Genesis
Cheat Sheet
Genesis
1:2
deep — the abode of the fallen angels (demons), which lies under the
face of the waters
Genesis
1:5
day — distinct time periods of unstated duration rather than actual
days
Genesis
two (dyad) — its essence being to bind many together into one, to
equate plurality and unity, such as night and day. In Genesis, Adam was one with
God. But after the fall, humanity was separated from God creating a duality. The
duality is what the Dyad represents.
Genesis
whales — The original Hebrew text reads: "And God created great tanniyan."
The Hebrew word for tanniym means dragons, but the translators of the
King James version wrote whales, perhaps because that was the biggest real
creature they knew to exist at the time.
Genesis
1:26
us — God is thought to be referring to an angelic audience, or possibly
the persons of the trinity — God the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost.
Genesis
2:2
seven — Seven is often thought of as the number of perfection. Seven is
the number of law. Seven concerns the perfect law, when everything is subject to
this law — be it in the world, in Heaven, in motion, or at rest — and
doesn't require any external interference.
Genesis
2:19
Adam — man, mankind, to make, ground, earth-born, red earth
Genesis
3:1
serpent — devil, satan. This symbol is accurate, because the
subconscious/conscious mind associates the qualities of the snake — slick,
slow, suspicious movement, potentially dangerous and generally a threat — with
the abstract ideas of temptation, malice, and predatory inclinations.
Genesis
3:6
fruit (from the tree of knowledge) — Apples are commonly regarded as
the forbidden fruit of the Tree of Knowledge in the Garden of Eden. However,
archeological evidence indicates that the apple was unknown in the
Genesis
3:7
nakedness — shame, guilt
Genesis
3:20
Eve — woman, to live, mother of the living
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