Jude wrote:
> (I have accumulated 100s of biblical errors such as the one below but
I plan
> to ONLY post one of them.  You only need ONE to prove inerrancy.




> Genesis, Chapter 12
> "8": And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of
Bethel, and
> pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and
there
> he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the
LORD.
>
> Genesis, Chapter 22
> "14": And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it
is said
> to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.




>
> Exodus, Chapter 6
> "2": And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the
LORD: "3":
And I
> appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God
> Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.



It is my impression that the redactor of the book of Genesis had
several written sources to work with.  In places the sources were
saying essentially the same thing.  But, each source had details that
the other sources did not.  The redactor took all the information and
put it together, much as us Christians do today with the four gospels.
Some of the accounts the redactor used, did not fit well with other
accounts, but rather than choose which statements were preferable in
the story, the redactor included both.  This gives some Christians real
problems.

Sometimes one can blend two accounts together and they fit without
difficulty.  When I see a Christmas card with shepherds seeing a bright
star over Bethlehem, I know that Luke said nothing about the shepherds
seeing a star.   Other Christmas card scenes picture Joseph, Mary, baby
Jesus, Ox, Ass, shepherds and wise men all in the same picture, which
would present a problem.  Some, nowadays, include  the little drummer
boy.  Now these are quite harmless and kind of nice, but I think that
the redactor of the book of Genesis  did something similar, when he
blended his several sources toghther in writing his book.

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