"Genealogies in the Bible There are various genealogies described in the Bible. The book of Genesis records the descendants of Adam and Eve. The enumerated genealogy in chapters 4, 5 and 11 reports the lineal male descent to Abraham, including the age at which each patriarch fathered his named son and the number of years he lived thereafter. The genealogy for Cain is given in Chapter 4 and the genealogy for Seth is in Chapter 5. The genealogy in chapter 10 recording the male descendants of Noah is known as the ""Table of Nations"". Within the book of Genesis, the"
"Animals in the Bible The Bible names over 120 species of animals by current interpretive standards. The more a particular animal abounded in the Holy Land, the more frequent allusions to it may be found. A closer examination of the way in which references to animals are introduced, the frequency of allusions to certain species, and the date of the documents in which they are found gives a fair idea of the conditions of the area at different stages of its history. The species, for instance, called in Hebrew 're'em', was very probably the aurochs, or wild ox and totally"
"Living creatures (Bible) The living creatures, living beings, or hayyoth (Hebrew חַיּוֹת ""chayot"", from חַיּ ""chai"", ""live"") are a class of heavenly beings described in the prophet Ezekiel's vision of the heavenly chariot in the first and tenth chapters of the Book of Ezekiel. References to the creatures recur in texts of Second Temple Judaism, in rabbinical ""merkabah"" (""chariot"") literature, and in the Book of Revelation in the New Testament. Ezekiel's vision of the four living creatures in are identified as cherubim in who are God's throne bearers. Cherubim as minor guardian deities of temple or palace thresholds are known"
"in the Book of Genesis, when Noah is instructed to bring into the Ark all sorts ""of pure beasts, and of beasts that are impure, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth"". In the Torah, some animals are explicitly named as pure or impure, while others are classified by anatomical characteristics or other criteria. In some cases, there is some doubt as to the precise meaning of the Biblical Hebrew animal name. According to Jewish dietary laws, to be ""pure"" an animal must also be free from certain defects, and must be slaughtered and cleaned"
"Hebrew Bible's of Book of Genesis, Exodus, Deuteronomy, Psalms, Job, Ezekiel, Isaiah, and Jeremiah. They are explicitly listed among the creatures created by God on the fifth day of the Genesis creation narrative, translated in the King James Version as ""great whales"". The tannin is listed in the apocalypse of Isaiah as among the sea beasts to be slain by Yahweh ""on that day"", translated in the King James Version as ""the dragon"". In Jewish mythology, Tannin is sometimes conflated with the related sea monsters Leviathan and Rahab. Along with Rahab, ""Tannin"" was a name applied to ancient Egypt after"
"Bekhorot Bekhorot (Hebrew: בכורות, “First-borns”) refers to the first-born human, or animal according to the Hebrew Bible in which God commanded Moses in the Book of Exodus to “consecrate to Me every first-born; man and beast, the first issue of every womb among the Israelites is Mine.” It is from this commandment that Judaism forms the foundation of its many traditions and rituals concerning the redemption of the first-born son and ritual slaughter. In addition to several references found in the Hebrew bible, Bekhorot is considered a ""Seder Kodashim"" (Hebrew קדשים), or “Holy Thing” hence it is found under the"
"that God said, ""every living substance (, ""yekum"") that I have made will I blot out,"" Rabbi Abin taught that this included the one who rose up (, ""yakam"") against his brother — Cain. Rabbi Levi said in the name of Resh Lakish that God kept Cain's judgment in suspense until the Flood and then God swept Cain away. And thus Rabbi Levi read to say, ""And He blotted out every one that had arisen."" A Midrash read the words ""And Noah did all that the Lord commanded him,"" in narrowly to refer to the taking in of the animals,"
"describe animals: (sea life), (great sea life), (land creatures), (birds and land creatures). At nephesh is used as description of man. Job 12:7-10 offers a distinct similarity between רוח (""ruah"") and נפׁש (""nephesh""): “In His hand is the life (""nephesh"") of every living thing and the spirit (""ruah"") of every human being.” The Hebrew term, ""nephesh chayyah"" is often translated ""living soul"". ""Chayyah"" alone is often translated living thing or animal. The Hebrew word ""tsiyyi"" is translated ""wild animal"". Often nephesh is used as ""saving your life"", nephesh then is referring to complete person's life as in Joshua 2:13; Isaiah"
"behemoth is described as ranking ""first among the works of God"" and as impossible to capture (vs. 24). Biblical scholars have alternatively identified the behemoth as either an elephant, a hippopotamus, or a bull, but some creationists have identified the behemoth with sauropod dinosaurs, often specifically the ""Brachiosaurus"" according to their interpretation of the verse ""He is the chief of the ways of God"" implying that the behemoth is the largest animal God created. The leviathan is another creature referred to in the Bible's Old Testament that some creationists argue is actually a dinosaur. Alternatively, more mainstream scholars have identified"
"born in the service of God thus redemption is not needed. Bekhorot Bekhorot (Hebrew: בכורות, “First-borns”) refers to the first-born human, or animal according to the Hebrew Bible in which God commanded Moses in the Book of Exodus to “consecrate to Me every first-born; man and beast, the first issue of every womb among the Israelites is Mine.” It is from this commandment that Judaism forms the foundation of its many traditions and rituals concerning the redemption of the first-born son and ritual slaughter. In addition to several references found in the Hebrew bible, Bekhorot is considered a ""Seder Kodashim"""
"the lion represents Mark, the calf Luke, the man Matthew, and the eagle John. Irenaeus was the first to make the association with the evangelists, but the interpretation laid out by Victorinus and adopted by Jerome, Gregory the Great, and the Book of Kells became dominant. Its influence has been on art and sculpture and is still prevalent in Catholicism and Anglicanism. Living creatures (Bible) The living creatures, living beings, or hayyoth (Hebrew חַיּוֹת ""chayot"", from חַיּ ""chai"", ""live"") are a class of heavenly beings described in the prophet Ezekiel's vision of the heavenly chariot in the first and tenth"
"now, Behemoth pulls the peasants' plow"" several times. In a letter to his sister Mariana, Khalil Gibran told her that his health was ""as good as a Bahamut,"" which is thought to derive from the biblical ""Behemoth."" Behemoth Behemoth (; , ""behemot"") is a beast mentioned in . Suggested identities range from a mythological creature to an elephant, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, or buffalo. Metaphorically, the name has come to be used for any extremely large or powerful entity. Job 40:15–24 describes Behemoth, and then the sea-monster Leviathan, to demonstrate to Job the futility of questioning God, who alone has created these"
"sought for in the Bible, animal creation is there practically divided into four classes, often called kinds, according to the four different modes of locomotion. Among the animals, some walk, others fly, many are essentially swimmers and several crawl on the ground. This classification, more empiric than logical, would not by any means satisfy a modern scientist. It must be known, however, if we wish fairly to understand the language of the Scriptures on the matters connected therewith. The first class, the beasts, in the Biblical parlance, includes all large, walking animals, with the exception of the amphibia, such small"
"the biblical Book of Genesis, verses 2:19–20 in which Adam named the animals and birds. The lyrics have an appeal to children, rhyming the name of the animal with one of its characteristics. So after describing an animal's ""muddy trail"" and ""curly tail,"" Dylan sings that ""he wasn't too small and he wasn't too big"" and so that animal was named a pig. Similarly, the cow got its name because Adam ""saw milk comin' out but he didn't know how"" and the bear got its name because it has a ""great big furry back and furry hair."" In the last"
"have, or have not, fins and scales (Leviticus 11:9, 10). The reptiles, or ""creeping things"", form the fourth class. References to this class are relatively few. However, it should be noticed that the ""creeping things"" include not only the reptiles properly so called, but also all short-legged animals or insects which seem to crawl rather than to walk, such as moles, lizards, etc. From a religious viewpoint, all these animals are divided into two classes, clean and unclean, according to whether they can, or cannot, be eaten. Animals in the Bible The Bible names over 120 species of animals by"
"and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that creepeth upon the earth"" (Genesis, 1:28). This commandment is only binding on men; women are exempt because childbirth puts them in physical danger, though a dissenting opinion is recorded in the mishnah Yevamot 6:6. This commandment was originally binding on all of humanity, as it was given to Adam, the progenitor of all mankind. However, after the giving of the Torah, it became obligatory on Jews only. There are several instances in the Babylonian Talmud that relate to the Jewish attitude toward sexuality. In one passage (BT"
"fire."" It is the ""Book of Life"" in which the apostles' names are ""written in heaven"" (Luke 10:20), or ""the fellow-workers"" of Paul (Phil 4:3), and ""the assembly of the first-born"" (Hebrews 12:23; compare I Clem. 45). Allusion is made also in Enoch 81:4, 89:61–77, 90:17–20, 98:76, 104:7; 2 Baruch 24:1; Ascension of Isaiah 9:20. The Book of Life is referred to six times in the Book of Revelation (3:5, 13:8, 17:8, 20:12, 20:15, 21:27) one of the books of the New Testament, attributed to John of Patmos. As described, only those whose names are written in the Book of"
"change. In July 2014, Jonathan Scott wrote The Blessed Book of Beasts, Eastern Christian Publications, featuring 101 animals from the various translations of the Bible, in keeping with the tradition of the bestiary found in the writings of the Saints, including Saint John Chrysostom. Bestiary A bestiary, or bestiarum vocabulum, is a compendium of beasts. Originating in the ancient world, bestiaries were made popular in the Middle Ages in illustrated volumes that described various animals and even rocks. The natural history and illustration of each beast was usually accompanied by a moral lesson. This reflected the belief that the world"
"these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this? In his hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind. The idea appears in the Jewish Tannaic sources as well, as brought down in Babylonian Talmud, Chulin 127a. Rashi (Psalms 49:2) traces this to a biblical source – the land is referred to as ""Chaled"", from the weasel (chulda), because the weasel is the only animal on dry land that does not have its counterpart in the sea. All of Creation was considered to reflect the Creator, and Man could learn about"
"binding set of laws for the ""children of Noah"" – that is, all of humanity; the sixth law is: Do not eat of a live animal. This law is derived from Genesis 9:4, as interpreted in the Talmud (Sanhedrin 59a). Compassion for animals is declared to have been the merit of Moses which made him the shepherd of his people (Exodus Rabbah 2), while Judah ha-Nasi saw in his own ailment the punishment for having once failed to show compassion for a frightened calf. The book of Genesis declares that God created humans in his own image, ""saying to them,"
"44:20; 1 Samuel 19:11; Psalm 6:5; 49:15; 72:13. The Greek the word ψυχή (""psyche"") is the closest equivalent to the Hebrew ""nephesh"". In its turn, the Latin word for ψυχή is ""anima"", etymon of the word ""animal"". Nephesh Nephesh ( ""nép̄eš"") is a Biblical Hebrew word which occurs in the Hebrew Bible. The word refers to the aspects of sentience, and human beings and other animals are both described as having nephesh. Plants, as an example of live organisms, are not referred in the Bible as having nephesh. The term is literally “soul”, although it is commonly rendered as ""life"""
"on the shoulders and back"". Outside the biblical use, the term was also applied to the Siberian roe deer in the 18th century, whose specific name is """" in scientific Latin. Pygarg The pygarg () is an animal mentioned in the Bible in as one of the animals permitted for food. The Septuagint translates the Hebrew ' () as ' in Koiné Greek (""white-rumped"", from ' ""buttocks"" and ' ""white""), and the King James Version takes from there its term ""pygarg"". Henry Baker Tristram (1867) proposed that the pygarg was the Saharan antelope addax and described it as ""a large"
"that if the man ate of it, he would surely die. Announcing that it was not good for man to be alone and that God would make for him a fitting helper, God formed out of the earth all the beasts and birds and brought them to the man to name. The second reading (, ""aliyah"") ends here. In the third reading (, ""aliyah""), the man Adam named all the animals, but found no fitting helper. So God cast a deep sleep upon the man and took one of his sides and fashioned it into a woman and brought her"
"Ham (son of Noah) Ham, according to the Table of Nations in the Book of Genesis, was a son of Noah and the father of Cush, Mizraim, Phut and Canaan. Ham's descendants are interpreted by Flavius Josephus and others as having populated Africa and adjoining parts of Asia. The Bible refers to Egypt as ""the land of Ham"" in Psalm 78:51; 105:23,27; 106:22; 1 Chronicles 4:40. Since the 17th century a number of suggestions have been made that relate the name ""Ham"" to a Hebrew word for ""burnt"", ""black"" or ""hot"", to the Egyptian word ""ḥm"" for ""servant"" or the"
"Re'em A re'em, also reëm (), is an animal mentioned eight times in the Hebrew Bible and variously translated as a unicorn or a wild ox. It was first identified in modern times with the aurochs by Johann Ulrich Duerst who discovered it was based on the Akkadian cognate ""rimu"" (𒄠 in cuneiform), meaning ""Bos primigenius"", the aurochs, progenitor of cattle. This has been generally accepted, as it is today even among religious scholars. It has been translated in some Christian Bible translations as ""oryx"" (which was accepted as the referent in Modern Hebrew) and as ""unicorn"" in the King"
"throughout the East by Jupiter and Venus; ""Neba"", the tutelary deity of Borsippa (Isaiah 46:1), shone in the sky as Mercury, and ""Nergal"", transplanted from Assyria to ""Kutha"" (2 Kings 17:30), as Mars. The subjoined list gives (largely on Schiaparelli's authority) the best-warranted interpretations of biblical star names: The Bible names some half-dozen star groups, but authorities differ widely as to their identity. In a striking passage, the Prophet Amos (v, 8) glorifies the Creator as ""Him that made Kimah and Kesil"", rendered in the Vulgate as Arcturus and Orion. Now Kimah certainly does not mean Arcturus. The word, which"
"many names of animals, reptiles and birds in Scriptures is often uncertain; for example, ""nesher"" (), commonly translated as ""eagle"", could also mean ""vulture"". More significantly, many of the animals mentioned in the Bible are now extinct in Israel due to over-hunting, destruction of natural habitats by rapid construction and development, illegal poisoning by farmers, and low birth rate. Zoo planners decided to branch beyond strictly biblical animals and include worldwide endangered species as well. The presence of the animal corner generated many complaints from residents in adjoining buildings due to the smell and noise, as well as the perceived"
"in Tractate Zebahim 113b saying in short that it took a tremendous miracle for one to actually survive the deluge. The association may be linked to the mythical beast, Behemoth, described in other areas of Jewish mythology, aggada, and Kabbala due to the striking parallels between the two beasts. Re'em A re'em, also reëm (), is an animal mentioned eight times in the Hebrew Bible and variously translated as a unicorn or a wild ox. It was first identified in modern times with the aurochs by Johann Ulrich Duerst who discovered it was based on the Akkadian cognate ""rimu"" (𒄠"
"by human beings (1K 14:15, 2K 16:3-4). Trees described as being an asherah or part of an asherah include grapevines, pomegranates, walnuts, myrtles, and willows (Danby:1933:90,176). Some scholars have found an early link between Asherah and Eve, based upon the coincidence of their common title as ""the mother of all living"" in Genesis 3:20 through the identification with the Hurrian mother goddess Hebat. Asherah was also given the title ""Chawat"" from which the name ""Hawwah"" in Aramaic and the biblical name Eve are derived. Asherah poles, which were sacred trees or poles, are mentioned many times in the Hebrew Bible."
"Hebr. ""shedim"", and Koine Greek δαιμόνιον ""daimonion""; , ). The term ""demon"" (from the Greek New Testament δαιμόνιον ""daimonion"") appears 63 times in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. Demons are sometimes included into biblical interpretation. In the story of Passover, the Bible tells the story as ""the Lord struck down all the firstborn in Egypt"" (Exodus 12:21–29). In the Book of Jubilees, which is considered canonical only by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, this same event is told slightly differently: ""All the powers of [the demon] Mastema had been let loose to slay all the first-born in the land"
"Bible mentions whales in Genesis 1:21, Job 7:12, Ezekiel 32:2. The ""sea monsters"" in Lamentations 4:3 have been taken by some commentators to refer to marine mammals, in particular whales, although most modern versions use the word ""jackals"" instead (Lamentations 4:3). The story of Jonah being swallowed by a ""big Fish"" is told both in the Qur'an () and in the Bible. The Old Testament contains the Book of Jonah and in the New Testament, Jesus mentions this story in Matthew 12:40 (Jonah 1-4). Many religions have considered cattle to be sacred, most famously Hinduism from India and Nepal, but"
"Eve Eve (; ; ; ; ; Syriac: ܚܘܐ) is a figure in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible. According to the creation myth of the Abrahamic religions, she was the first woman. In Islamic tradition, Eve is known as Adam's wife and the first woman although she is not specifically named in the Quran but in the hadith. According to the second chapter of Genesis, Eve was created by God (Yahweh) by taking her from the rib of Adam, to be Adam's companion. She succumbs to the serpent's temptation to eat the forbidden fruit from the tree"
"ancient Israel. The best known Biblical account featuring lions comes from the Book of Daniel (chapter 6), where Daniel is thrown into a den of lions and miraculously survives. A lesser known Biblical account features Samson who kills a lion with his bare hands, later sees bees nesting in its carcass, and poses a riddle based on this unusual incident to test the faithfulness of his fiancée (Judges 14). The prophet Amos said (Amos, 3, 8): ""The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?"", i.e., when the gift of prophecy comes"