Ge-ne-Sci

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Attacks of criticism and scrutiny never really cease concerning the Book. Of all the books of the Book, though, it seems that the book of Genesis has to be the most challenged throughout the ages. From creation week to the great deluge to the patriarchal existence and the Egyptian famine, these topics has gotten all the brows raised up when objective “science” comes into play.

Raining up
There were no occurrences of rain anytime before the flood. Streams were just flowing from the ground, irrigating the plants and the ground altogether. Theoretically, no clouds were also supposed to be present.

Eden, where art thou?
I’ve always wondered where the Garden of Eden actually was located. Or if it’s still being guarded by the cherubs. The Tigris and Euphrates rivers are still easily located in the Middle East but there’s no clue as to the location of the tree of the garden of good and evil.

Cain’s party
After murdering his brother Abel, Cain went to a place called Nob. There, he found a wife. I actually thought there were only the four of them to begin with: Adam, Eve, Cain, and Abel. So, what about these people from Nob?

How old is old (when the world was young)?
The genealogy mentioned a man named Methuselah who had lived for 969 years, making him the record holder of being the oldest guy of all time. Makes me wonder if he still would be able to remember his teenage years or which part of his life would he tend to experience his midlife crisis.

Doom exemption
Noah, his family, and the pairs of animals that went on the ark with him were the only ones left alive after the flood. Well, not really. Those fishes and other sea creatures were exempted from the wrath that was incurred on mankind. So, that explains Lochness.

Baby Babylon
Everyone was speaking the same language when they were building the tower of Babel. Which language were they actually using before the great confusion took place? It was in this point when it was openly stated that there’s nothing impossible for men to plan and execute if, as one, they would speak a single language.

Mystery of Three
Abraham had been visited by three men to tell about his overdue son and the impending doomsday in Sodom and Gomorrah. The strange thing to note is that everytime Abraham speaks to these three men, someone would reply with a prelude of “The LORD said”.

The Dreamer’s Tribulation
Joseph is easily the crowd favorite in all of Genesis. He was envied by his brothers and favorably singled out by his father Israel (a.k.a. Jacob). Still, his name isn’t included in the twelve tribes of Israel. Nevertheless, two of his sons got it. Fair enough, I guess.

Before I end this post, I remembered another notable thing about Genesis: it’s authorship is actually attributed to Moses. He obviously wrote many generations after all the events have taken place. And his generation has four more times of a story to tell.