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   From: wmech@bellsouth.net   
      
   Anyone that believes this and other Biblical nonsense is in need of   
   Psychiatric help!   
      
   "Blak"  wrote in message   
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   > The genealogy through Seth is here given. Outstanding among these   
   > descendants of Seth is Enoch, who sanctifies Jehovah’s name by “walking   
   > with the true God.” (5:22) The next man of notable faith is Enoch’s   
   > great-grandson Noah, born 1,056 years after Adam’s creation. During this   
   > time something occurs to increase the violence in the earth. Angels of God   
   > forsake their heavenly habitation to marry the good-looking daughters of   
   > men. This unauthorized cohabitation produces a hybrid race of giants known   
   > as the Nephilim (meaning “Fellers”), who make a name, not for God, but for   
   > themselves. Jehovah therefore announces to Noah that He is going to wipe   
   > out man and beast because of the continuing badness of mankind. Only Noah   
   > finds favor with Jehovah.   
   >   
   >  Noah becomes father to Shem, Ham, and Japheth. As violence and ruination   
   > continue in the earth, Jehovah reveals to Noah that He is about to   
   > sanctify His name by means of a great flood, and He commands Noah to build   
   > an ark of preservation, giving him detailed building plans. Noah promptly   
   > obeys and gathers his family of eight persons, together with beasts and   
   > birds; then, in the 600th year of his life (2370 B.C.E.), the Flood   
   > begins. The downpour continues for 40 days, until even the tall mountains   
   > are covered by as much as 15 cubits (c. 22 ft) of water. When, after one   
   > year, Noah is finally able to lead his family out of the ark, his first   
   > act is to offer a great sacrifice of thanksgiving to Jehovah.   
   >   
   >  Jehovah now blesses Noah and his family and commands them to fill the   
   > earth with their offspring. God’s decree gives permission to eat meat but   
   > demands abstinence from blood, which is the soul, or life, of the flesh,   
   > and requires the execution of a murderer. God’s covenant nevermore to   
   > bring a deluge upon the earth is confirmed by the appearance of the   
   > rainbow in the heavens. Later, Ham shows disrespect for Jehovah’s prophet   
   > Noah. Learning of this, Noah curses Ham’s son Canaan, but he adds a   
   > blessing showing that Shem will be specially favored and that Japheth also   
   > will be blessed. Noah dies at 950 years of age.   
   >   
   >  Noah’s three sons carry out God’s command to multiply, producing 70   
   > families, the progenitors of the present human race. Nimrod, grandson of   
   > Ham, is not counted in, evidently because he becomes “a mighty hunter in   
   > opposition to Jehovah.” (10:9) He sets up a kingdom and starts to build   
   > cities. At this time all the earth has one language. Instead of scattering   
   > over the earth to populate and cultivate it, men decide to build a city   
   > and a tower with its top in the heavens so that they can make a celebrated   
   > name for themselves. However, Jehovah thwarts their intention by confusing   
   > their language, and so scatters them. The city is called Babel (meaning   
   > “Confusion”)   
      
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