Jacob’s sons play a dirty trick involving circumcision, and Jacob is outraged, though not in any moral sense. Accepting Yahwelian protection, Jacob banishes any other gods, real or imagined, and builds an altar to the Yahwelians. El Sadday, the Almighty God, appears to Jacob and renames him Israel before beaming back up. The lineage of Esau…
Category: Revelation
Kissin’ Cousins & Red Lentil Stew
In episode 10, Isaac’s cousin Rebekah is selected by the Yahweh Elohim to be his bride, in defiance of the dangers of inbreeding. After an initial childless decade, a Yahwelian fertility procedure results in fraternal twins, the hairy Esau and the too-slick Jacob, who eventually cheats his slightly older brother out of his birthright. This leads to a discussion…