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From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.aol.com>,
"WRYTING-L : Writing and Theory across Disciplines" <WRYTING-L@LISTSERV.UTORONTO.CA>
Subject: genesis character essay 1 (apologies for length - never again!)
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 22:46:36 -0400 (EDT)
(no character repeated; thanks to Florian Cramer for perl program) genesis character essay: political economy of language 1 in the beginning god created heaven and earth . was without form , void ; darkness upon face of deep spirit moved waters said let there be light saw that it good divided from called day he night evening morning were first a firmament midst divide made which under above so second gathered together unto one place dry land appear gathering seas bring forth grass herb yielding seed fruit tree after his kind whose is itself brought third lights to them for signs seasons days years give two great greater rule lesser stars also set over fourth abundantly moving creature hath life fowl may fly open whales every living moveth their winged blessed saying fruitful multiply fill fifth cattle creeping thing beast creepeth us make man our image likeness have dominion fish sea air all own him male female replenish subdue behold i given you bearing shall meat wherein green had very sixth gene thus heavens finished hoston seventh ended work rested sanctified because these are generations when they lord plant field before grew not caused rain till ground but went up mist watered whole formed dust breathed into nostrils breath became soul planted garden eastward eden put whom out grow pleasant sight food knowledge evil river water thence parted four heads name pison compasseth havilah where gold bdellium onyx stone gihon same ethiopia hiddekel goeth toward east assyria euphrates took dress keep commanded thou mayest freely eat shalt eatest thereof surely die should alone will an help meet adam see what would call whatsoever gave names found sleep fall slept ribs closed flesh instead rib taken woman her this now bone my bones she therefore leave father mother cleave wife both naked ashamed serpent more subtil than any yea ye ? we trees neither touch lest doth know then your eyes opened as gods knowing desired wise did husband knew sewed fig leaves themselves aprons heard voice walking cool hid presence amongst art thy afraid myself who told thee wast hast eaten whereof shouldest gavest me done beguiled cursed belly go enmity between bruise head heel greatly sorrow conception children desire hearkened sake thorns thistles sweat bread return wife's eve coats skins clothed become hand take live ever sent whence drove placed at cherubims flaming sword turned way conceived bare cain gotten again brother abel keeper sheep tiller process time came pass offering firstlings flock fat respect wroth countenance fell why fallen if doest well accepted sin lieth door talked rose against slew am brother's blood crieth mouth receive tillest henceforth yield strength fugitive vagabond punishment can bear driven come findeth slay whosoever slayeth vengeance sevenfold mark finding kill dwelt nod enoch builded city son born irad begat mehujael methusael lamech wives adah other zillah jabal such dwell tents jubal handle harp organ tubal-cain instructer artificer brass iron sister naamah hear hearken speech slain wounding young hurt avenged truly seventy seth appointed another enos began men book lived hundred thirty begotten eight sons daughters nine died five seven twelve ninety cainan fifteen mahalaleel forty ten sixty jared methuselah walked three eighty noah comfort concerning toil hands old shem ham japheth fair chose always strive yet twenty giants those mighty renown wickedness imagination thoughts heart only continually repented grieved destroy fowls repenteth grace just perfect corrupt filled violence looked corrupted end through ark gopher wood rooms pitch within fashion length cubits breadth fifty height window cubit finish side lower stories even do flood establish covenant sons' sort alive gather according house seen righteous generation clean by sevens beasts cause nights substance off six hundredth year noah's month seventeenth fountains broken windows selfsame entered bird shut increased lift prevailed exceedingly high hills covered upward prevail mountains destroyed things remained remembered wind asswaged stopped restrained returned abated ararat decreased until tenth tops raven fro dried dove no rest sole foot pulled stayed lo olive leaf pluckt removed covering twentieth spake breed kinds altar offered burnt offerings smelled sweet savour curse man's youth smite while remaineth seedtime harvest cold heat summer winter cease fear dread fishes delivered liveth lives require whoso sheddeth shed therein cut token perpetual bow cloud remember look everlasting established canaan overspread husbandman vineyard drank wine drunken uncovered tent nakedness brethren garment laid shoulders backward faces father's awoke younger servant servants enlarge gomer magog madai javan tubal meshech tiras ashkenaz riphath togarmah elishah tarshish kittim dodanim isles gentiles lands tongue families nations cush mizraim phut seba sabtah raamah sabtecha sheba dedan nimrod hunter wherefore kingdom babel erech accad calneh shinar asshur nineveh rehoboth calah resen ludim anamim lehabim naphtuhim pathrusim casluhim (out philistim ,) caphtorim sidon firstborn heth jebusite amorite girgasite hivite arkite sinite arvadite zemarite hamathite afterward canaanites spread abroad border comest gerar gaza goest sodom gomorrah admah zeboim lasha tongues countries eber elder elam arphaxad lud aram uz hul gether mash salah peleg joktan almodad sheleph hazar-maveth jerah hadoram uzal diklah obal abimael ophir jobab dwelling mesha sephar mount language journeyed plain brick burn throughly slime morter build tower top reach scattered down people begin nothing imagined confound understand another's left scatter reu serug nahor terah nineteen abram haran lot nativity ur chaldees abram's sarai nahor's milcah daughter iscah barren child son's law get country kindred shew nation bless blessing curseth departed spoken souls passed sichem moreh canaanite appeared mountain bethel pitched having west hai going still south famine egypt sojourn grievous near enter egyptians say save pray beheld princes pharaoh commended pharaoh's entreated oxen asses menservants maidservants camels plagued plagues didst tell saidst might away rich silver journeys been flocks herds able could strife herdmen lot's perizzite dwelled separate thyself wilt right or depart lifted jordan like zoar separated cities wicked sinners thine northward southward westward seest number numbered arise walk mamre hebron built amraphel king arioch ellasar chedorlaomer tidal war bera birsha shinab shemeber zeboiim bela joined vale siddim salt served thirteenth rebelled fourteenth kings smote rephaims ashteroth karnaim zuzims emims shaveh kiriathaim horites seir el-paran wilderness en-mishpat kadesh amalekites amorites hazezon-tamar (the ;) battle full slimepits fled goods victuals escaped hebrew eschol aner confederate captive armed trained eighteen pursued dan himself hobah damascus back women slaughter valley king's dale melchizedek salem priest most possessor enemies tithes persons mine thread shoelatchet portion eshcol word vision shield exceeding reward seeing childless steward eliezer heir bowels believed counted righteousness inherit whereby heifer goat ram turtledove pigeon each piece birds carcases sun horror surety stranger theirs serve afflict judge fathers peace buried age hither iniquity dark smoking furnace burning lamp pieces kenites kenizzites kadmonites hittites perizzites girgashites jebusites handmaid egyptian hagar maid obtain mistress despised wrong bosom pleaseth dealt hardly angel fountain shur sarai's camest whither flee submit multitude ishmael affliction wild here seeth beer-lahai-roi bered fourscore almighty many abraham possession among circumcised circumcise foreskin betwixt bought money must needs uncircumcised sarah laughed o thee! indeed isaac beget next talking abraham's thirteen plains sat stood ran bowed favour little fetched wash feet yourselves fetch morsel hearts hastened ready quickly measures fine meal knead cakes hearth herd fetcht calf tender hasted butter milk dressed certainly behind stricken ceased manner herself waxed pleasure being laugh too hard denied nay hide command household justice judgment cry whether altogether drew peradventure spare far find sakes answered speak ashes lack forty's oh angry twenty's once ten's soon communing angels gate lords turn servant's tarry rise early ways abide street pressed feast bake unleavened lay compassed round quarter wickedly known shadow roof stand fellow deal worse sore break blindness small wearied besides waxen married seemed mocked arose consumed lingered hold merciful escape stay magnified mercy shewed saving cannot some thither (is ?) overthrow haste risen rained brimstone fire overthrew inhabitants pillar gat smoke feared cave drink lie preserve perceived nor morrow yesternight moab moabites benammi ammon sojourned abimelech dream dead integrity innocency withheld sinning suffered restore prophet ears offended deeds ought sawest thought wander kindness womenservants restored thousand reproved prayed healed fast wombs visited suck weaned mocking cast bondwoman lad bottle putting shoulder wandered beer-sheba spent shrubs bowshot death wept aileth archer paran phichol chief captain swear falsely abimelech's violently wot ewe lambs mean witness digged sware philistines grove philistines' tempt lovest _