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. A corpse is called "remains" because it's no more sentient than a gas pump. Corpses look like human persons; and that's because at one time they were human persons; but that's over. Once the breath of life is gone out them, corpses become no more a human person than a car seat. When my...

. Genesis 49:1-7 ● Gen 49:1-4 . . And Jacob summoned his sons and said: Come together that I may tell you what is to befall you in days to come. Assemble and hearken, O sons of Jacob; hearken to Israel your father: . . . Reuben, you are my first-born, my might and first fruit of my vigor...

. Genesis 44:17-22 ● Gen 48:17-19a . .When Joseph saw that his father was placing his right hand on Ephraim's head, he thought it an error; so he took hold of his father's hand to move it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's. Not so, Father; Joseph said to his father; for the other is the...

. ● Ecc 1:2-4 . . Meaningless! Futile! complains the Teacher. Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless. What does a man gain from all his labor at which he toils under the sun? Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever. The earth is dumber than a spatula; yet...

. Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer, a.k.a. the Milwaukee Cannibal (May 21, 1960 November 28, 1994) murdered upwards of 18 males. I won't go into the grisly details of those incidents other than to say that he cannibalized, lobotomized, dismembered, beheaded, eviscerated, and performed unspeakable acts of...

Genesis 44:15-16 ● Gen 48:15a . .Then he blessed Joseph All three men there that day were "Joseph" so the blessing wasn't really directed to Mr. Joseph himself alone but rather to his tribe as a unity. ● Gen 48:15b . . saying: The god in whose ways my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the god...

. ● Rev 21:8 . . But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone; which is the second death. The koiné Greek word for "brimstone" is theion (thi'-on) which means...

. Genesis 44:8-14 ● Gen 48:8a . .When Israel At this point, Genesis switches from Jacob's earthly name to his God-given name; viz: his spiritual name; probably because the first portion of the interview was personal business while the second half will be conducted in Jacob's official capacity...

. Human life is fragile; so much so that even something as thin as the air can snuff it out. ● Isa 40:6-7 . . All flesh is grass, and all its kindness is like the blossom of the field. The grass shall dry out, the blossom shall wilt, for a wind from the Lord has blown upon it; behold the people...

. ● Rev 14:6-7 . . And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, announcing with a loud voice: Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment...

. Genesis 48:5-7 ● Gen 48:5-6 . . Now, your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, shall be mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine no less than Reuben and Simeon. Progeny born to you after them shall be yours; but they shall be recorded under the...

. ● Gen 2:24 . . A man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. The Hebrew words for "leave" and "cleave" are a bit ambiguous; but in this case, I'm pretty sure they're saying that when a man marries; loyalty to his parents becomes...

. Genesis 48:1-4 ● Gen 48:1a . . Some time afterward, Joseph was told: Your father is ill The Hebrew word for "ill" is chalah (khaw-law') and can mean not only sick, but also weak (Judg 16:17) sad (1Sam 22:8) suppliant (1Kgs 13:6) injured (1Kgs 22:34) in pain (Jer 4:31) drunk (Hos 7:5) and...

. The tragedy of the second death is that there are no more lives after that because according to Dan 12:2, John 5:29, and Rev 20:5-6 there is but one resurrection allotted per person; which is very serious because according to Rom 6:23, the wages of sin is death. Let's say that somebody...

. Genesis 47:30b-31 ● Gen 47: 30b-31a . . He replied: I will do as you have spoken. And he said: Swear to me. And he swore to him. The Hebrew word for "swear" is shaba` (shaw-bah'). It's basically a promise, guaranteed by repeating it seven times. When God's name is dragged into a shaba` then...

. Genesis 47:27-30a ● Gen 47:27-28 . . Now the Israelites settled in Egypt in the region of Goshen. They acquired property there and were fruitful and increased greatly in number. Jacob lived in Egypt seventeen years, and the years of his life were a hundred and forty-seven. Jacob immigrated...

. ● Rom 3:4 . .Though everyone else in the world is a liar, God is true. As the Scriptures say, "He will be proved right in what He says, and He will win His case in court." Quite a number of Atheists that I encounter online are convinced that the Bible's God doesn't know what He's talking...

. ● Gen 2:18 . .The Lord God said: It's not good for Adam to be solitary; I will make a fitting helper for him. "fitting helper" is from two Hebrew words. "Fitting" is from neged (neh'-ghed) which means: a front, i.e. part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mate. The word for "helper"...

. ● Gen 1:31 . . And God saw every thing that He had made, and, behold, it was very good. The Hebrew word for "good" in that passage is extremely ambiguous, which Webster's defines as capable of being understood in two or more possible senses. Well; in the case of towb (tobe) there's a...

. Genesis 47:21-26 ● Gen 47:21-22 . . and Joseph reduced the people to servitude, from one end of Egypt to the other. However, he did not buy the land of the priests, because they received a regular allotment from Pharaoh and had food enough from the allotment Pharaoh gave them. That is why...