Comments on: The Significance of Adah and Zillah

By: Travis Finley

Travis Finley — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:28:02 +0000

Yes, but you said “a” dice…..get it? ;^,

By: Mike Bull

Mike Bull — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:42:20 +0000

“You mean ‘toss a die…’”

Don’t you usually toss a pair?

By: Mike Bull

Mike Bull — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:23:33 +0000

It’s structural. Both cycles in chapter 4 follow the Feasts. It’s not that one was evil and one was good in this instance. It’s Lamech’s refusal to choose.

By: Travis Finley

Travis Finley — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 02:39:04 +0000

You mean “toss a die” and you still didn’t explain for my poor brain what he had to choose between them for. I get the scapegoat idea but fail to see it in the narrative itself.

By: Mike Bull

Mike Bull — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:23:42 +0000

Good thinking, but the two witnesses are always male. They are the two cherubim flanking the Ark. The two women are always the two goats. Don’t know how that would go down with BH feministas if there were such a thing.

The High Priest basically tossed the dice (the urim and thummim), so the Lord chose the goat. The last time the lot was drawn was just before the Spirit baptism at Pentecost, so now WE get to decide. We judge between the goats. For more on this see:
http://www.bullartistry.com.au/wp/2009/05/20/a-white-stone-3/
under the subhead “The word is ‘Yes’”

So, under the New Covenant, if you find yourself having to choose between the affections of two women, you don’t need to toss a dice. ; )

By: Travis Finley

Travis Finley — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:00:25 +0000

Do more with Lamech’s failure to judge between his two wives. What was his assessment to be? I would have thought they were two witnesses against him.