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--- division [2024/10/09 14:51] – [rivers of division] ken
+++ division [2024/12/27 14:55] (current) – [the 70] ken
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 At least five distinct division events are noted in the Bible.
-====Dividing Earth from the Galactic Empire====
+====Dividing Earth from ...====
 In Genesis 1:1 earth and heaven are divided
-Job 38:10 speaks of setting a boundary between earth and the galactic core: The sea screened off the Latayim (door people) bursting from the womb. Clouds formed a curtain (literally a robe), a cloth of thick darkness, but the Wa-ashim (planted people) broke through the boundary, locking in the door people, saying, ‘You may come this far, and no farther; here stop your arrogant waves’
+Job 38:10 appears to be speaking of the act of a boundary being set between earth and the galactic core: "//The sea screened off the Latayim (door people) bursting from the womb. Clouds formed a curtain (literally a robe), a cloth of thick darkness, but the Wa-ashim (planted people) broke through the boundary, locking in the door people, saying, ‘You may come this far, and no farther; here stop your arrogant waves’//".
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 ====Dividing the Mayim====
-In Gen 1:6 the Mayim territory is split between their sons.
+In Gen 1:6 the [[mim]] territory is split between their sons.
 This may refer to the dividing from a single ocean to multiple oceans.
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 ====the 70====
+FIXME - this section will be an examination of an idea that the [[alehim]] were assigned as regional lords over various parts of the earth.
 Deuteronomy 32:8 (New Living Translation) - When the Most High assigned lands to the nations, when he divided up the human race, he established the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of ___.
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 It is supported in the Enuma Elish and in the “Ugaritic corpus”, and Plato “Once upon a time the gods divided up the whole earth between them according to its regions” https://classics.mit.edu/Plato/critias.html
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 The main idea here is that the earth is divided into territories by God. It MIGHT imply that there are direct elohim (gods) as regional managers.
-Conceptually, this is important as it is the only other specific biblical narrative regarding the sons of the Elohim, aside from siring thenephilim
+Conceptually, this is important as it is the only other specific biblical narrative regarding the **sons of the Elohim**, aside from siring the nephilim
 Other appearances may include the list of leaders named in the book of Enoch
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 When ʽElyōn divided nations, he separated the sons of Ādām he set the bounds of the masses according to the number of the sons of the elohim
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-Translations of Deuteronomy
 Deuteronomy 32:8–9 is often debated. Prominent versions of the Bible have rendered it rather differently.