tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379287241318002122.post8347126173503124933..comments2024-01-28T08:54:32.914-06:00Comments on That's interesting...: The Bible, Pt. 14: Genesis, Chapter 46 - 50Bill Garthrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08552459555883204060noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379287241318002122.post-3533764722666412932013-11-25T09:05:47.750-06:002013-11-25T09:05:47.750-06:00I'm enjoying it, Gregg, but I'm enjoying i...I'm enjoying it, Gregg, but I'm enjoying it because I'm blogging about it. There's a lot in the Bible which cries out for commentary. :)<br /><br />And sure, I intend to go through the entire Bible - New Testament, too. But I've only just finished Genesis, so let's not get ahead of ourselves. Who knows if this will still be fun for me months from now?<br /><br />(Note that I don't say "fun for my readers," because I suspect that it's not as much fun for you to "wade through all this stuff." Heh, heh. But my blog tends to be more fun for me than for anyone else, anyway.)<br />Bill Garthrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08552459555883204060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379287241318002122.post-10729682176525988212013-11-24T14:18:09.882-06:002013-11-24T14:18:09.882-06:00Yeah, I meant aren't.
And good point about T...Yeah, I meant aren't. <br /><br />And good point about Tamar.Chimeradavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14373236451090168388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379287241318002122.post-17578399705056819562013-11-24T13:26:55.313-06:002013-11-24T13:26:55.313-06:00Honestly, I don't know how you can wade throug...Honestly, I don't know how you can wade through all this stuff. I can barely keep track of reading your summary - the bible passages are too hard to make sense of. I'm looking forward to the rest of the bible. Are you going to go all through the New Testament, too?Gregghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01586617762772314439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379287241318002122.post-91978305897947997502013-11-24T11:12:23.029-06:002013-11-24T11:12:23.029-06:00Thanks for the link, John. That's helpful, alt...Thanks for the link, John. That's helpful, although even "loathsome" doesn't seem to make much sense when applied to shepherds.<br /><br />But then, if shepherds were foreigners (because there wasn't much need for shepherds in Egypt),... well, I guess it's easy for people to think of foreigners as loathsome, huh? Maybe these Egyptians were all Republican. :)<br /><br />And you meant to say that King David and Jesus <i>weren't</i> descended from Joseph, I think. True (at least not in the direct male line - these people are all inbred, you know).<br /><br />I thought about pointing out the prophecy above that "thy father's children shall bow down before" Judah, because that's why it was important that Jesus (or his stepfather, at least) <i>was</i> from that line. That's why that ancestry was included in two separate Gospels (in conflicting genealogies, but that's for another post).<br /><br />But I think it's even more interesting that they're supposed to be descended from Tamar (from one of her twins). The Bible may ignore women, but I don't. :)<br /><br />Finally, the oldest son was important in this culture. He inherited twice what other sons inherited, for one thing. But parents frequently have a soft spot for the baby of the family, too, don't they? And this was a perfect opportunity for the kind of conflict which would make a story more entertaining.<br /><br />It's like television these days. Back then, a storyteller would want to keep his audience entertained, and inter-family conflict would do that. Favoring a younger son over an elder son was probably a common theme in their tales.<br />Bill Garthrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08552459555883204060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379287241318002122.post-9835346016427888962013-11-24T09:31:50.274-06:002013-11-24T09:31:50.274-06:00The 12 tribes, oh I know this one: Caprica, Aerilo...The 12 tribes, oh I know this one: Caprica, Aerilon, Gemenon. Oh wait...that's the 12 colonies on Battlestar Galactica. :)<br /><br />I think it's interesting that according to this King David and Jesus are descendant from Joseph like I would have guessed. They are descendant from Judah who we learned all about...too much about...from the Tamar story.<br /><br />that thing about "every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians." I'm still not really sure what it means. Here is a wikipedia page about the translation of the word: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abomination_(Bible)<br /><br />The thing with Ephraim and Manasseh. It's like there are only 3 characters in Genesis. The father, the older brother and the younger brother. I guess the people in the ancient times were comforted by the repetition or something. <br /><br />Chimeradavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14373236451090168388noreply@blogger.com