The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-22
THE JAHVIST ACCOUNT.
Now I turn to the JahVist account

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And it came to pass. when men began to null
tply on the face Of the ground. and daughters
were born unto them. that the of God saw
the daughters of men that they were fair: and
they took them wives of all that they chose.
And Jahweh said. Ny spirit shall not strive with
man forever for that he also is flesh: yet shall
his days be an hundred snd twenty years. The
Nephilim were in the e.sth in those days and
also after that. when the sons of God came in
unto the daughters OF men, AID they bare chill
dren TO them; the same were the mighty men
which were of old. the men of renown. And
Jahweh saw that the wickedness OF man was
great in the earth and that every Imagination
uaily. And it repented Jahweh that He had
made the earth. and il grieVed Him at
His heart. And Jahweh said | will destroy
man whom l have created from the face of the
ground; both man and beast. and creeping thing.
and fowl OF the air. for it repenteth me that
have made them. But Noah found grace in the
And Jahweh said unto Noah. Come thou and
all thy house into the ark; for thee have | seen
righteous before me in this generation. OF every,
seven. 0f fhe male and hIs female; and Of rho
beasts that are not clean. two. the male and
his female: of the fowl also Of the air. seven
upon the face of all the earth. For yet seven
days. and l will cause il 10 rain upon the earth
tSing nat have made Wiii destroy from Ifi OFF
the face of the ground And Noah did accord
S! %o an Went a @Hd Ss non and h his
and his sons wives with him. into the ark, be-
cause of the waters of the flood. OF clean beasts
and of beasts that are not clean. and of fowls
and of everything that creepeth upon the ground.
ark. male and female. as God commanded Noah
And IL came to pass after the days that the
waters of the flood We're upon the earth.
And the rain was upon the earth forty DAYS
and forty nights.
And the waters increased. and bare up the ark
and it lifted up above the earth.
All in whose nostrils the breath of life
the spirit OF life. of all that was in the dry land
died. And every living thing was destroyed
which upon the face of the ground both
men. and cattle, and creeping thing and fowl of
the heaven: and they were destroyed from the
earth: and Noah only left. and they that
were with him in the ark.
Now ! believe that there are not a few
people in this congregation who if I had
read either one of these. would have
thought 1t was the Bible account. But il Is
not. That is made by weaving these two
together. and there are incongruities in
them. What is true of the Bible account
of the deluge. and of the creation. is true
OF the other stories in Genesis. They are
composed OF different stories and can
with more or less perfectness and salts.
factoriness. be disintegrated and SEPARATED
one from the other. Moreover, we now
know that these stories which we find in
the Bible are to be found in other. and
some OF them certainly in older literature.
They did not originate with the book Of
Genesis, except in their present form.
Even IL we suppose that Genesis was writ
ten by Moses. the story OF the creation