Genesis creation myth

After the tragic event, my family and I rushed to his coffin. I saw his face of happiness once again, marking as a happy person on Earth. Despite his happiness, tears flowed freely from my eyes as a sign of helplessness and mourning. Many of his colleagues, friends, fellow co-workers, and supporters have rushed to his wake in Makati. Most of them gave their condolences and counsels. "Stay strong," "Condolences," these were the common words/phrases I heard from them. I reminisced my experiences…

Men and women both were committing unnatural acts by offering themselves up as strange flesh to entities not of human flesh. Both men as well as woman were lying with angels (angelic men). The “due penalty” clause is quite a mystery without this understanding. What would this due penalty be that these people would be receiving in their persons? This word, persons, is a reference to their own bodies. They are receiving demons into their own flesh. The initial stage is probably some kind of…

The biblical narratives presented in Genesis 16:1-15 and 21:18-21 resemble a stereotypical soap opera, where there are acts of unbelievable treachery, hatred, and lies. Yet underlying the dramatic telling of Sarai and Hagar’s story is a sub-plot, which reveals the intricate workings of the culture, society, and theology of the ancient Hebrews and their neighboring regions. Working from these texts, an understanding of Hagar’s evolving narratives in Genesis 16:1-15 and 21:8-21 raises the…

After the creation of the havens and the earth. God thought it was empty and dark over the surface and the spirit of the god was soaring over the water. Then god formed the light and separated as morning and evening. Similarly, the god thought that the water under the sky be gathered to one place and let dry the ground appear, so god called the dry ground “land “and gathered water and called a s “sea”. In the process of creating many things in the earth god created living creatures according to…

In the beginning, there was Adam and Eve. They lived in the Garden of Eden where all their needs were met and thrived in the purity and goodness of God. One day, unfortunately, Eve was deceived by the serpent and she ate the fruit of knowledge between good and evil. Her purity was stripped from her at that moment and was thrown into the world of sin. Whether you categorize yourself as a religious person or not, the story of Eve and the forbidden fruit is a familiar story. The story is so…

Reverse Metamorphosis “ When Gregor Samsa awoke from troubled dreams one morning, he found that he had been transformed in his bed into an enormous bug” (Kafka 11). The Metamorphosis is an absurdist fiction published in 1915, written by Franz Kafka. This intriguing, ironic story was told from the point of view of a character whose true identity transitioned throughout the novella. Although Gregor’s exterior appearance was of a bug, internally he continuously depicted many human qualities. This…

Throughout the book of Genesis there exists many conflicts: Eve’s conflict with the serpent’s lies, the conflict of Cain and Abel, the conflict Moses has with the Egyptians to free the Israelites, and then the conflict Moses has with the children in the wilderness to follow God. These are just a few of the conflicts that are discussed in the book of Genesis. Joseph is a great example of how suffering and conflict, no matter how unfair, can develop great character and wisdom. The story of…

Michelangelo’s The Fall and Expulsion from the Garden of Eden illustrates the biblical story of the Temptation and Fall of Adam and Eve found in the Book of Genesis. The Tree of Life stands in the center of the painting, dividing it into two contrasting scenes; the left representing the Temptation of Adam and Eve, and the right depicting their expulsion from Eden (Fig. 1). The passage begins with God warning Adam and Eve that they will die if they eat the fruit from the tree, as indulging in the…

Introduction This assignment is an exegesis of Genesis chapter 12. The exegesis will look at the significance of Genesis in Pentateuch. All the different events within this chapter will be discussed, in addition to the significance for the original readers. Alongside this a short summary of the context will follow. The Pentateuch The Pentateuch is known as the first 5 books of the Bible. The word Pentateuch derives from the Greek word Penta, meaning Five. The following quote explains the full…

In Genesis 27, verse 35-36, “But he said, “Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing.” Esau said, ‘Isn’t he rightly named Jacob? This is the second time he has taken advantage of me: He took my birthright, and now he’s taken my blessing!’” Jacob tricked his father into giving the blessing, that originally belonged to Esau, to himself. He did this out of self-gain. “37 Jacob, however, took fresh-cut branches from poplar, almond and plane trees and made white stripes on them by peeling…