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Why Cain Builds a City – The City E2

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The Meaning of Ha-Dahm

The word in Hebrew literally means a side. So he takes one of his sides. And famously this has been translated as rib. Took one of his ribs. Yeah. The point is the imagery is very suggestive, and I think that we're being invited to see many layers of meaning. When Yahweh takes the side, Yahweh builds this side. Yes. That's weird. It's a weird thing to say in Hebrew. It's supposed to catch your attention like. Like crafted or something. What's Genesis 30? Well, it actually makes sense, but it's a deep rabbit hole. We'll skip it.

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