Everything Wrong With Genesis 31 in the Bible

There are gods everywhere. And one woman is about to tell the greatest lie ever.
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[@cindyluwho72]

I'm putting that on a T-shirt: "God's Love is so conditional you need GPS to locate it!"

[@dragowolfraven3806]

I'd buy it if you did do that 😂

[@dwentlandt1022]

I love this. It’s so worth a T-shirt. Awesome.

[@salazarbarpsi9969]

Still rotfl-ing🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@connor863]

You could probably sell that. For real

[@mischarowe]

It was brilliant.

[@GeneralArmorus]

These chapters are so boring without Hemant

[@mischarowe]

@@harveywabbit9541 You're obsessed with those aren't you?

[@raymikado]

@@mischarowe Me too

[@GeneralArmorus]

@Zeal! They're stupid either way

[@nomxhosapekani7966]

@Zeal! So true hey!

[@nomxhosapekani7966]

@Zeal! Ditto!!

[@bryanthompson973]

If you didn't read these, I would NEVER be able to get through them. They are so repetitive and boring and pointless that it's actually frustrating. There is no way any god could write something do pathetically bad. Thanks for this series, I look forward to each one.

[@goldencalf13]

Imagine having to take classes where these are assigned reading. I do not miss being a Bible-adjacent major.

[@jonathanmarkoff4469]

@@goldencalf13 The Bible does have some exciting cal, like tolchocking and slicing with the britva, and the old in out in out. I was cured alright, o my brothers. Just dancing and singing in the rain.

[@Wduck_]

I'm just so confused why god is telling people to say these things in the stories.

[@davidfaraday7963]

@@Wduck_ God isn't telling anyone to say these things. These stories are just part of the Jewish origin myth and have as much to do with real history as the Lord of the Rings books do.

[@tonydarcy1606]

“Oh, but that’s the Old Testament “. Yep, the first section of a book of many ridiculous stories.

[@scienceexplains302]

Tony D'Arcy Jesus supposedly said every jot and tittle of the Torah would be fulfilled, and Timothy says that every verse of Scripture is good for teaching righteousness, so that “It is just OT” argument is not biblical (I don’t care, but it seems that they would.)

[@chrissonofpear1384]

@@scienceexplains302 Yeah, I don't think Timothy's going to do well, in presentations in a workplace...

[@williamnjagi2388]

The new testament is better but still

[@scienceexplains302]

william njagi Not necessarily. The OT called for punishment in life (including death). Parts of the NT imply eternal punishment

[@amy_pieterse]

You could say back "yeah, but without the old testament the new testament is redundent"

[@Fimbulvinter19]

What is it with Jacob and stealing people's inheritance? He turns up, cons a relative out of their birthright with stew and covering his arm in hair or manipulating genetics with sticks, and then is surprised when they get angry at him after.

[@tkps]

He must have learned it from his father and grandfather who went round siccing God onto everyone they pulled a dirty trick on and getting rich into the bargain.

[@alinastanescu4430]

@@tkps Abraham would be proud of Jacob, remember when Abraham sold his wife's body?

[@Jimislife97]

That’s who he is that’s the meaning of his name Jacob means deceiver in Hebrew

[@jonathanmarkoff4469]

@@Jimislife97 I guess this must be part of the trickster archetype, like Ulysses, Monkey King, Brer Rabbit, Coyote, and Anansi.

[@Velata]

This explains the "Thou shalt have no other Gods before me" part of the Ten Commandments. The Abrahamic god cannot be the only god around if he demands his followers to have no other god. So for those who believe the three Abrahamic religions are monotheistic, the contradicting evidence is not only written in their holy books, but also in their "rules for life". Talk about irony.

[@Tarotlynx]

You said it exactly.

[@chrissonofpear1384]

@@Tarotlynx And now, in theory, He can begin to explain WHY there are other gods around, to 'mislead' people, in the first place.... Crickets... ...Er, hello?

[@reb3liouss0ul61]

god: I’m everywhere Also god: go to the land of your fathers and I’ll be with you 😂😂😂

[@joringedamke5597]

How refreshing to hear someone criticize the Bible instead of saying, "All of this is part of God's plan; we should admire these men!"

[@robertgillespey3192]

cant wait for next chapter......you are brilliant

[@mykhalable9433]

Jacob was the first mansplainer

[@grapeshot]

Yahweh's most definitely plays favorites. After all he supposedly loves all of us but has a chosen people.🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️

[@keithherring7677]

You get to choose to be one of the chosen.

[@grapeshot]

@@keithherring7677 no I don't. I do not worship the invisible sky wizard.

[@keithherring7677]

@@grapeshot Oh, sorry, I didn't know you were being forced to choose atheism.

[@imjessietr29]

As He treats His chosen people, who needs enemies?

[@grapeshot]

@@keithherring7677 I was never forced to choose atheism I came to that decision on my own, now of course I was forced to belong to a religion because I was very young and I didn't have much say so in the matter.

[@miriam-english]

Cliffhanger! :D Loving these readings. This crap is so hilarious. It's amazing all the dumb stuff you don't notice without Hemant... for example all the stupid gods and their lunacy. Thank you so much Hemant. :)

[@metroidmayhem8463]

Going through this study with you makes me realize how much was left out in Sunday school. Modern Christian's have repainted the bible air brushing out the dirty details or dark sides.

[@erwinzuidervaart]

Great, i m getting used to this kinda bible reading. Look forward to the next chapter! 👍 keep it up

[@arielle2745]

I 💖 this show!

[@pharaoh2537]

Oh please, please do the New testament.. keep doing what you're doing.... Bravo!!

[@raymikado]

I loved your bible's episodes and I got addicted to to, especially the funny comments of yours! I have a special USB now that I downloaded all this episodes on. Keep it coming, Please

[@laurajarrell6187]

Hemant, that was one of the best, yet . Like Cindy LU Who?, I too want the t-shirt, 'God's Love is So Conditional You Need GPS To Find It'. , but also, 'Sit on Gods Faces, Save Your Life, Monthly' genesis:31' lol. 👍💞✌😷🎃

[@dahlq613]

I’m finally catching up on all these. I’m rolling! Who knew you were so funny, Hemant. 😂

[@LeahWalentosky]

Mom: Did you got church, me: I attended a Bible reading

[@shirleydeebonilla6712]

I hope you’ll do the whole bible this way. You make bible studies interesting 😉. Count me in for every episode.

[@jennyrodriguez811]

Loved the cliffhanger with Esau!

[@janusatthegate6201]

That's what all the gods were about. One for each place, each purpose.

[@chrissonofpear1384]

@@harveywabbit9541 Like Lares and Penates, yes.

[@janusatthegate6201]

Toxic patriarchy.

[@SqwarkParrotSpittingFeathers]

Are all of the Bible's heros dispicable?

[@imjessietr29]

In ancient times, heroes were not about being moral but were just badass in some way, like Greek heroes.

[@stevewebber707]

I can't say the modern concept of heroes that are so goody two shoes that nobody good live up to the standards, is very impressive either. Well written heroes, or villains for that matter, need sufficient humanity to be identifiable.

[@SqwarkParrotSpittingFeathers]

@@stevewebber707 ok but isn't this meant to be a moral guide?

[@isserles]

@@SqwarkParrotSpittingFeathers That's debatable, you will find that most characters in the bible are morally ambiguous.

[@McFlingleson]

Just wait till we get to King David.

[@marshallsmillie3888]

Incredible,my personal bible study is so much more hilarious now

[@JamesQMurphy]

Thanks to your series, I've started collecting Bible verses to have them engraved on Christmas ornaments. "Don’t be angry, my lord, that I cannot stand up in your presence; I’m having my period" is going to be the treetopper.

[@cinemaipswich4636]

Back in the day, the Jews knew of many Gods. Different towns usually had different Gods. The concept of one, and only one, God was foreign to them. The God of Abraham as the one and only, is something new and modern to Jews, Christians and Muslims.

[@johnalanelson]

We never did find out why Rachel took the idols.

[@p.bamygdala2139]

Throw me the whip! Throw me the idol!

[@Johnboy33545]

To piss off Laban. It worked too.

[@angico2942]

It's interesting how Christians try to re-analyze, or redirect, everything in the Bible as good. This is a book that I will not let my kids read.

[@yvonne3745]

@Terence Johunkin bible is false

[@brunozeigerts6379]

This site needs a sin counter like Cinemasins.

[@ambarcraft4476]

The counter would overflow so quick

[@dwaneanderson8039]

They weren't playing keep away. They were playing hide and seek.

[@BileDuctBalderdash]

This has become my new favorite show. Thank you so much. Your work is appreciated.

[@sjstronghold9238]

So I guess the whole chapter could be shortened to "Honor among thieves". Also I'm a bit surprised there was no consequence on Laban for disobeying God.

[@tkps]

Well he did have Gods of his own, Rachel stole them. Maybe even back then if you didn't believe in 'god' nothing happened to you, like now.

[@Johnboy33545]

Yeah, it's like deities aren't real.

[@davidmoran4675]

This is the best series ever, I immediately play it when it shows up in my suggested videos!

[@nicktheswampert1646]

I've been very busy but now I finally caught up with this I hope I'm able to watch next stream

[@rodhucker4901]

brilliant! watching your "show" is my daily bread...all the spiritual food i need 😇. Setting up the next chapter is Alfred Hitchcock all over it. Psycho characters included.Thanks for turning this boring book into a fascinating account of...? and only 65 books to go!

[@theunholyhorseman7139]

If a pile of rocks can be a witness, then my pickup truck can be a god!

[@janusatthegate6201]

Rachel has to live. She bears Ben.

[@arturoverde3807]

Wow what story ,I’m on tenterhooks till the next part ,this is better than watching Buster Crab play Flash Gordon in the 50s (I am old) if it gets exciting I’ll probably crap myself ! 🇪🇸

[@Johnboy33545]

Saturday matinees were a favorite. A quarter got you in with money for snacks - 15,5 and 5. The downtown theater even had a balcony.

[@arturoverde3807]

John Thomson yeah things were cheap ,in Scotland you could get into Saturday matinee for a glass jam jar .🇪🇸

[@danielsurvivor1372]

12:04 Eve: I'M ON MAH PEEEERIIIIOD!1!1!1! God: Ok Ok, Jesus Christ, I'll leave you alone

[@williamoldaker5348]

Jacob is a terrible negotiator.

[@waterdragon3367]

Okay, I might have some context on the stone thing. So way back in the Mycenaean greece roads were marked by "heaps of stones" and were treated as sacred (thats were the name hermes comes from) so I wonder if a similar thing is happening here, if by doing this they are creating a new road and a new sacred spot, so maybe they were really swearing on everyone that passed by. Just a thought

[@oscargordon]

Yes, mostly that was just practical. A lot of Greece is just rocky scrub brush with goat trails everywhere. Cairns are set up for you to follow. I haven't been to the "Canaan" area, but I bet it is pretty much the same sort of terrain.

[@dodojesus4529]

@Stevo Devo it makes sense for the time period but gets really bizarre as soon as you try to make it universally aplicable

[@Johnboy33545]

@@dodojesus4529: It doesn't even make sense in the past. Cairns are still used but not as witnesses and they NEVER were used as such. They were road signs.

[@susanw.409]

Thank you, I’ve always wanted to understand Genesis, but since I grew up atheist I never did, it’s like a Bronze Age Shakespeare tragedy🤣

[@blackice9088]

Okay, hold the phone here...Leban is accusing Jacob of stealing his daughters, when those daughters were given to Jacob as wives? That does not make sense...

[@sokenyicyor8828]

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[@Daniel-cz7kd]

Soke Nyicyor Hello, may I inquire about your questions and stuffs?

[@sokenyicyor8828]

@@Daniel-cz7kd what's your opinion religion?

[@phillip1563]

Best thing on KZbin.

[@jeff-8511]

God’s love needs GPS!!!

[@puirYorick]

The Abrahamic god was concocted from tribal war gods of which each family or tribe would have had their own - similar to a totem. Generations after, several different writers amalgamated similar telling of their local versions of oral history. This is why we get inaccurate and inconsistent mentions of copy-and-paste events in the Bible. It's a badly curated collection of these separate books and certainly not THE coherent word of any one source. The main thrust of some famous events were plagiarized from older cultures of the region as you earlier noted.

[@hocuspocus123]

From archeological evidence, monotheism was so much later than the bible is trying to present to us, the worship of different gods was all over Isreal they found Ashera poles and figurines with wahew in so many tempels. In Jeremiah, he condemns the worshipping of the queen of heaven ( Ashera). Polytheism was the norm, but Yahew, the jealous God, insisted he was one. Unfortunately he won!

[@joshuatheatheist8422]

You know.. here’s an appropriate ad for Christianity. Welcome to BibleLand, where you can steal blessings; where friendships and families goes to die; commit murder in the name of “God”; scaring people into thinking they’re going to Hell if they don’t do what the theocratic government tells them to do; talk bad about the LGBT, even holler the death penalty upon them unless they convert; and you get to have as many trophies as Jacob. Isn’t Jacob so wonderful? Stealing Esau’s blessings by deceiving Isaac, fuck over anyone who he encounters and have the ability to escape accountability through hiding in the land of Abraham and making truces. Welcome to BibleLand!

[@bobh5087]

It's beyond ironic that it takes an atheist to make any sense whatsoever of the bible. 🤔

[@orphanblackops4608]

You need to teach at one of those VBSs

[@warpedwhimsical]

Genesis 31: 45 “So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a pillar.” Genesis 31: 51 “Laban also said to Jacob, ‘Here is this heap, and here is this pillar I have set up between you and me.’” Uh no dude, that was Jacob. Laban loves claiming stuff that doesn’t belong to him, even credit for minor tasks

[@tonykelly9967]

Aww ! Ur a Top commedian never laughed so much B 4 saying my nightly prayers on getting to sleep ! Lol

[@marielakrumova115]

Bro... The period thing, how someone takes the Bible seriously

[@Daniel-cz7kd]

Mariela Krumova Hello, well someone who at least ‘understands’ the Biblical writings.

[@brunozeigerts6379]

'If you steal his household gods he WILL find you... unless he thinks you're already dead. Or God talks to him.' (paraphrasing Die Hard.)

[@Lorna8264]

If I was not reading the KIV and NIV at the same time I would not have believed this is indeed in the Bible

[@NormogGaming]

Been watching all these in the last week.. can't wait to see Exodus

[@danniealexander4131]

Danm. This story is getting intense.lolz

[@sharkpoolbolt662]

I would feel bad for Jacob for working hard for 7yrs to get married to whom he thought was Rachel only to get Leah, so he had to work another 7yrs to get her; but turns out, Jacob isn’t exactly a great guy. He tried his brother into giving him his birthrights, tricking his father into giving him his blessing, abusing (not physical) his wife Leah, and screwing his uncle over; no wonder why people don’t likes you.

[@Johnboy33545]

666 comments. Surely a sign of...something weird. I fixed it though. 667. I love this series. What book is next?

[@joemagyar7149]

This book is nothing more than a 2000 year old comic book.

[@nori_tutor]

"What is a promise without murder?" This is something I'd expect from the Jewish God lol

[@westonbuhler5592]

I love it when you click on a clearly labeled atheist or ant-religion video and the ad is some pro-Christian nonsense

[@Astrostevo]

In fairness here, we don't know whether Rachel was actually having her period or not.

[@RGC_animation]

Man, ending off the episode with a cliff hanger!

[@clairejohnson4797]

"Why does Laben refer to the god of your father? Wouldn't that God be Laban's God too?" Well, no, because his daughter Rachael had stolen "Laban's household gods" ... the statues. Right?

[@dorisyunda3240]

Yaaaaaaay!!

[@h.g.wellington2500]

I'm going to make an agreement with someone and say: "This half-eaten box of Cheerios will serve as a witness between us!"

[@orphanblackops4608]

Who the hell wrote all this stuff down and put it all together? Didn’t anyone know how to write a coherent story?

[@danielsurvivor1372]

13:43 Poor Jacob is loosing his mind

[@Wolfgare-mc4pr]

Why god didn't get angry at Rachel for stealling another god's idol, didn't he hate his people praising another god ?

[@coolathlectic]

ill be honest ive never heatd of this channel

[@MobyDicksWife]

What I want to know is, what did Jacob do with Laban's household gods? And wouldn't they be the household gods of Leah and Rachel? Did Rachel set them up in her home and teach her kids to worship them?

[@IloveTurtlws]

Every Knee shall bow...even yours! 🤣

[@peejay4606]

Hemant rocks 🤩

[@semordziesinam3138]

Is it just me or Jacob had 12 children within 6 years? Gotta go do the maths

[@ConsciencepartyUSA]

It’s basic statements from the words of my own parents: I gave you birth, so you obey everything I say. The dad gave Jacob his wives, so Jacob has to do everything he wants.

[@PraiseTheFSMonster]

My cat is my household god

[@knittingnana2939]

I wonder if one of the heaps is named uriah.

[@scottlouissmith2382]

I 💓 these videos!!! Thank you!

[@marcdecock7946]

Today somebody told me that I couldn't use anything from god's creation to disprove the existence of god. I answered that this only hinders when you believe god exists and you're no longer trying to find him.

[@IS34PreteristForce]

Thanks, you make reading this book tolerable.

[@ehlowgovna]

Would explain why the Israelites took 40 yrs to get a few kilometers from Egypt

[@youtubestudiosucks978]

They had no gps. Apearently god loved seeing them walk in circles so he didnt say a word until 40 years later just for his amusement so he could see all the people die in the desert due to lack of access to medical facilities, clean drinking water, constant war and not enough food. Isnt that quite sadistic?

[@danielsurvivor1372]

11:21 *Laugh track*

[@giftnshakz9573]

Jacob made a killing ripping people off. Nice role model

[@mickeytwoshoes9476]

I love this series!

[@peejay4606]

This is awesome. 🤩

[@Ping.DiKyngPyn]

We have plenty of Rachel's here in Jamaica

[@jonathanmarkoff4469]

I like this series, but why does the soundtrack have this irritatingly insipid music?

[@gregnorris8279]

Laban seems to have MULTIPLE BLESSING! Must be a PROPHET? 🤭😂🤣😅

[@nori_tutor]

It's clear Early Judaism had the belief there were other gods. Otherwise, how would Pharaoh's magicians turn their staff into a snake, just like Moses? By the power of who? Also, how did Laban "blessed" his daughters while being a follower of other gods?

[@intuitionz1198]

God says don't say anything to Jacob so he does say something to Jacob to include telling him that God said don't say anything to him. 🤯

[@ericschmitz5119]

Holy smokes, I never knew the context of the mizpah.

[@chinchilla0708]

How many chapters is there?

[@HTYM]

So far? About 31 too many.

[@FriendlyAtheist1]

TOO MANY.

[@visaman]

50. So we are good for 19 more weeks.

[@istvansipos9940]

11:24 Don't be surprised. All the hotties used that trick in highschool to avoid swimming. So our eyes stayed away from them

[@ActiveAdvocate1]

"If everything is a God, then nothing is a God." Hmm..."If everything is a God (Pantheism), then nothing is a God (Atheism)." I think you're right: my beliefs and yours are very much alike. They're just the heads/tails of the same coin, I think. You could just as easily flip that statement, see.

[@Gfish17]

All are gods Androids, Machines, Humans, Aliens.

[@fly_you_fools]

Pantheism does not mean everything is a god, and atheism does not mean nothing is a god.

[@Gfish17]

@@fly_you_fools Atheism just Refers to a Lack of belief in God (s) You didn't recognize the quote it seems.

[@fly_you_fools]

@@Gfish17 Right. That's what atheism means. What you said. It doesn't mean "nothing is a god" Having missed the quote I don't know what quote I missed.

[@Gfish17]

@@fly_you_fools Have you ever Played Neir Automata?

[@cinnimonpannos4405]

Hello

[@daneguitarist1]

i wouldnt recommend sitting on pineapples