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Adam's Family Jewels
Submitted by Randall McElroy iii on Tue, 2010-02-02 14:41.
John Payne hipped me to a great article about how dirty the Bible really is. Highly recommended. Here's the intro:
“And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and He took the bone of Adam’s penis and made him a woman.”
Er, wait, wasn’t it from one of Adam’s ribs that Eve was created?
Not according to Ziony Zevit. A professor of Semitic languages at the American Jewish University in Los Angeles Zevit posits that the Hebrew word tsela (literally “side,” but traditionally translated as “rib”) employed in Genesis refers in fact to Adam’s member.
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And ever since, women have
And ever since, women have been giving the bone back to men. Makes sense.
Constant, you're missing the
Constant, you're missing the myth.
I am dense. I will need it
I am dense. I will need it explained to me.
I meant you're mything the
I meant you're mything the Mrs. Or something.
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