Rivers of water

Naram_Sin king of the four quarters of the world

Sublime

: to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form

2[French sublimer, from Latin sublimare] a(1): to elevate or exalt especially in dignity or honor

(2): to render finer (as in purity or excellence) b: to convert (something inferior) into something of higher worth

                                                                                                     Merriam-webster dictionary

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sub-lime (s-blim)adj.

1. Characterized by nobility; majestic. 2.   Of high spiritual, moral, or intellectual worth. Not to be excelled; supreme. 3. Inspiring awe; impressive. 4. Archaic. Raised aloft; set high. 5. Obsolete. Of lofty appearance or bearing; haughty: "not terrible,/That I should fear ... /But solemn and sublime" (John Milton).n. 1. Something sublime. 2. An ultimate example.v. sub-limed, sub-lim-ing, sub-limes.v. tr. 1. To render sublime. 2. Chemistry. To cause to sublimate.v. intr. Chemistry. To sublimate.[French, from Old French, sublimated, from Latin sublimis, uplifted.]--sub-lime'ly adv. --sub-lime'ness or sub-lim'i-ty (s-blimi-te). n.

 

                                        Excerpted from American Heritage Talking Dictionary

 

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In the beginning

*

God created

*

she heaven

*

and the earth.

*

When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them,

a decent respect to the opinions of

mankind

requires

that they

should declare the causes which impel

them

to

the separation.

 

*

And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth,

and daughters were born unto them,

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 they said one to another,

Go to,

let us make brick,

and

 

burn them

 

throughly.

*

First Book of Chronicles

     Adam, Sheth,

 

Enosh,

 

And unto Enoch was born Irad:

and Irad begat Mehujael:

and Mehujael begat

Methusael:

 and Methusael

begat Lamech.

 

And Lamech took unto him

two wives:

the name of the one was Adah,

and the name of the other Zillah.

 

Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered,

     Henoch, Methuselah,

Lamech,

    

Noah, Shem, Ham,

and Japheth.

 

The sons of Japheth;

Gomer,

and Magog,

and Madai,

and Javan,

and Tubal,

and Meshech,

and Tiras.

    

And the sons of Gomer;

Ashchenaz,

and Riphath,

and Togarmah.

 

And the sons of Javan;

Elishah,

and Tarshish,

Kittim,

and Dodanim.

    

The sons of Ham;

Cush,

and Mizraim,

Put,

and Canaan.

 

And the sons of Cush;

 

Seba,

 

and Havilah,

 

and Sabta,

and Raamah,

and Sabtecha.

 

And the sons of Raamah;

Sheba,

and Dedan.

    

     And Cush begat Nimrod:

 

he

began to

be

mighty upon the earth.

*

We

hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,

that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life,

liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

*

Enosh,

 

then began

men

to

call upon the name

of

the Lord.

****

 

HAMMURABI'S

 

INTRODUCTION

 

TO HIS

CODE OF LAWS

 

 

When Anu

the

sublime,

 

the

King of the Annunaki

and Bêl,

 

the lord

of

heaven

and earth,

 

who fixed

the

destiny

of

the country,

 

had committed

the whole

of

mankind to Marduk,

*****

the sun

 of

Babylon,

who causes the light to radiate over the country Sumer and Akkad;

King whom the four regions of the world obey;

the favorite of the god the favorite

of the

god Nini,

am I.

When Marduk sent me to rule mankind,

to impart judicial protection to the country,

it

was that

I

might establish right,

justice and happiness

among the people.

 

**

 

And a river went out

of

Eden

to

water the garden;

 

and from thence

it

was parted,

 

and became

into

four heads.

 

The name

of

the first

is

Pison:

 

that is it

 

which

compasseth

the whole land

of

Havilah,

*

 

 

And the sons

of

Cush;

 

Seba,

 

and Havilah,

***

 

where there is gold;

**

The scholarly community is divided as to where the location of Eden was. The following answer presents one (their) viewpoint:)

 

Eden – Here is the description of Eden that appears in Genesis 2:10-14, “And a river went out of Eden giving water to the garden; and from there it was parted and became four streams. The name of the first is Pison, which goes round about all the land of Havilah where there is gold. And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone. And the name of the second river is Gihon: this river goes round all the land of Ethopia. And the name of the third river is Hiddekel, which goes to the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.”

 

The geography seems clear when some translation issues are addressed.  The Hiddekel (Tigris) and the Euphrates place the garden securely in Mesopotamia.  Now for the translation issue – “Ethiopia” makes us think of the country on the horn of Africa south of Sudan. It is important to recognize that “Ethiopia” is translated from the Hebrew word “Cush.”  At the time following the flood of Noah from which the Genesis account comes, we find that one of the sons of Ham was Cush.  In turn, one of Cush’s sons was Havilah (Genesis 10:7), the same Havilah mentioned in Genesis 2 respecting Eden.  Both Cush and Havilah continued to dwell in Mesopotamia—some of the people of Cush later moved to what we today call Ethiopia.  Certainly, the most infamous of Cush’s sons was Nimrod (Genesis 10:8) who was the mastermind behind the Tower of Babel.

The tower is in Babylon, and once again easily positioned in Mesopotamia.

Wikipedia

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The name of the first is Pison, which goes round about all the land of Havilah where there is gold. And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.

 

And the name of the second river is Gihon:

this river goes round all the land of Ethopia.

 

And the name

of the

second river is

Gihon:

 

the same

is it that

compasseth

the whole land of Ethiopia.

**

The king also said

unto them,

Take with you

the

servants

of

your lord,

**

 

And the fourth river is Euphrates.”

 

The geography seems clear when some translation issues are addressed. 

The Hiddekel (Tigris) and the Euphrates place the garden securely in Mesopotamia.  Now for the translation issue – “Ethiopia” makes us think of the country on the horn of Africa south of Sudan. It is important to recognize that “Ethiopia” is translated from the Hebrew word “Cush.”

 

 

and cause Solomon my son

to ride upon mine own mule,

and bring him down

to

Gihon:

    

for he shall

be

king

in

 

my stead:

**

For God,

said she,

hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel,

**

and

I

have

 

appointed

 

him

 

to be

ruler over Israel

and over Judah.

**

Yea,

in the way

of

thy judgments,

 

O Lord,

have we waited

for thee;

 

the desire

of

our soul

is to

thy name,

 

and to the

remembrance

of

thee.

 

With my soul have

I

desired thee

in

the night;

 

yea,

with my spirit within me

will

I

seek thee early:

 

for when thy

judgments

are in the earth,

 

the inhabitants

of

the

world

will learn

righteousness.

**

 

And king Solomon

gave unto

the

queen of Sheba

 

all her desire,

 

whatsoever she asked,

 

beside that which

Solomon gave

her

of

his

royal bounty.

 

So

she

turned

and went to

her

own country,

 

she and her

servants.

 

*

And the name

of the

third river

is

Hiddekel:

 

that is it

 

which goeth

 

toward the east

of

 

Assyria.

**

 

And in the

four and twentieth day

of the first month,

 

as I

was by the side of the great river,

 

which is Hiddekel;

 

Then

I

lifted up

mine eyes, . . .

 

 

*******

 

Now the Lord had said unto

Abram,

Get thee out of thy country,

 

and from thy kindred,

 

and from thy father's house,

 

unto a land that

I

 will shew

thee:

 

 

*****

 

on thy belly

shalt thou go,

and dust shalt thou eat all the days

of

thy life:

 

*

and look

And the Lord God

said unto the serpent,

Because thou hast done this,

 

thou art

cursed above all cattle,

and above every beast of the field; up

*

And Abel, . . .

*

from

the place

where

thou art

 

northward,

 

and southward,

and eastward,

and westward:

 

all the rams

which

leap upon

the

cattle are

the cattle are

ringstraked,

speckled,

and grisled:

**

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:

 

**

And Jacob

sent

and called Rachel

and Leah

to

the

field

unto his flock,

    

And it came

to pass at

the time

 

that the

cattle conceived,

 

that

I

lifted up

 

mine eyes,

and saw in a dream,

and,

 

behold,

the rams which

leaped

upon

the cattle

were ringstraked,

speckled,

and grisled.

And the angel

of

God

spake unto

me

in a dream,

 

saying,

*

And the Lord

said unto

Abram,

after

that Lot

 

was separated

from him,

 

Lift up

now

*

when Hagar bare

Ishmael to Abram

thine eyes,

 

*

 

Jacob:

And I said,

 

Here

am I.

 

And he said,

Lift up now

thine eyes,

and see,

 

for

I

have seen all

 

that Laban

doeth unto thee.

 

*****

After this opened

Job his

mouth,

and cursed

his day.

 

My flesh is clothed with worms

and clods of dust;

my skin is broken,

and become loathsome.

 

**

. . . and looked,

and behold

a

certain man

clothed in linen,

*

Silver spread into plates

is

brought from

Tarshish,

*****

The sons of Japheth; . . .

    

. . . And the sons of Javan;

Elishah,

and Tarshish,

**

and gold from Uphaz,

the work

of

the workman,

 

and

of

the hands

of

the founder:

blue and purple

is

their clothing:

they

are all the work

of

cunning men.

 

*

whose loins were girded

with fine gold

of Uphaz:

 

His body also

was like

the beryl,

***

God understandeth

the way thereof,

 

and he knoweth

the place thereof.

    

For he looketh

to the

ends of the earth,

 

and seeth

under

the whole heaven;

 

To make the weight

***

And it came to pass,

as the camels had done drinking,

that the man

took a golden earring

of

half a shekel

weight,

 

and two

for her

hands

of

ten

shekels weight of gold;

**

And

 

I

will do in thee

that which

I

have not done,

 

and whereunto

 

I

will not do any more the like,

 

because

of

all

thine abominations.

         

Therefore

the fathers

shall eat

the sons

in the

midst of thee,

 

and the sons shall eat their fathers;

and

I

will execute judgments in thee,

 

and the whole remnant

of thee will

I

scatter into all the winds.

 

**

of

ten

shekels weight of gold;

 

for the winds;

 

 

and he weigheth

the waters by measure.

 

When he made a decree

for

the rain,

 

and a way

for

the

lightning

of the

thunder:

 

Then did

he see it,

 

and declare it;

he prepared it,

yea,

and

searched it out.

**

and his face

as the

appearance of lightning,

and his eyes as lamps

of fire,

and his arms

and his feet

 

like in

colour

 

to

polished brass,

 

and the voice

 of

his words

like the

voice of a multitude.

    

And

I

Daniel alone saw the vision:

 

for the men that

were

with me

saw not the vision;

 

but a great quaking

fell upon them,

 

so

that they fled

to

hide themselves.

 

Therefore

I

was left alone,

and saw this great vision,

 

and there remained no strength

in me:

 

for my

comeliness

was turned

in

me into

corruption,

and

I

retained no strength.

 

Yet

 heard

I

 

the voice of his words:

 

and when

I

heard

the voice

of

his words,

 

then was

I

in a

deep sleep

on

my face,

 

and my face toward the ground.

 

*****

But thou,

son of man,

hear what

 

I

say unto thee;

***

 

    

     And Abram

was

fourscore

and six years old,

 

when Hagar

bare

Ishmael to Abram.

    

And

I

will make my covenant

between me

and thee,

and will multiply

thee

exceedingly.

 

*

 

Be not thou rebellious

like that

rebellious house:

 

open thy mouth,

and eat

that

I

give thee.

****

Arise,

lift up the lad,

and hold him in thine hand;

for

I

will make him a great nation.

 

**

And when

I

looked,

behold,

an hand was sent unto

me;

 

and,

lo,

a roll

of a

book was therein;

    

And he spread it before me;

and it was written within

and without:

and there was written therein lamentations,

and mourning,

and woe.

 

Moreover he said unto me,

Son of man,

eat that thou findest;

 

eat this roll,

and go

speak unto

the

house of Israel.

**

 

And,

 

 behold,

an

hand

touched me,

**

I am

gone like

the

shadow when

it declineth:

 

I am

tossed up

and down as the locust.

 

My knees

 are weak through fasting;

 

and my flesh faileth

of

fatness.

 

I

became

 also

a

reproach unto them:

when they looked upon

me

they shaked their heads.

 

Help me,

 O Lord my God:

 

O

save me

according

to

thy mercy:

**

which set me upon

my knees

and upon the palms

of

my hands.

 

     And he said unto me,

 

O Daniel,

a man greatly beloved,

 

understand the words

that I

speak unto thee,

 

and stand upright:

 

for unto thee

am I

now sent.

 

And when he had spoken

this word unto me,

 

I

stood trembling.

 

Then said he unto me,

Fear not,

 Daniel:

 

for from

the

first day

 

that thou didst set thine heart

to understand,

and to chasten

thyself

before

thy God,

thy words were heard,

 

and

I am

come for thy words.

 

But the prince

of the

kingdom

of

Persia

withstood me

one

and twenty days:

but,

lo,

Michael,

one

of the

chief princes,

 

came to help me;

 

and

I

remained there

with the

kings of Persia.

 

Now I am

come to make thee understand

what shall befall

thy people

in the

latter days:

for yet the vision

is for

many days.

 

     And when he had spoken such words unto me,

 

I

set my face toward

the ground,

 

and

I

became dumb.

 

And,

behold,

one

like the similitude

of the

sons of

men touched my lips:

 

 

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