Tuesday, December 1, 2020

Let us make man in our image

 

stom-ach-er           

 (stum-kr)n. A heavily embroidered or jeweled garment formerly worn over the chest and stomachespecially by women.

mock-er-ies.

1. Scornfully contemptuous ridicule; derision. 2. A specific act of ridicule or derision. 3. An object of scorn or ridicule: made a mockery of the rules. 4. A false, derisive, or impudent imitationThe trial was a mockery of justice. 5. Something ludicrously futile or unsuitable: The few packages of food seemed a mockery in the face of such enormous destitution.

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base1

(bas)n. Abbr. b., B. 1.   The lowest or bottom part: the base of a cliff; the base of a lamp. Biology. The part of an animal or plant organ nearest its point of attachment. 2.   A supporting part or layer; a foundation: a skyscraper built on a base of solid rock. A basic or underlying element; infrastructure: the nation's industrial base. 3. The fundamental principle or underlying concept of a system or theory; a basis. 4. A fundamental ingredient; a chief constituent: a paint with an oil base. 5. The fact, observation, or premise from which a reasoning process is begun. 6.  

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is-sue

 (ishoo)n. 1.     A point or matter of discussiondebate, or disputelegal and moral issues. A matter of public concern: refused to address the economic issues. The essential point; crux: the issue of how to provide adequate child care. A culminating point leading to a decision: bring a case to an issue. 5. A place of egress; an outlet: a lake with no issue to the sea. 6.   Pathology. A discharge, as of blood or pus. A lesion, a wound, or an ulcer producing such a discharge. 7. Archaic. Termination; close.v. is-sued, is-su-ing, is-sues.

 

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And

he

said

unto

the

 

woman,

 

Yea,

hath

God

said,

Ye

shall not eat of every tree

of

the garden?

And the woman said unto the serpent, 


We

may eat of the fruit

of

the trees of the garden:

But of the fruit

of the tree

which is in the midst

of the

garden,

 

God

hath said,

Y

shall not eat of it,

 

neither shall

ye 

touch it,


lest ye die.

 

And the serpent said unto

the

woman,



Ye 

shall not surely die:

 

For God

doth know

that in

the day

ye 

eat thereof,

 

then your eyes shall be opened,

and

ye 

shall be as gods,


knowing

good

and evil.

*

To whom then will

ye

liken me,

or

shall I be equal?

 saith the Holy One.

Lift up your eyes on high,

and behold who hath created these things,

that bringeth out their host by number:

he calleth them all by names 

by the 

greatness of his might,


for that he is strong in power;

not one faileth.

Why sayest thou,

O Jacob,

anspeakest,

O Israel,

My way is hid from the Lord,

and my judgment is passed over from my God?

Hast thou not known?

hast thou not heard,

that the everlasting God,

the Lord,

the Creator of the ends

of the earth,

fainteth not,

neither is weary?

there is no searching of his understanding.

He giveth power to the faint;

and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.

Even the youths shall faint and be weary,

and the young men shall utterly fall:

 

But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength;

they shall mount up with wings as eagles;

they shall run,

and not be weary;

and they shall walk,

and not faint.

*

and the fruit tree yielding fruit

after his kind,

 

whose seed is in itself,

 

upon the earth:

 

anit was

so.

 

 

**

 

And Cain talked with

Abel his brother:

anit

came to pass,

 

when they were

in the

field,

 

that Cain

rose up against

Abel

his brother,

 

and slew

 

him.

*

 

So God created

man

in

his

own image,

*

They that

make

a

graven

image

are all

of

them vanity;

and their delectable things

shall not profit;

and they

are

their own witnesses;

they see not,

nor know;

that they may

be as ham ed.

 

Who hath formed a god,

or

molten

a

graven image

that is

profitable for nothing?

*

 

*

And the Lord

said

unto Cain,

 

Where is Abel

thy brother?

 

And

he

said,

 

I

know not:

 

*

When the Almighty

was yet with me,

when my children

were about me;

 

When

I

washed my steps with butter,

and the rock poured

me

out rivers

of

oil;

 

When

I

went out

to the gate through the city,

 

when

I

prepared my seat in the street!

 

The young men saw me,

anhid themselves:

and the aged arose,

anstood up.

The princes refrained talking,

 

and laid their hand on their mouth.

 

The nobles held their peace,

 

antheir

tongue

cleaved to the roof of their mouth.

 

When the ear heard me,

 

then it blessed me;

anwhen the eye saw me,

it

gave witness to me:

 

Because

I

delivered

the

poor that cried,

and the fatherless,

and

him

that had none

to

help him.

 

After my words

they

spake not again;

 

anmy speech

dropped upon them.

 

And they waited

for me

as

for the rain;

and

they

opened

their mouth wide

as

for the

latter rain.

*

 

that Cain

rose up

against

 

Abel

his

brother,

*

Anin process

of

time it came to pass,

 

that Cain

 brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord.

 

AnAbel,

he also

brought of the firstlings


of


his flock


and

of 

the


fat thereof.

 

And the

Lord

had respect unto

Abel

and

to

his offering:

 

But unto Cain

and

to

his offering

he

had not respect.

 

And Cain

was

very wroth,

 

anhis countenance fell.

 

And the Lord said unto Cain,

Why art thou wroth?

 

anwhy

is

thy

countenance fallen?

 

If thou doest well,

shalt thou not be accepted?

 

anif thou doest not well,

 

sin lieth at the door.


And unto 

thee 

shall be 

his 

desire,

*

And

I

will turn my hand upon thee,

 

anpurely purge away thy dross,

and take away all thy tin:

And

I 

will restore thy judges

as at

the first,

 anthy

counsellors

as at

the beginning:

*


anthou shalt rule over him.

 

And Cain talked

with

Abel his brother:

 

and it came to pass,

 

*

These are the generations

of the

heaven and the earth.

 

*

And the

earth

was without

form,

anvoid;

*

and of the

earth

when

they

were created,

in the day

that the

Lord God

made the

earth

and the

heavens,

*

when they were in the field,

that Cain

rose up against Abel

his brother,

 and slew him.

*

 

But now

they that are younger than

I

have me in derision,

whose fathers

I

would have disdained

to have set

with the dogs

of

my flock.

 

Yea,

whereto might the strength

of

their hands profit me,

*

Nevertheless

in the time

of

his old age

he

was diseased

in

his feet.

 

**

in

whom

 old age was perished?

 

For want

anfamine

they were solitary;

fleeing into the wilderness

in

former time

desolate and waste.

 

Who cut up mallows

by

the bushes,

 

and juniper roots

for

their meat.

They were driven forth

from

among men,

(they cried after them as after a thief;)

 

To dwell in the cliffs

of

the valleys,

in caves of the earth,

and in the rocks.

Among the bushes they brayed;

under the nettles they were gathered together.

 

They were children of fools,

*

And the earth

was

without form,

anvoid;

*

children of base men:

they were viler than the earth.

 Annow

 am I

their song,

yea,

I am

their byword.

They abhor me,

they flee far from me,

and spare not to spit in my face.

Because

he hath loosed my cord,

and afflicted me,

 

they have also

let loose

the

bridle before me.

Upon my right hand rise the youth;

they push away my feet,

and

they raise up against me

the ways

of

their destruction.

 

They mar my path,

they set forward my calamity,

they have no helper.

 

**

 

 

And he said,

What

hast thou

done?

 

the voice

of

 

thy brother's

 

blood

crieth unto

me

from

the ground.

 

*

Because

thou hast

forgotten

the God

of

thy salvation,

and hast not been mindful

of

the

rock

of

thy

strength,

therefore

shalt

thou plant

pleasant plants,

 

and shalt

set it

with strange slips:

 

In the day

shalt thou

make

thy plant to grow,

 

and in the morning

shalt thou

make thy seeto flourish:

but the harvest shall be a heap

in the day

of

grief

and of desperate sorrow.

 

*

     And Cain

said unto

the Lord,

 

My

punishment

is

greater than

 

I

can

bear.

 

Behold,

thou hast

driven

me

out this day

from

the

face

of the

earth;

 

and from

thy face

shall

I

be hid;

and

I

shall

be a fugitive

and a vagabond

in

the earth;

 

and

it

shall come

to pass,

that every one

that findeth

me

shall slay

me.

 

And the Lord

said

unto him,

 

Therefore

 whosoever slayeth

Cain,

 

vengeance

shall be taken

on him sevenfold.

 

And the Lord

set a

mark upon Cain,

 

lest any finding

him

 

should

kill him.

 

And Cain

went out

from

the presence

of

the Lord,

and dwelt in the land of Nod,

 

on the

east of Eden.

*

 

But of the fruit

of

the

tree

which

is in

the

midst

of

the garden,

 

God

hath said,

 

Ye

shall not eat of

it,

 

neither shall

ye

touch it,

 

lest ye die.

 

*

And the earth brought

forth

grass,

 

anherb

yielding seed

after

his kind,

 

and the

tree

yielding fruit,

 

whose

seed was

in it self,

 

after

his kind:

 

anGod

saw that it was good.

 

**

And

the

Lord God

caused

a

deep sleep

to

fall upon

Adam,

*

For the Lord

hath poured

out upon

you the spirit

of

deep sleep,

 

and hath closed your eyes:

 

the prophets

and your rulers,

the seers

hath

he covered.

 

And the vision

of all

is

become unto you

as

the words

of a

book that is sealed,

 

which men deliver

to

one that is learned,

 

saying,

Read this,

I

pray thee:

and

he

saith,

I

cannot;

for it is sealed:

 

And the book

is

delivered to

him

that is

not learned,

 

saying,

Read this,

I

pray thee:

 

anhe saith,

am

not learned.

 

Wherefore

the Lord

said,

 

Forasmuch

as this

people draw near

me

with their mouth,

and with their lips

do honour me,

 

but

have removed their heart

far from

me,

and their fear toward

me

is taught

by the

precept of men:

 

Therefore,

behold,

I

will proceed to do

a

marvellous

work among this people,

 

even a

marvellous work

and a wonder:

for the wisdom

of

their wise men shall perish,

and the understanding

of

their prudent men shall be hid.

 

Woe unto them

that seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord,

antheir works

are in

the dark,

 

and they say,

 

Who seeth us?

anwho knoweth us?

 

Surely your turning

of

things upside down shall

be

esteemed

as

the potter's clay:

 

for shall the work

say of

 

him that made it,

He made me not?

 

or shall

the thing

framed say

of him

that framed it,

 

He had no understanding?

 

*

anhe slept:

*

and the darkness

he

called Night.

*

anhe took

one

of

his ribs,

 

and

closed up

the

flesh instead

thereof;

     *

My

flesh is clothed with worms

and clods of dust;

my

skin is broken,

anbecome loathsome.

My

days are swifter

than a

weaver’s shuttle,

and are

spent

without hope.

*

Anit shall come

to

pass,

that instead

of sweet smell

there

shall be stink;

 

*

And when

they

 lifted up

their eyes afar off,

and

knew him not,

they

lifted up their voice,

 

and wept;

 

and

they

rent every

one

his mantle,

and

sprinkled

dust upon their heads

toward heaven.

*

aninstead

of a girdle a rent;

 

So

they sat down

with

him

upon the ground

seven days

and

seven nights,

 

annone

spake a word

unto

him:

*

and instead

of

well set hair

 

baldness;

 

aninstead

of

stomacher

girding

of

sackcloth;

anburning

instead of beauty.

 

Thy men shall fall

by the sword,

 

anthy mighty

in

the war.

 

Anher

gates

shall lament

and mourn;

 

and

she

being desolate

 

shall

 

sit upon

the

ground.

 

And in

that day

 

seven women

shall take hold

of

one man,

 saying,

*

And the

woman

said

unto the serpent,

 

We

may eat

of

the fruit

of the

trees

of

the garden:

 

*

We will eat

our own

bread,

anwear

our own

apparel:

only

let us

be

called

by

thy

name,

*

And God said,

Let us make man

in

our

image,

*

to

take away

our

 

reproach.

 

In that day shall the branch

of the

Lord be beautiful

and glorious,

and the fruit

of the

earth shall be excellent

and comely

for them

that are escaped

of

Israel.

*

 

And the rib,

which the

Lord God

had taken from man,

made he woman,

and brought

her

unto the man.

 

AnAdam said,

This is now

bone

of

my bones,

 

and flesh

of

my flesh:

 

she

shall be called

Woman,

because

she

was taken

out of Man.

    

Therefore shall

a

man leave

his father

anhis mother,

and shall cleave

unto

his wife:

and they shall

be

one flesh.

*

after his kind:

anGod

saw

that it was good.

 

And they were both naked,

the man and his wife,

anwere not as ham ed.

*

That the sons

of

God

saw the daughters

of

men

that they

were fair;

and

they

 

took

them

wives

of

all which

they chose.

*

And Cain knew

his wife;

anshe conceived,

and bare Enoch:

*

 

And unto

Enoch

was born Irad: . . .

anMethusael

begat Lamech.

 

And Lamech

took unto him

two wives:

the name

of the

one was Adah,

and the name

of

the

other Zillah.

 

AnAdah bare Jabal:

he

was the father

of

such as dwell in tents,

 

and of such as have cattle.

 

Anhis brother's

name was

Jubal:

he

was the father

of all

such as

handle

the harp and organ.

 

AnZillah,

she

also

bare Tubalcain,

an instructor

of

every artificer

in brass aniron:

and the sister

(daughter of Adah)

of

Tubalcain was Naamah.

(His wife)

**

AnAdam knew

his

wife again;

and she bare a son,

ancalled

his name

Seth:

 

For God,

said she,

hath appointed

me

another seed

 

instead

of

Abel,

whom Cain slew.

 

And to Seth,

to

him

also

there

 

was

born a son;

*

Jubal:

he

was the father

of all

such as

handle

the harp and organ.

*

anhe called

his

name Enos:

then began men

to

call upon

the

name of the Lord.

**

Annow

art thou

cursed

from

the earth,

which hath

opened

her mouth

to

receive

thy

brother's blood

from

thy hand;

 

When thou tillest

the ground,

it

shall not henceforth yield

unto thee

her strength;

a fugitive

and a vagabond

shalt thou

be

in the

earth.

 

*

This is the book of the generations of Adam.

In the day

 that God

created man,

in the

likeness

of

God

made he him;

 

Male and female

created

he them;

 

anblessed them,

ancalled their name

Adam,

in the day when

they

were created.

 

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