Not Human

And Elohim said, “Let them swarm the waters a swarm of life . . .”  Genesis 1:20 (my translation) Swarm – Genesis 1:20 describes God’s formation of the life of the sea and the air and everything that creeps on the earth.  We take it for granted that these creatures are distinctively different from human…

Just in Case

I was foolish and ignorant; I was like a beast before you.  Psalm 73:22  Hebrew World translation Beast before – It’s worth noting that Asaph uses the plural word behemot (beasts) with a singular verb (hayiti).  Asaph isn’t just one animal before the Lord.  Literally, he says, “I became (was) beasts with  (not “before”) You.” …