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1. Animal sacrifices and the 7th day rest was in Genesis before Abraham and Jews, though not spelled out in detail as they were later under Levitical law.
True concerning placement, but interesting because if we look at the Documentary Hypothesis, we find that that portion of Genesis is considered to be written by the Priestly writer.
If they are accurate in that thought, then that statement was probably written not long before the fall of Jerusalem in 587BCE. Even the references to the sabbath in Exodus are considered part of the Priestly writing.
So they probably wrote of the current tradition, but whether the practice truly existed before the time of Abraham would be questionable.
Even the Jews don't add that to the list of the
Noahide Laws.
I know you don't accept the documentary hypothesis view of the Bible and I'm not really looking for a response from you, but wanted to comment from that perspective.
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