those creatures in the Ark. [Genesis 6:11 "The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence." WHY, THEN, DIDN'T "GOD" PURGE THE EARTH AGAIN, BECAUSE IT HAD BECOME CORRUPT AND WAS EVIL AND VIOLENT? . In this later case, Abram slaughtered those who took Lot and the "Lord God" said nothing and did nothing.

Genesis 14:16 "And he [Abram] brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people." Here we have Lot becoming a brother to Abram, whereas in Genesis 12:5 it states "And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son...." What a gross oversimplification that statement about Lot's relationship with Abram really is. This mischaracterization is easily solved because in Genesis 11:31 "And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son..." Genesis 14:12 "And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son..." So, within a few scriptures we find that Lot was not Abram's son , but rather his nephew!

Genesis 14:18 states, "And Melchizedek, king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God." There is no background as to any priest of the most high "God", nor does the Old Testament enlighten us on that score. Surely, the Old Testament being the "word of God", there would have to be some explanation for Melchizedek having the honor of being "the priest of the most high "God"? NOT ONE WORD!

However, Genesis 15:20 does lay the foundation for the giving of "tithes" stating, "And he gave him tithes of all." Tithes is from the Hebrew "maaser", which means a "tenth". TITHES, OR A TENTH PART OF MONEY OR WEALTH ACCUMULATED BY ANY BELIEVER IN THE COURSE OF A YEAR, IS THE SUBSTANCE OF SUPPORT OF THE ORGANIZED RELIGIONS AND ITS PREACHERS, MINISTERS, RABBIS, PRIESTS, OR THEOLOGIANS OF EVERY KIND AND DESCRIPTION.

Genesis 15:1 states that "After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram, I am thy shield and thy exceeding great reward." Why would Abram fear "God" who had been an active accomplice in both the lying and cheating of the Pharaoh and the violence and killing done by Abram?

Genesis 15:2-8 relates Abram's pleading with the "Lord God" for a male heir to replace "the steward of my house (who) is this Eliezer of Damascus."

Genesis 15:8-11 recounts the blood sacrifice demanded by "God" of Abram, namely, "an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon." Genesis 15:12 furnishes the prologue to the appearance of "God" to Abram, which begins at Genesis 15:13 and continues to Genesis 15:17, and, finally, in Genesis 15:18 "God" makes a covenant with Abram in which "God" allegedly gives to the offspring of Abram "this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates", and continues with a recital by "God" of a number of the various tribes inhabiting that alleged "promised" land.

This latest "covenant" is most interesting, but it is "old news", because, earlier, not only did "God" make "covenants" with Noah [Genesis 6:18] and with Noah and his sons [Genesis 9:9], but even more important is the alleged "fact" that "GOD" NOT ONLY MADE A COVENANT WITH ALL OF THE SEED OF NOAH AND HIS SONS [Genesis 9:9] "AND WITH EVERY LIVING CREATURE THAT IS WITH YOU, OF THE FOWL. OF THE CATTLE, AND OF EVERY BEAST OF THE EARTH WITH YOU; FROM ALL THAT GO OUT OF THE ARK, TO EVERY BEAST OF THE EARTH." [Genesis 9:10]. Further, "God" promises that he, or she, or it, will never again use a "flood" to "destroy the earth" [Genesis 9:11] and to set his, or hers, or its "bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth." [Genesis 9:13], so "that the bow shall be seen in the cloud" [Genesis 9:14] to remind "God" of his "covenant" not to use a "flood" with every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth" [Genesis 9:15-17].

Genesis 16 relates Sarai's inability to have children and how Sarai pleads with Abram "to go unto her maid" named Hagar, an Egyptian, allegedly to be Abram's wife, as stated in Genesis 16:3 "And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife." That Hagar became the "wife" of Abram is a correct interpretation from the Hebrew to the English according to The NIV Interlinear Hebrew-English Old Testament, Vol.1, John R. Kohlenberger III, Ed., Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, MI, 1979.

Then Hagar conceived, despised Sarai, whereupon Sarai confronted Abram, Abram told Sarai to do to Hagar as it pleased Sarai. Sarai "dealt hardly" with Hagar who fled from Sarai. Hagar gave birth to a son, named Ishmael pursuant to the instructions of an "angel" of the "Lord" when Abram was eighty six (86) years old.

Thus did Hagar vanish. ABRAM DID NOT HAVE TO LISTEN TO SARAI, BUT HE YIELDED TO THE TEMPTATION OF SEX WITH ANOTHER WOMAN, WHICH IS SUPPOSEDLY EXCUSED BY TERMING HAGAR A "WIFE" AND THE OFFSPRING OF SUCH A LIAISON TO BE AN HEIR TO ABRAM, WHICH IS CONFIRMED IN THE HEBREW TEXT AS WELL AS THE KING JAMES VERSION. The NIV Interlinear Hebrew-English Old Testament, Vol.1, John R. Kohlenberger III, Ed., Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, MI, 1979.

How callous of Abram to let Sarai drive Hagar away. How convenient for Abram to be rid of a "wife" without any consideration for that "wife." The present day "NEO-JEWS" may interpret the meaning of this episode as conferring upon Hagar the designation of "concubine" rather than wife, however, THIS DOES NOT EXCUSE ABRAM FROM DELIBERATELY AND WITH FULL KNOWLEDGE HAVING VIOLATED THE MORAL STANDARD OF FAITHFULNESS TO HIS WIFE, SARAI, AND, ABOVE ALL, TO HIS "GOD" FOR THE SAKE OF SEX, WHICH IS EXCUSED ON THE BASIS OF HAVING A CHILD, TO BE AN HEIR AND TO REPLACE THE STEWARD OF ABRAM'S HOUSE, ONE "ELIEZAR OF DAMASCUS"!

Genesis 17:1 begins with the THIRTEENTH (13) case of ANTHROPOMORPHISM (attributing human characteristics to gods and animals), when, some thirteen (13) years later, Abram was ninety nine (99), Abram was instructed by "God" to "walk before me, and be thou perfect." Then "God" allegedly gives a rather lengthy instruction to Abram in Genesis 17:2: "And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly." Then "God" changes Abram's name to "Abraham" [Genesis 17:5] allegedly tells Abraham that he, she, or it ["God"] makes a covenant with Abraham and "they seed after thee" [Genesis 17:7], then "God" allegedly gives the land of Canaan to Abraham, and his seed after him "for an everlasting possession" [Genesis; 17:8].

THIS IS A CORNERSTONE OF THE PRESENT DAY "NEO-JEWS" [WHO HAVE LITTLE OF THE BLOOD OF THE OLD TIME HEBREWS, BUT THE DOMINANT GROUP OF WHICH ARE A TURKISH-SLAVIC GROUP, KNOWN AS THE ASHKENAZIM TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE "NEO-JEWS" OF MIDDLE AND NORTHERN EUROPE AND THE SEPHARDIC "NEO-JEWS", WHO WERE MAINLY FOUND IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA AND SPAIN, AND TODAY THE SEPHARDIC "NEO-JEWS" ARE VIRTUALLY SECOND CLASS CITIZENS IN THE STATE MISNAMED ISRAEL] CONTENTION THAT THE LAND FROM THE EUPHRATES TO THE NILE RIVER AND FROM THE JORDAN RIVER TO THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA BELONGS TO THEM BECAUSE "GOD" GAVE IT TO THEM! HOWEVER, WHEN "God" allegedly gives the land of Canaan to Abraham, AND HIS SEED AFTER HIM "for an everlasting possession" [Genesis; 17:8], THEN ISHMAEL IS THE SEED OF ABRAHAM, THEREFORE "GOD" GAVE THE LAND OF CANAAN TO THE DESCENDANTS OF ISHMAEL AS WELL AS TO THE HEBREWS "FOR AN EVERLASTING POSSESSION." OF COURSE, THE PRESENT "NEO-JEWS" WOULD DENY THAT BASED ON THE FACT THAT ISHMAEL WAS NOT SO NAMED IN THE FIRST BOOK OF THE OLD TESTAMENT.

Genesis 17:10-14 describes the "God" ordered "circumcision" of every "man child" among them as "a token of the covenant betwixt me and you." Of course, the fact that this made males less likely to have infections of the penis would have been observed early on. The next possibility is that the development of the penis would be unimpaired by the restrictions of the foreskin. Perhaps it might have been an advantage in the greater enjoyment of sex.

Genesis 17:15,16 finds "God" changing the name of Sarai to Sarah and that he would bless Sarah and make her "a mother of nations, kings of people shall be of her." Whereupon Abraham "fell upon his face and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old: and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?" Genesis 17:17.

Certainly, by this telling, Abraham had no fear of the "Lord", because he laughed in "God's" face and then, in Genesis 17:18 asked of "God", "Oh, that Ishmael might live before thee!" "God" then allegedly tells Abraham that Sarah will bear him a son, named Isaac, and that Ishmael will be "blessed" and that "God" will "make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation." Genesis 17:20. THIS IS THE SCRIPTURE THAT THE ARABS CITE TO POINT OUT THAT THEY ARE DESCENDED FROM ISHMAEL, WHO IS THE ELDER HALF-BROTHER OF ISAAC, AND ARE THEREFORE RELATED TO THE ISRAELITES AND THE PRESENT DAY SO-CALLED "NEO-JEWS", WHO ARE, PRIMARILY, ASHKENAZI "NEO-JEWS" AND PRIMARILY OF MIXED BLOOD FROM INTERMARRIAGES WITH THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTRY IN WHICH THEY RESIDE. THE "NEO-JEW" OF TODAY RARELY, IF EVER, IS POSSESSED OF THE ANCIENT HEBREW BLOOD BY DIRECT DESCENT. See The Thirteenth Tribe, Arthur Koestler, Random House, New York, NY, 1976, and The Ashkenazic Jews: A Slavo-Turkish People In Search Of A Jewish Identity, Paul Wexler, Slavica Publishers, Inc.,Columbus, Ohio, 1993.

GENESIS 18 IS THE FOURTEENTH (14) CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF ANTHROPOMORPHISM (attributing human characteristics to gods and animals). Genesis 18:1-33 is devoted to the tale of the "Lord" and several angels who came to visit Abraham before going to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah. Allegedly Abraham "dickered" with the "Lord" asking if there were fifty righteous would the "Lord" spare Sodom, and the "Lord" agreed to do the right thing and spare Sodom. And Abraham allegedly "dickered" the "Lord" down to ten righteous, and the "Lord" allegedly agreed and departed.

RIGHTEOUS OR UNRIGHTEOUS, HUMAN, ANIMAL OR PLANT, THE "LORD GOD" DESTROYED THEM ALL AND WIPED THE SLATE TOTALLY CLEAN, INCLUDING TURNING LOT'S WIFE INTO A PILLAR OF SALT BECAUSE SHE LOOKED BACK...AND WHO WOULDN'T FOR SUCH A SIGHT AS

Genesis 19 relates three tales. First, From Genesis 19:1-225 relates the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah by means of "brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven", which was directed by a "Lord" or "Lords" who was or were, "angels". Second, Genesis 19:25 states that Lot's wife disobeyed the instructions of "God's" angels ("Lords") "not to look back" and she did look back and turned to "a pillar of salt." The third tale is a story of incest in which the daughters of Lot got him drunk on two occasions and each was impregnated although Lot was unaware that they had been impregnated by him. Genesis 19:37 states, "And the firstborn [daughter of Lot] bore a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day. Genesis 19:38 states, "And the younger [daughter of Lot], she also bare a son, and called his name Ben-am-mi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day. Allegedly, later the Ammonites and Moabites had conflicts with Israel even though Isaac was related to Moab and Ben-am-mi through Lot.

Then, in Genesis 20:3-8, "God" came to Abimelech "in a dream by night" and threatened Abimelech, which is a case of ANTHROPOMORPHISM (attributing human characteristics to gods or animals).

Abimelech followed the same pattern as the Pharaoh [see Genesis 12:18-20]

asking Abraham why he had made the misstatement that Sarah was his sister and not his wife [Genesis 20:9,10].

Abraham allegedly gave the background for the origin of Sarah, which was not explained in Genesis 11:29, stating "And yet indeed she is my sister, she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife."

Who was the mother of Abraham? There is no answer. In fact, the lack of respect for women is clearly shown in that there is no mention of the origin of women from Genesis 3:22 [the creation of "Eve"] until Genesis 11:29, in which is mentioned "Milcah, the daughter of Haran." Of course, in Genesis 11:31 it states "And Terah took Abram his son...", so we know who Abraham's father was, but not that important fact of who his mother was, which anchored Abraham's statement that Sarah was not the daughter of his [Abraham's] mother.

Genesis 20:14-16 states that Abimelech gave Abraham not only his sister-wife Sarah, but "sheep and oxen, and menservants and womenservants...and...a thousand pieces of silver". This was a good "score" for Abraham though not quite as much wealth as Abraham had "conned" out of the Pharaoh [see Genesis 12:16 and 13:2].

******THE "LORD GOD" AIDS AND ABETS FRAUD FOR THE SECOND TIME******

In Genesis 17:5, Abram has allegedly been named Abraham by the "Lord God",

and Abraham journeyed to Gerar, and defrauded Abimelech, the king of Gerar, in the same manner as he had the Pharoah in Egypt, by saying that Sarai, his wife, was his sister.

******THE "LORD GOD" AIDED AND ABETTED THAT FRAUD BY ABRAHAM BY THREATENING DEATH UNLESS ABIMELECH GAVE SARAI BACK TO ABRAHAM FOR THE SECOND TIME.******

Whereupon Abimelech gave livestock, men and women servants and a choice of the land of his kingdom to Abraham. WHO SAYS THAT CRIME DOESN'T PAY? IT PAYS IF HE, SHE OR IT (THE "LORD GOD") AIDS AND ABETS YOUR CRIMES AS HE, SHE OR IT (THE "LORD GOD") DID IN THE SEVERAL CASES INVOLVING ABRAHAM, WHO BECAME WEALTHY, PROBABLY "STINKIN' RICH"!!

Genesis 21:1-8 relates to the birth of Isaac, son of Abraham and Sarah, and proceeds uneventfully until Sarah "saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking" [Genesis 21:9], whereupon Sarah, obviously in a fit of rage and jealousy said to Abraham in Genesis 21:9 "Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac."

IN CHAPTER 13 SARAI GIVES HAGAR, HER MAID THE EGYPTIAN, TO ABRAHAM AND URGED ABRAM "TO OBTAIN CHILDREN BY HER" AND SARAI GAVE HAGAR TO ABRAM TO BE HIS "WIFE". AS A WIFE, HAGAR WOULD NO LONGER BE A BONDWOMAN, BUT THE WIFE OF ABRAM. WHEN ABRAM WAS EIGHTY SIX, HAGAR BORE HIM A SON, WHOSE NAME WAS CALLED ISHMAEL. THEN "GOD" ALLEGEDLY SAID, "AND I WILL ESTABLISH MY COVENANT BETWEEN ME AND THEE AND THY SEED AFTER THEE IN THEIR GENERATIONS FOR AN EVERLASTING COVENANT, TO BE A GOD UNTO THEE, AND TO THY SEED AFTER THEE. AND I WILL GIVE UNTO THEE, THE LAND WHEREIN THOU ART A STRANGER, ALL THE LAND OF CANAAN, FOR AN EVERLASTING POSSESSION, AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD. AND GOD SAID UNTO ABRAHAM, THOU SHALT KEEP MY COVENANT THEREFORE, THOU, AND THY SEED AFTER THEE IN THEIR GENERATIONS. THIS IS MY COVENANT, WHICH YE SHALL KEEP, BETWEEN ME AND YOU AND THY SEED AFTER THEE; EVERY MAN CHILD AMONG YOU SHALL BE CIRCUMCISED. AND YE SHALL CIRCUMCISE THE FLESH OF YOUR FORESKIN; AND IT SHALL BE A TOKEN OF THE COVENANT BETWIXT ME AND YOU. HE THAT IS BORN IN THY HOUSE, AND HE THAT IS BOUGHT WITH THY MONEY MUST NEEDS BE CIRCUMCISED: AND MY COVENANT SHALL BE IN YOUR FLESH FOR AN EVER LASTING COVENANT." Genesis 16:7-13.

"God" made a covenant with Abram, now Abraham, and his "SEED". THIS COVENANT WAS MADE AFTER ISHMAEL WAS BORN. THEREFORE, ISHMAEL WAS A PART OF THE COVENANT THAT "GOD" MADE WITH ABRAHAM, SINCE ISHMAEL WAS THE "SEED" OF ABRAHAM. FURTHER, "GOD" ALSO PROMISED THAT "THIS IS MY COVENANT WHICH YE SHALL KEEP, BETWEEN ME AND YOU AND THY SEED AFTER THEE."

THAT ISHMAEL IS THE SEED OF ABRAHAM IS VERIFIED IN GENESIS 21:13 "AND ALSO OF THE SON OF THE BONDWOMAN WILL I MAKE A NATION, BECAUSE HE IS THY SEED." ISN'T IT ODD THAT THE "LORD" USES THE TERM "BONDWOMAN" IMPLYING THE "LORD'S" ACCEPTANCE OF BONDAGE AND SLAVERY FOR HIS CHOSEN ABRAHAM AND SARAH, AND EQUALLY ODD WHEN "GOD" STOOD IDLELY BY WHEN ABRAHAM HAD INTERCOURSE WITH THIS "BONDWOMAN", WHO WAS TERMED A "WIFE" BY SARAH AND THEN A "BONDWOMAN" WHICH WOULD MAKE SARAH AND "GOD" WITHOUT HONOR SINCE THEY RENEGED ON THEIR ORIGINAL ACCEPTANCE OF HAGAR AS A WIFE TO ABRAHAM.

Genesis 21 relates a most convoluted story, which is similar, in principle, to the story about the talking snake in Genesis 3:1-7, the story which made the woman, Eve (as she came to be called), the "fall gal", and this story in Genesis 21, which makes Sarah (renamed from Sarai by the "Lord God" Genesis 17:15), perfidious in her conduct.

Remember in Genesis 16, Sarai, Abram's wife, was barren and took her handmaiden to Abram to become his wife and to be impregnated to "obtain children by her." Hagar became pregnant and gave birth to Ishmael. It is assumed that since Sarai gave Hagar, an EGYPTIAN (it should be noted how the authors of the Old Testament employ racism and thereby create hatred), to Abram to be his "wife", then any children born of that relationship would be cared for and loved by Sarai. Then Sarai becomes Sarah in the following chapter, Genesis 17, which must have changed her nature.

Genesis 21 then relates that when the "Lord God" made Sarah pregnant and she delivered Isaac, then Genesis 21:8-10 relates "And the child grew, and was weaned, Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned. And Sarah saw the son of Hagar THE EGYPTIAN (RACISM again), which she had born unto Abraham, mocking. Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cost out this bondswoman and her son: for the son of this bondswoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac."

Genesis 16:3 stated that Sarai gave to Abram "HAGAR HER MAID THE EGYPTIAN" (there must always be the constant reminder that Hagar is an Egyptian, so that whatever happens to her or her offspring can be regarded as being deserved) "TO BE HIS WIFE"!!! There can be no doubt that Sarai gave Hagar to Abram as his ******WIFE****** (remember those were the days when the "Lord God" sanctioned having many wives) and this is verified in The NIV Interlinear Hebrew-English Old Testament, J.R. Kohlenberger III, ed., Vol.1, Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, MI, 34, 1979.

However, the NEO-"Jews" give this a slightly different spin in order to smooth out the rough edges on the story, and they do this as follows:

"And Sarai said to Abram, "Look the Lord has kept me from bearing. Consort with my maid,: perhaps I shall have a son through her...So Sarai, Abram's wife, took her maid, Hagar the Egyptian---and gave her to Abram as ******CONCUBINE******.." The Torah, W. Gunther Plaut, ed., Union of American Hebrew Congregations, New York, 1981

There can be no question that there is a very great difference between a "wife" and a "CONCUBINE", and between a "wife" and a "bondwoman."

Genesis 21 relates how Sarah does not ask Abraham, but tells Abraham that he must "Cast out this bondwoman and her son; for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, with Isaac." NOTE THAT SARA CALLS ISHMAEL, HAGAR THE EGYPTIAN'S SON, AND DOES NOT MENTION THE FACT THAT ISHMAEL IS ABRAHAM'S SON. THEN THE "LORD GOD" INTERVENES AND CUTS OUT THE EGYPTIAN AND HER SON FROM BEING AN HEIR TO ABRAHAM...THIS IS A MOST EGREGIOUS KIND OF FAVORITISM!!!!

Genesis 21 neatly disposes of Ishmael and his mother, Hagar, the Egyptian, wife of Abram, bondwoman, and the business of the well at Beersheba and the covenant between Abraham and Abimelech.

Genesis 22 is the SEVENTEENTH (17) EXAMPLE, and a classic example, of ANTHROPOMORPHISM (attributing human characteristics to gods and animals) related to "God" tempting Abraham, by telling him to sacrifice his son Isaac, then halting him when he was about to do so, and then pronounced a blessing upon Abraham in Genesis 22:17,18 "That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice."

Genesis 23 relates the death of Sarah in Hebron in the land of Canaan, and how Abraham bought the "cave of the field of Machepelah before Mamre the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan" where he buried Sarah.

Genesis 24 relates the story of Abraham setting the task on his eldest servant to obtain a wife for his son Isaac and not from among the Canaanites, and how a wife, Rebekah, was obtained for Isaac. Of course this happened before Sarah died, and Rebekah was "comforted after his mother's death" by Rebekah.

Genesis 24:1 also states "And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age..." but it is stated in Genesis 25:1 "Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah." Genesis 25:2-4 details the children that resulted from the Abraham/Keturah union, and the sons of those children of that union. Abruptly, in Genesis 25:5, it states, "And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac." Genesis 25:6 would seem to refute the necessity of calling Keturah the wife of Abraham, since it states, "But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country." Undoubtedly, the sons of Keturah and the sons' sons were sent "eastward, unto the east country." Abraham died at the age of 175. How pointless this episode truly is! Ai, Ai, Ai!!!

Genesis 25:19-34 relates the story of Rebekah giving birth to Esau (the oldest twin) and Jacob, and how Jacob mulcted Esau out of his birthright for a bit of bread and pottage of lentils...like his father Abraham, Jacob was a con artist.

Genesis 25:19-34 relates to Isaac taking Rebekah (a Syrian) to wife, and she had twins, Esau and Jacob. and Esau sold his birthright to Jacob for some "bread and pottage of lentils".

Genesis 26:1-6 relates how the "Lord God" told Isaac to dwell in Gerar. Genesis 26:7 tells the same kind of story about Isaac's wife, Rebekah, as that told by Abram and, again, by Abraham in regard to Sarai and Sarah. Isaac told the men of Gerar that Rebekah, his wife, was his sister. Genesis 26:8-11 relates that Abimelech, king of the Philistines spotted Isaac "sporting" with Rebekah, and confronted Isaac and then told his people that anyone "that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death." Isaac, as with Abraham, was rewarded for his lying and fraudulent behavior as related in Genesis 26:12-14. Genesis 26:15-25 relates about the wells that Isaac's servants dug. Genesis 26:26-31 relates how Abimelech and Isaac made a covenant. Genesis 26:34,35 tells us that Esau, who was forty years old, took Judith and Bashemath to wife, which gave Isaac and Rebekah grief of mind.

Genesis 26:1-6 Relates how the "Lord" appeared to Isaac and promised him that he would reward him if he stayed in Gerar and didn't go to Egypt and the "Lord" allegedly told Isaac that he (the "Lord") would give "unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father...Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws." ALLEGEDLY THE "LORD" BARGAINS WITH ISAAC, AND FORGAVE ABRAHAM HIS LYING, CHEATING AND FRAUDULENT BEHAVIOR, WHICH IS THE EIGHTEENTH (18) EXAMPLE OF ANTHROPOMORPHISM (attributing human characteristics to gods and animals).

Genesis 26:16-33 relates how Abimelech sends Isaac away and how Isaac passes his time. Genesis 26:34,35 relates how Esau took to wife two women of the Hittites, which caused Isaac and Rebekah some mental anguish.

Genesis 27 relates the story of Isaac sending Esau to bring him venison to make savoury meat so that he could bless Esau before he died. Rebekah heard Isaac talking with Esau and told Jacob to bring to kids (baby goats) so that she could make savoury meat and she put the hairy skin of the goats on Jacobs arms and neck. Then she sent Jacob in to Isaac with the savoury meat and when Isaac, who was blind, asked who he was Jacob lied and claimed to be Esau. Isaac blessed Jacob thinking he was Esau. When Esau cried out and pleaded with Isaac for a blessing, Jacob stated, in Genesis 27:35 "...Thy brother with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing." Esau vows revenge against Jacob because not only did Jacob defraud him of his birthright, but, also, his blessing. When Rebekah heard of Esau's threat, she urged Jacob to leave and go to Laban, her brother's place, then Rebekah told Isaac that Jacob should not marry the daughter of Heth. THE "LORD GOD" REWARDS JACOB FOR HIS FRAUD AS HE, SHE, IT DID WITH ABRAM a.k.a. ABRAHAM.

Genesis 28:1-7 relates that Jacob was sent to Padanaram to wed the daughters of Laban. Genesis 28:8,9 relates how Esau went to Ishmael and took Ishmael's daughter, Mahalath, to be his wife. Then it relates a dream that Jacob had resulting in Jacob pledging to give one tenth of all that he received to "God." The old tithe story repeated (see Genesis 14:20).

Genesis 29:31 states "And when the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren." THIS IS THE NINETEENTH (19) EXAMPLE OF ANTHROPOMORPHISM (attributing human characteristics to gods and animals). Genesis 29:32-35 tells us that Leah gave birth to Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah. A MOST INTERESTING NOTE IS THAT IN GENESIS 29:31 "AND WHEN THE LORD SAW THAT LEAH WAS HATED..." AND IN GENESIS 29:35 WHEN LEAH GAVE BIRTH TO JUDAH. IT IS INTERESTING TO KNOW THAT THE NEO-"JEWS" OF TODAY CLAIM TO BE THE DESCENDANTS OF JUDAH, SON OF THAT "HATED" MOTHER, LEAH.

Chapter 29:1-29 relates the tale of how Jacob met Rachel the daughter of Laban. It tells of how Jacob labored for Laban for seven years to be given Rachel for a wife. Laban gave Jacob the older daughter, Leah, on the basis that the younger daughter could not be given until the older daughter had been given. So after fourteen years of service to Laban, Jacob is given Leah and Rachel and Zilpah, a maid of Leah's, and Bilhah, who was a maid for Rachel. Rachel remained barren, but Leah bore children, Reuben, Simeon, and Judah. Ostensibly, this occurred because Jacob loved Rachel more than Leah, so the "Lord" made Rachel barren. THIS IS THE TWENTIETH (20) EXAMPLE OF ANTHROPOMORPHISM (attributing human characteristics to gods and animals).

GENESIS 30 REPEATS THE STORY TOLD ABOUT ABRAM BEING GIVEN HAGAR, THE EGYPTIAN, AS A WIFE BY HIS BARREN WIFE SARAI, ONLY THIS TIME IT IS RACHEL WHO GIVES BILHAH HER HANDMAID AS A WIFE TO JACOB TO BEAR CHILDREN FOR HER SINCE SHE IS BARREN. BILHAH GIVES JACOB TWO SONS, DAN AND NAPHTALI. THEN LEAH STOPPED BEARING AND GAVE ZILPAH, HER HANDMAID, TO JACOB AS A WIFE AND ZILPAH GAVE JACOB SONS GAD AND ASHER. THEN LEAH AGAIN BEARS JACOB A SIXTH SON, ZEBULUN AND A DAUGHTER, DINAH. THEN THERE IS THE TWENTY SIXTH (26) EXAMPLE OF ANTHROPOMORPHISM (attributing human characteristics to gods and animals) IN GENESIS 30:22 "AND GOD REMEMBERED RACHEL, AND GOD HEARKENED TO HER, AND OPENED HER WOMB." RACHEL THEN BEARS A SON, JOSEPH. THEN LEAH GAVE BIRTH TO A DAUGHTER, DINAH...A MOST UNUSUAL EVENT ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES OF THE OLD TESTAMENT, WHICH USUALLY DENIGRATED FEMALES. THE LANGUAGE IS THAT BILHAH AND ZILPAH ARE GIVEN TO JACOB AS "WIVES" ACCORDING TO THE ACCOUNT IN The NIV Interlinear Hebrew-English Old Testament, J.R. Kohlenberger III, ed., Vol.1, Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, MI, 34, 1979. HOWEVER, THE "NEO-JEWS" GIVE IT A DIFFERENT SPIN BY MISINTERPRETING THE HEBREW WORD FOR WIFE TO FALSELY BE ******CONCUBINE******.." The Torah, W. Gunther Plaut, ed., Union of American Hebrew Congregations, New York, 1981

There can be no question that there is a very great difference between a "wife" and a "CONCUBINE", and between a "wife". THIS IS EXACTLY THE SAME THING THAT OCCURRED IN READING ABOUT ABRAM AND SARAI (ABRAHAM AND SARAH) AND THE SAME KIND OF INTERPRETATIONS WITH THE NIV INTERLINEAR GIVING THE CORRECT WORD "WIVES" AND THE "NEO-JEWS" GIVING THE INCORRECT WORD ******CONCUBINE******..

Genesis 31:1,2 reveals how Jacob heard the sons of Laban who understood what Jacob had done to Laban and related that Laban was no longer friendly with Jacob. Genesis 31:3 "And the Lord said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with you." THE TWENTY SEVENTH (27) EXAMPLE OF ANTHROPOMORPHISM (attributing human characteristics to gods and animals). THE "LORD" NOT ONLY CONDONED JACOB'S FRAUDULENT SCHEME IN WHICH JACOB MULCTED LABAN OF HIS LIVESTOCK, BUT "GOD" COUNSELED JACOB TO LEAVE AND THAT HE, SHE OR IT ("GOD") WOULD BE WITH JACOB.

Genesis 31:4-21 relates how Jacob made preparations and then set his face toward Gilead. Genesis 31:19 relates how Rachel stole the images that belonged to Laban, her father. Genesis 31:22-24 begins a tale of how Laban overtook Jacob at mount Gilead. Then "God" came to Laban in his sleep and told Laban to speak neither good nor evil to Jacob. Genesis 31:25-30 relates that Laban confronted Jacob and finally asked why Jacob had stolen his gods (the figurines stolen by Rachel). Genesis 31:31,32 Jacob, not knowing that Rachel had stolen Laban's "gods", told Laban to kill whoever had his "gods."

Genesis 31:33-35 relates to Rachel hiding Laban's "gods" and Laban found nothing.

Genesis 31:36-42 details the diatribe of Jacob against Laban, even though Laban was right, because Rachel had stolen his "gods" and had not told Jacob, therefore, Jacob was wrong. Nevertheless, in Genesis 31:43-55 Laban proposed a covenant with Jacob.

GENESIS 32 REPRESENTS A WATERSHED OF EVENTS. FIRST, ARE GIVEN THE TWENTY EIGHTH (28), TWENTY NINTH (29) AND THIRTIETH (30) EXAMPLES OF ANTHROPOMORPHISM (attributing human characteristics to gods and animals).

Genesis 32:1-23 tells of Jacob's preparations to meet his brother, Esau. However in Genesis 32:24-29 Jacob wrestled all night with a man, (Genesis 28) "And he (the man) said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel; for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and has prevailed." THUS, THE NAME "ISRAEL" ALLEGEDLY CAME ABOUT. FROM JACOB TO ISRAEL THROUGH A "MAN"! BUT WAS IT A MAN? GENESIS 32:30 STATES "AND JACOB CALLED THE NAME OF THE PLACE PE-NI'-EL; FOR I HAVE SEEN GOD FACE TO FACE, AND MY LIFE IS PRESERVED." WAS JACOB CORRECT IN STATING THAT THE "MAN" HE HAD WRESTLED ALL NIGHT LONG WAS, INDEED, "GOD"? OR WAS THE MAN AN "ANGEL"? NO ANSWER. AND WHEN THE "MAN" STATED THAT JACOB HAD PREVAILED IS THAT TO BE INTERPRETED AS IF JACOB HAD BEATEN AN "ANGEL" IN THE WRESTLING MATCH? ABSURD! OR THAT JACOB HAD BEATEN "GOD" IN THE WRESTLING MATCH? DOUBLY ABSURD! FARCHADAT!!!

Genesis 33 further illustrates how absurd the naming of Israel really was, because in the very next chapter, Jacob is not called "Israel", but Jacob! Further, in Genesis 3:47 it is stated "And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he (Shechem) HAD WROUGHT FOLLY IN ISRAEL in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done."

Genesis 34:8-12 tells how Hamor and his son, Shechem, prayed to Jacob and his sons to give Dinah as a wife to Shechem and in good faith offered to exchange daughters, give land, to trade with them and that Jacob and his sons could name the dowry and gift. Altogether an open, honest and straightforward offer. What was the response to this generous offer? The answer is clearly stated in Genesis 34:13 "And the sons of Jacob [note that it does not use the name of Israel!) answered Shechem and Hamor his father DECEITFULLY, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:" and the story gets even worse beginning with Genesis 34:14 24 relates how the sons of Jacob demanded that all the males of the city, including Shechem and Hamor, be circumcised. However, the treachery of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, is revealed in Genesis 34:25-29, which relates that while the males were "sore" from the circumcisions, they slew all of the males and despoiled the houses and took all of the wives and children and livestock and wealth. Genesis 34:30 relates how Jacob (still not using the given name of Israel) told Simeon and Levi they had made him "stink" among the Canaanites and the Perizzites and that he was now in danger of his life. The sons responded in a most misleading manner stating in 34:31 "And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?" Obviously, Shechem had not dealt with Dinah as though she was a "harlot." THE PERFIDY OF THESE DESCENDANTS OF SHEM KNOWS NO LIMITS! SCHLOCK!!!!

Genesis 35 is interesting for several reasons. In 35:1 "And God said unto Jacob, Arise go up to Bethel, and dwell there; and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother." THIS IS A THIRD PERSON STATEMENT WHICH IS REVEALED BY THE CONTRADICTION OF "AND GOD SAID UNTO JACOB..."AND MAKE THERE AN ALTAR UNTO GOD, THAT APPEARED UNTO THEE WHEN THOU FLEDDEST FROM THE FACE OF ESAU THY BROTHER." IF THIS HAD BEEN "GOD" SPEAKING, HE,SHE,IT WOULD HAVE SAID "GOD SAID UNTO JACOB, MAKE AN ALTER UNTO ME!"

Genesis 35:10 "And God said unto him (Jacob, aka Israel), Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel." REMEMBER Genesis 32:28 "And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel; for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed."

Genesis 35:28,29 relates that Isaac at 180 years of age died and was buried by his sons Esau and JACOB!

Genesis 36 gives in detail the descendants of Esau, and there is little notable except the use of the word "duke", which has been translated to mean "king."

GENESIS 37:1,2, 34 CONTINUES TO USE THE NAME JACOB RATHER THAN THE NAME GIVEN BY THE "LORD GOD", NAMELY, ISRAEL! THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME CONFUSION ABOUT THE NAME ISRAEL AND IT IS USED ONLY TWICE IN GENESIS 37:3,13. FARCHADAT!!!

Genesis 37 relates the story of "the coat of many colors" made by Jacob/Israel for his youngest son, Joseph, when Joseph was seventeen years old. Joseph had dreams and related them to his brethren and father and his brethren hated him because his dreams predicted that his brethren would serve him. Only Reuben acted in a decent manner when the other brothers decided to kill Joseph. But it was Judah (from whose descendants came the "Jews") who proposed that they profit by selling Joseph to the Ishmaelites and Midianite merchantmen lifted Joseph out of the pit his brothers had put him in and sold him to the Ishmaelites FOR TWENTY PIECES OF SILVER, and Joseph was taken to Egypt where he was sold to Potiphar, captain of the guards and an officer of the Pharaoh's. In the New Testament, Jesus is delivered for THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER. Matthew 27:3.

Genesis 38 relates a tale about Judah, who took Shuah, the daughter of a Canaanite, and she bore him two sons, Er and Onan, and then bore him another son called Shelah. Judah took a wife, Tamar, for his son. GENESIS 38:7 IS THE TWENTY EIGHTH (28) EXAMPLE OF ANTHROPOMORPHISM (attributing human characteristics to gods and animals) "And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord slew him." GENESIS 38:10 IS THE TWENTY NINTH (29) EXAMPLE OF ANTHROPOMORPHISM (attributing human characteristics to gods and animals) WHEN ONAN, THE SECOND SON OF JUDAH, CAST HIS SEED ON THE GROUND "And the thing which he did displeased the Lord: wherefore he slew him also." The remainder of Genesis 38 tells how Tamar, Judah's daughter in law, played like a harlot, and Judah entered in to her, then gave her the temporary payment of his signet ring, bracelets and staff. Tamar then bore Pharez and Zarah.

Genesis 39 continues the story of Joseph in Egypt. It seemed that Joseph, with the help of the "Lord God" prospered and became the total controller of Potiphar's house. When Potiphar's wife proposed that Joseph sleep with her, he refused. Potiphar's wife made up a story, which kindled the wrath of Potiphar, and Joseph was sent to prison, where he became favored by the keeper of the prison, all with the favor and help of the "Lord God".

Genesis 40 relates a story of how Joseph, while in prison, was put in charge of the Pharaoh's chief of the butlers and chief of the bakers who had been imprisoned for offending the Pharaoh. Both men had a dream which was interpreted by Joseph who told the chief of the butlers that the Pharaoh would restore him in three days and then told the chief of the bakers that the Pharaoh would hang him. Which allegedly came to pass, but the head of the butlers did not remember Joseph and forgot him.

Genesis 41 relates that two years later the Pharaoh had two dreams, which Joseph, who was thirty years of age, and with the help of "God", interpreted to mean that "God" had shown Pharaoh what he intended to do, namely, that there would seven years of great plenty then followed by seven years of famine, and that Pharaoh had two dreams meant that this series of events was established by "God" and that "God" would bring it to pass shortly. Joseph recommended that the Pharaoh appoint officers to take up to a fifth of the land of Egypt and store corn and food in the cities. The Pharaoh appointed Joseph second only to the Pharaoh and gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On.

From Asenath was born Manasseh and Ephraim. The famine came and Joseph sold to the Egyptians and then to all other countries.

Genesis 42 AGAIN, I REPEAT THAT IN GENESIS 42:1,29,36 THE NAME OF JACOB IS USED AND ONLY ONCE IN GENESIS 42:5 IS THE NAME ISRAEL USED. IT WOULD SEEM THAT JACOB AND SONS HAD LITTLE REGARD FOR THE WORD OF THE "LORD GOD", SINCE THEY CHOSE TO IGNORE IT REPEATEDLY. Genesis 42 relates a story of how Jacob (aka Israel) sends ten brother, but holds back the eleventh and youngest brother, Benjamin, to Egypt with money to buy corn that they might live due to famine in the land. Joseph knew his brothers but they allegedly didn't know him. Joseph filled their sacks with corn and put their pouches of silver (NOT BUNDLES OF MONEY AS REPORTED IN THE KING JAMES VERSION) in the sacks and told them to bring back Benjamin, but Jacob (aka Israel) would not permit it.

Genesis 43 is unusual because there is only the usage of the name, Israel, and, in Genesis 45, there is the use of the name Jacob three (3) times and the use of the name Israel one (1) time.

BEGINNING WITH GENESIS 46:5-28 ONLY THE NAME OF JACOB IS USED TEN (10) TIMES WHEREAS IN GENESIS 46:28,29 THE USE OF THE NAME ISRAEL IS USED TWICE.

Genesis 43 to 48 relates the story of the migration of Jacob (aka Israel) and all of his kin and possessions to Goshen in Egypt. In all of the related passages, the Pharaoh is depicted as kind, generous and caring. Certainly, the Pharaoh acted in all regards as an ideal human.

Genesis 49:1,2,33 "And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days. Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father...AND WHEN JACOB HAD MADE AN END OF COMMANDING HIS SONS, HE GATHERED UP HIS FEET INTO THE BED, AND YIELDED UP THE GHOST, AND WAS GATHERED UNTO HIS PEOPLE."

In summary, The First Book of Moses Called Genesis presented the following major points:

A minimum of TWENTY NINE (29) EXAMPLES OF ANTHROPOMORPHISM (attributing human characteristics to gods and animals).

The origin of "kosher" food.

The origin of capital punishment (life for a life, tooth for a tooth, eye for an eye)

Allegedly a "covenant" made by "God" with Noah.

Allegedly a "covenant" made by "God" with Noah and his sons and his seed.

Allegedly a "covenant" made by "God" with all flesh that is on earth.

Allegedly Abram and Abraham commit fraud to acquire wealth aided by "God".

Allegedly a "covenant" made by "God" with Abram.

The origin of "tithes" (a tenth part).

The origin of blood sacrifices.

Allegedly a "covenant" made by "God" with Abram's seed.

Allegedly a "covenant" made by "God" with Abraham.

Gays and lesbians destroyed by "God"

Allegedly "God" tolerates incest (between Job and his daughters).

Allegedly a "covenant" made by "God" with Isaac and his seed.

Allegedly Jacob commits fraud to gain wealth tolerated by "God".

The origin of "Israel" as a name given by "God" to Jacob.

Allegedly "God" killed Onan for spilling his seed upon the ground.

The tale of Joseph in Egypt.

What is not presented is the reason that the "Lord God" didn't make better specimens of humankind than have existed for at least the past half dozen millennia...present humankind does not live even to the one hundred and twenty years allegedly given to humankind by the Lord God.

What is not presented is why the "Lord God" made humankind in such a form as to require the man kill to eat and thereby to live...humankind is the most malignant of all animals.

What is not presented is why virtually all of living matter requires the killing of other living matter to live...life living off of life!

There is so very much that is not presented.