Johannes VonderLuft

This is well worth reading with YLT (Young’s Literal Translation.

@anya I’m not sure there can be repentance for fratricide(brother murder). There is only the crime and its punishment. A significant part of repentance would be to “make right” the wrong you did. There is no way for Cain to do that. His wrong is permanent.
It also significant to note that urging of people to “change their ways,” but rather they are warned BEFORE against sinning.

I’m finding it helpful with these passages to read it quickly, then read it again after reading the footnotes before reading it a third or fourth time.

The Lord punches David’s enemies in the face. HE has David’s back.

There is the Dove, Anya.
I do love a fiery preacher.
Martin Luther imitates this in Luther & Eramus where Eramus presents fancy theology and Luther responds with name-calling and the Bible.
I have also wondered if John the Baptist was a Nazorite (sp)?

@anya Good Catch! Nothing is without significance so you are probably right.

GIANTS!
Also, I find it notable that the animals “went” into the ark, Noah didn’t have to round them up.
The actual flood is fascinating because it water from above (a water canopy) and water from the deep (subterranean) flooded the Earth. Interestingly enough, scientists, if I remember correctly, say the whole Earth would be covered with water if flat. I believe there is significantly more water on the Earth NOW than before the flood.
Also, the ark has been found (reportedly) in Turkey, but it is very difficult to visit because of the Turkish government.
This is also, I believe, the FIRST promise made by the Lord to mankind: That the seasons will continue and that there never again be a flood of this kind.
Prior there were only curses.

This is clearly Joseph’s story as indicated by the warnings he received in dreams.
It is also interesting to note the specific astral phenomena of the “star” which was so specific as to indicate a HOUSE.

I think there is a great parallel to be drawn between Abel’s vocation “a keeper of sheep” and Cain’s response to God “am I my brother’s keeper?”
I also think it’s fascinating that it is implied that God walked the Earth, so to speak, and talked with men. Cain’s lament that part of his punishment is to be separated from “the face of God” also seems to support this.
This seems to become rarer with time till Enoch, who “walked with God.”

The thing that jumped out at me was the women mentioned in Christ’s genealogy; none of them were “socially upright.”
Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, Bathsheba (not mentioned by name) and Mary.
Nothing included is without significance. It is notable that these women were included.

I’d really like to read a translation without the words added for Grammar purposes.
I found it interesting that the Lord God banished man from the garden of Eden so he wouldn’t eat from the Tree of Life and “become like one of us.” This suggests to me that the two trees had real power and not just the prohibition of one and reward of the other. Had man NOT been banished from the garden, what would he have become?
Also what is meant when the Lord God talks about “one of us knowing good and evil?”
Who does the “us” refer to? The Trinity? The angels? Other gods?

All in all a good reading; I haven’t read it in a while.