w_fortenberry
Member (Idle past 6137 days) Posts: 178 From: Birmingham, AL, USA Joined: 04-19-2002
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Originally posted by no2creation:
So please correct me if I'm wrong but... Jacob took some fresh-cut branches from hazel and chestnut trees and made white stripes on them by peeling the bark and exposing the white wood of the branches (calls these rods). Then he placed the peeled branches(rods)in the watering troughs, so that they would be directly in front of the animals when they came to drink. When the animals came to drink, they mated in front of the branches (rods). They had offspring that were speckled, streaked and/or spotted... If Genesis is meant to be taken literally, then maybe someone could give me a reasonable explanation to how this happened?
The answer to your question is found in chapter 31.
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And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock, And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me. And ye know that with all my power I have served your father. And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me. If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked. Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me. 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, Jacob: And I said, Here am I. And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee. I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred. (Genesis 31:4-13 KJV)
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w_fortenberry
Member (Idle past 6137 days) Posts: 178 From: Birmingham, AL, USA Joined: 04-19-2002
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Message 42 of 81 (10483)
05-28-2002 1:12 PM
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Reply to: Message 1 by gene90
02-21-2002 4:41 PM
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Originally posted by gene90:
Here's a "new" inconsistency I noticed. Compare Luke 23:39 to Matthew 27:32. In Luke, one of the robbers crucified with Jesus reviles him, the other rebukes his fellow and is promised by Jesus that he will have eternal life. In Matthew, both give Jesus a hard time.
I think the verses you are trying to compare are Luke 23:39-42 and Matthew 27:41-44. Is it not possible that both accounts are correct? Could not both thieves have reviled Christ at first with one continuing to do so while the other repented? Such an interpretation would be without inconsistencies.
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Then again, does anyone here believe the Bible is inerrant?
Yes. I do.
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