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Genesis 5: Creation Story Version 4?
“This is the book of Adam’s lineage.—When God created man, He made him in the likeness of God”זֶה סֵפֶר תּוֹלְדֹת אָדָם בְּיוֹם בְּרֹא אֱלֹהִים אָדָם בִּדְמוּת אֱלֹהִים עָשָׂה אֹתוֹ (Genesis 5:1)We are five chapters into the Torah, and it sounds like we are starting over yet again. Jumping ahead 23 books, the I Chronicles starts in a similar fashion listing the lineage of Adam. Some commentators explain that this chapter is really meant to be the start of the Torah. The previous four chapters were just prologue. Where does this idea come from? First, the opening verse begins with “this is the…
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