Genesis appears to be structured around the recurring phrase elleh toledot, meaning " these are the generations ," with the first use of the phrase referring to the " generations of heaven and earth " and the remainder marking individuals — Noah, the " sons of Noah ", Shem, etc., down to Jacob.

The soul-creationist's difficulty of God creating souls for such monsters may be why most later churchmen rejected the literal interpretation of Genesis 6 as referring to angels interbreeding with human women.

The Book of Genesis mentions that it was formerly called Kirjath-arba, or " city of four ", possibly referring to the four pairs or couples who were buried there, four tribes, four quarters four hills, or a confederated settlement of four families.

For example, the only use of the word in Genesis is in chapter 10, verse 5, referring to the peopling of the world by descendants of Japheth, " By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands ; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.

In the 1991 documentary " Genesis: A History ", Phil Collins remarked, " It's about a ' split personality ' ( referring to the live performance of " it .").

YECs argue that it is a glaring exegetical fallacy to take a meaning from one context ( yom referring to a long period of time in Genesis 1 ) and apply it to a completely different one ( yom referring to normal-length days in Exodus 20 ).

Furthermore, Dalek Caan mentions in " Daleks in Manhattan " ( 2007 ) that Skaro was destroyed in " a great war ", leaving more doubt as to the actual moment of its destruction ( Russell T Davies referred in Doctor Who Confidential to the events of Genesis of the Daleks as the first strike of the Time War, so Caan might be referring to the events of Remembrance in this context ).

Buckland was a proponent of the Gap Theory that interpreted the biblical account of Genesis as referring to two separate episodes of creation separated by a lengthy period ; it emerged in the late 18th and early 19th centuries as a way to reconcile the scriptural account with discoveries in geology that suggested the earth was very old.

Using methods already well established in the study of the Classics for sifting and assessing differing manuscripts, he drew up parallel columns and assigned verses to each of them according to what he had noted as the defining features of the text of Genesis: whether a verse used the term " YHWH " ( Yahweh ) or the term " Elohim " ( God ) referring to God, and whether it had a doublet ( another telling of the same incident, as for example the two accounts of the creation of man, and the two accounts of Sarah being taken by a foreign king ).

It has been recorded that the Chinese historically called the Jews Tiao jin jiao ( 挑筋教 ), loosely, " the religion which removes the sinew ," probably referring to the Jewish dietary prohibition against eating the sciatic nerve ( from Genesis 32: 32 ).

For example E. A. Speiser, referring to " the children of Heth " in the Book of Genesis writes " For reasons of both history and geography, it is most unlikely that this group name has any direct connection either with the Hattians of Anatolia or with their ' Hittite ' successors.

The term also has mundane uses, referring simply to the position of objects, e. g. applied to a basket in Genesis 40. 17, or to a chamber in Ezekiel 42. 5.

Rousas John Rushdoony, for example, interpreted the Great Commission as a republication of the " creation mandate ", referring to Genesis 1: 28

** Genesis 3: 1 as erum, meaning " cunning ", referring to the serpent or Satan ( See note below ).

* When Sunny agrees that eating the apples will dilute the poison, she uses the word " Gentreefive ," referring to Genesis 3: 5 in the Bible, which says:

The balm takes its name from the allusive Biblical phrase " balm in Gilead ", referring to the balm or balsam carried from Gilead by the caravan of merchants to whom Joseph was sold by his brothers ( Genesis chapter 37 ).

* Edward Gibbon ( 18th century historian ) dismissed his testimony on the number of martyrs and impugned his honesty by referring to a passage in the abbreviated version of the Martyrs of Palestine attached to the Ecclesiastical History, book 8, chapter 2, in which Eusebius introduces his description of the martyrs of the Great Persecution under Diocletian with: " Wherefore we have decided to relate nothing concerning them except the things in which we can vindicate the Divine judgment.

In a stanza from Ynglingatal recorded in chapter 72 of the Heimskringla book Saga of Harald Sigurdsson, " given to Hel " is again used as a phrase to referring to death.

Just a few sentences later, in chapter 63, Justin continues with the same line of thought ; however, he concludes by referring to Christ as God.

Chapter 128 suggests the appellation of " God " when referring to Christ, and the chapter confirms that:

Many Muslims point to the Old Testament chapter Psalm 84: 3-6 and a mention of a pilgrimage at the Valley of Baca, that Muslims see as referring to the mentioning of Mecca as Bakkah in Qur ' an Surah 3: 96.

In his chapter on Romulus from Parallel Lives, Plutarch criticises the continuous belief in such disappearances, referring to the allegedly miraculous disappearance of the historical figures Romulus, Cleomedes of Astypalaea, and Croesus.

The Qur ' anic verses referring to the change of Qiblah are all within the second chapter, Al-Baqarah ( meaning the Heifer ).

By referring to Mr. Elliott's vocabulary, ( chapter xi ) it will be seen that the human neck, that is, according to the concrete vocabulary, his neck, is onyara.

In chapter 20, some of Freyja's names are listed and include " Van-deity " and " Van-lady ," and chapter 37 provides skaldic verse referring to Freyja as " Van-bride.

In chapter 31, poetic terms for referring to a woman are given, including " woman is also referred to in terms of all Asyniur or valkyries or norns or dísir ".

His biographer Stephen Koss entitled the first chapter of his biography " From Herbert to Henry ", referring to upward social mobility and his abandonment of his Yorkshire Nonconformist roots with his second marriage.

In the chapter, means of referring to Freyja are given, including a reference to Sessrúmnir: " possessor of the fallen slain and of Sessrúmnir [...]".

In chapter 10, " husband of Iðunn " is given as a means of referring to Bragi.

In chapter 86, means of referring to Iðunn are given: " wife of Bragi ", " keeper of the apples ", and her apples " the Æsir's age old cure ".

In chapter 3 Skáldskaparmál, poetic ways of referring to poetry are provided, including " Kvasir ’ s blood ".

In chapter 16, Lokakenningar or " ways of referring to Loki " are provided, one of which reads " son of Fárbauti and Laufey, or Nál ".

In chapter 17, a work by the 10th century skald Úlfr Uggason is quoted referring to Loki as " Fárbauti's terribly sly son ".

At this time, he states, " As soon as we found out, we took action ," referring to the revelation that some members of the Junior Order chapter were white power activists.

Movses Kaghankatvatsi ’ s “ History ” dedicates four separate chapters to St. Mashtots ’ mission, referring to him as “ enlightener ” and “ saint ” ( chapters 27, 28 and 29 of Book One, and chapter 3 of Book Two ).

The Catholic Church itself interprets chapter 12 of the Book of Revelation as referring to it.

* Tilly is mentioned in Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children in the chapter where his funeral is held and where Mother Courage, referring to it, says her famous lines " I don't care if this funeral is a historical event, to me the mutilation of my daughter's face is a historical event.

It is of note that although God is predominantly experienced and self-revealed as male in the Hebrew Scriptures and Christian New Testament, the Hebrew Scriptures and their Greek translation-the Septuagint-contain feminine allusions to God ( e. g., " El Shaddia " referring to breast, hence a nurturing image ; " Lady Wisdom ", often paralleled to the Word of Gospel of John chapter 1, whose incarnated form is Jesus ; the Holy Spirit has feminine references, etc.

Everything thus turns upon the status and meaning of clause 2 in the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900, which provides: " The provisions of this Act referring to the Queen shall extend to Her Majesty's heirs and successors in the sovereignty of the United Kingdom.

Futurist Christians consider the " Abomination of Desolation " prophecy of Daniel mentioned by Jesus in and as referring to an event in the end time future, when a 7 year peace treaty will be signed between Israel and a world ruler called " the man of lawlessness ", or the " Antichrist " affirmed by the writings of the Apostle Paul in 2 Thessalonians.

Philippians has been the subject of much research and Ralph P. Martin argues that Philippians 2 may be considered the beginning of the field of Christology, specifically referring to the rich analysis that Apostle Paul began in.

This predicted event has been variously interpreted as referring to: ( 1 ) Jesus ' transfiguration ; ( 2 ) his resurrection ; ( 3 ) the coming of the Spirit at Pentecost ; ( 4 ) the spread of the kingdom through the preaching of the early church ; ( 5 ) the destruction of the temple and Jerusalem in AD 70 ; or ( 6 ) the second coming and final establishment of the kingdom.

The passage referring to Saul as a choice young man, and goodly ( 1 Samuel 9: 2 ) is in this view interpreted as meaning that Saul was not good in every respect, but goodly only with respect to his personal appearance ( Num.

" Kamanin was referring to the second mission, Vostok 2, which would last a full day, compared to the relatively short single-orbit mission of Vostok 1.

** The Australian referendum, 1967 passes with an overwhelming 90 % support, removing, from the Australian Constitution, 2 discriminatory sentences referring to Indigenous Australians.

Although the term had a meaning in physics and engineering ( similar to wideband ), the CCITT defined it as: " Qualifying a service or system requiring transmission channels capable of supporting rates greater than the primary rate " referring to the primary rate which ranged from about 1. 5 to 2 Mbit / s.

Czech cultural historian and ethnographer Čeněk Zíbrt, who wrote in detail about the origin of the dance, in his book, Jak se kdy v Čechách tancovalo cites an opinion of František Doucha ( 1840, Květy, p. 400 ) that " polka " was supposed to mean " tanec na polo " ( n. b. the absence of diacritics ), i. e., " a dance in half ", both referring to the half-tempo 2 / 4 and the half-jump step of the dance.

This process is only referring to the macroscopic result of relative SiO < sub > 2 </ sub > depletion in a rock.

* In medicine ( referring to organs or tissues from biological origin, or genetic therapy products, virus ; levels of lab containment protocols measured as 1, 2, 3, 4 in rising order of danger ),

This is indicated by generally referring to November 1 mainly as Día de los Inocentes (" Day of the Innocents ") but also as Día de los Angelitos (" Day of the Little Angels ") and November 2 as Día de los Muertos or Día de los Difuntos (" Day of the Dead ").

" Eventually the title came to be Catch-22, which, like 11, has a duplicated digit, with the 2 also referring to a number of déjà vu-like events common in the novel.

By referring to Katherina as a " cake " and a " cat " ( 2. 1. 185 – 195 ), he objectifies her in a more subtle manner than the above quotation.

Another example is a sports bar at the bottom of 5th Street in Benicia, California, named " Bottom of the Fifth ", referring to ( 1 ) the address, ( 2 ) baseball's fifth inning, and ( 3 ) a measure of consumption of a common quantity of alcoholic beverage.

Once a large influx of Fuzhou immigrants came in, the eastern portion of Chinatown became more fully developed as being part of Chinatown and establishing their own Fuzhou community primarily on the East Broadway and Eldridge Street portion, which has resulted in referring East Broadway as Fuzhou Street No. 1 and Eldridge Street as Fuzhou Street No. 2 becoming known as the New Chinatown of Manhattan separate from the long time heavily dominated Cantonese community, which is the western section of Chinatown or the Old Chinatown of Manhattan.

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Shklovskij ’ s formulations negate or cancel out the existence / possibility of “ real ’ perception: variously, by ( 1 ) the familiar Formalist denial of a link between literature and life, connoting their status as non-communicating vessels, ( 2 ) always, as if compulsively, referring to a real experience in terms of empty, dead, and automatized repetition and recognition, and ( 3 ) implicitly locating real perception at an unspecifiable temporally anterior and spatially other place, at a mythic “ first time ” of naïve experience, the loss of which to automatization is to be restored by aesthetic perceptual fullness.

* ADR 61 / 2 used in Australia, referring back to ISO 3779 and 3780.

They reject, therefore, the contention that ' water ' is a rigid designator referring to H < sub > 2 </ sub > O.

Sudermann returned to novels with Es War (" It Was ", 1894, the title referring to Section 2, § 1 of Nietzsche's Unzeitgemässe Betrachtungen ), a protest against the fruitlessness of brooding repentance.

Arab geographer Ibn al-Wardi is documented as the first person to use the term in referring to the Oirats in the fourteenth century ( Khodarkovsky, 1992: 5 citing Bretschneider, 1910: 2: 167 ).

Contemporary Western news reports described the orbital mission of Soyuz 3 in the same manner as the Soviets, referring to a successful " rendezvous " with Soyuz 2, but characterizing it as a test with no actual ship-to-ship docking planned.