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Podcast: The Bible as Literature
Episode: The Toledot of Elohim
Description: From the beginning, the Scriptural God commanded biological reproduction—be fruitful and multiply. Reproduce biologically because the generation yet unborn cannot be created by studying or preaching the Torah. But remember that God is King, and they are his children, not yours. But the human beings did not listen. Cain multiplied himself, raising offspring to his own dynasty, dedicating Encoch and his seed—not to God’s commandments—but to buildings of stone. This situation did not last very long. After the flood, God established the oneness of the human race through Noah’s sons, demonstratin...