#PEER

[@hebrewtheblackman]

Ok Efo Akwetey, Good point about the daughter”s”. An oversight that I believe most Bible readers and even scholars are guilty of. I had to go and check. And I’m glad to see that because I also have my doubts about a purely Hamitic maternal bloodline. Since the customs of the fathers (Eʋehame, YAHshika, and YAHkobe) was to go back and find wives from among their own people, I’d reason that for those sons of YAHkobe who were willing to, they’d observe the same custom while in Mitsri. Another angle is this: just as the famine drove YAHkobe and his family into Mitsri, it would have likewise driven other Semitic and non-Semitic people there as well. There would have been Semitic people available in Egypt for the descendants of YAHkobe to marry and produce offsprings with, since that was their custom. I don’t support a purely Hamitic maternal ancestry theory for all of YAHsara.

[@akweteyamaah]

I completely agree with your insightful observations about Jacob's daughters and the cultural practices of his descendants. It's true that many readers overlook the mention of Jacob's other daughters in the Bible, and your point about the customs of seeking wives from within their own community is COMPELLING. The likelihood of other Semitic people also migrating to Egypt due to famine provides a logical basis for the presence of suitable spouses for Jacob's descendants. This perspective certainly adds depth to the argument against a purely Hamitic maternal ancestry. Your analysis offers a well-rounded view that enriches our understanding of the narrative.

[@riversoflivingwater2095]

I so hope you two brothers can sharpen each other! Iron sharpens Iron!

[@akweteyamaah]

Absolutely. That's the purpose of peer review. We aim to do precisely that, helping each other improve.

[@Shemayahu222]

@@akweteyamaahthank you for your information.

[@akweteyamaah]

Absolutely.

[@TheGAJTube]

Excellent peer review, and it is necessary for us to reconstruct and annotate our true biblical history.

[@akweteyamaah]

Thank you for taking the time to comment. I truly appreciate it.

[@d1spoonky]

GREAT point Sir!!! The Word did say that 70 entered!!!

[@akweteyamaah]

You're absolutely right.

[@TheGAJTube]

yes, if 12 sons with a wife had 3 to 4 children, each family 5 to 6 members, is between 60 to 72 people.

[@rjmckenzie4706]

Thisis why i love your peer reviews

[@akweteyamaah]

Thank you for taking the time to comment. I truly appreciate it.

[@rjmckenzie4706]

@@akweteyamaah anytime rabbi

[@rhumash5977]

I find it hard to believe that they wouldn't have married other ethnic groups in the Nile valley, especially considering that Moses and Joseph did so.

[@akweteyamaah]

Thanks for commenting. Moses did not marry in the Nile Valley, unless one considers Midian as part of it. In contrast, Joseph, who was given a wife in Egypt, chose to separate his family from the broader Egyptian population. Had he intended for them to assimilate, he would not have taken such measures.

[@KO.....]

The Canaanites themselves were located just below the Egyptians according to scripture.

[@rhumash5977]

@@akweteyamaah what about the Kushite wife?

[@akweteyamaah]

That event would have occurred long after they had left Egypt.

[@akweteyamaah]

Canaan was a province under Egyptian control.

[@T.ochukwu]

🔥🔥 thorough analysis.

[@akweteyamaah]

Thank for your comment.

[@doorofel6447]

The name game. Names are changed within the culture, and names are changed by those outsiders. This is evident in current Twitter media and as print media language was different from AOL (America Online) messenger. I trust the ancestors' works that always placed the Nile River at the center of the homo sapien sapiens universe.

[@Dominucastro47]

Food... Feeding me man, give thanks!!

[@akweteyamaah]

Big up

[@doorofel6447]

Gen 46:27 With the two sons who had been born to Joseph in Egypt, the members of Jacob’s family, which went to Egypt, were seventy in all.

[@akweteyamaah]

Yes Josephs sons were born in Egypt before the Sojourn. The census mentioned in the text highlights that Jacob traveled with his entire family, including both sons and DAUGHTERS. They took their livestock and possessions from Canaan and journeyed to Egypt, bringing all of Jacob's descendants with him-his sons, grandsons, DAUGHTERS, and grandDAUGHTERS. This indicates that Jacob's family, upon arriving in Egypt, did not need to intermarry with the Egyptians to grow and prosper. There were DAUGHTERS not on Dinah who could make this happen.

[@doorofel6447]

Correct. However, in time populations mix, as homo sapiens have always done so. Anthropology makes it clear, and genetic autosomal haplogroups bear it out even more. We are connected. I trust that the beginning of the hierarchy classes system that is recorded in Egypt is the most recent proof of man being placed on a higher level than his fellow man. Ruling classes are a problem amongst men. Everyone says they want to be treated the same, but that is a lie. Most want to be treated better than others.

[@akweteyamaah]

I agree that populations often intermingle and that the Israelites did so to some extent in Egypt. However, that was not the primary reason for their population growth - which is my point.

[@doorofel6447]

​@akweteyamaah I inner stand your point. I was pointing to the narrative that the Biblical narrative states, "We don't mix," which is the biggest lie that someone placed in the story. The hierarchical problem. I created everything and everybody, but I'm only their god. And yet they are sleeping with everyone.

[@akweteyamaah]

I appreciate your straightforwardness. Your comment, "which is a big lie," had me laughing out loud-I completely agree with you!

[@anthonyadetomiwa6841]

Great analysis. What about the discussion of the Isreal, canaan, fertility of the land, comparison to the current land of isreal. Another point of contention could be the migration from canaan to egypt and back down. Would be curious of your thoughts.

[@akweteyamaah]

Thanks for your comment! I'll address every point you've raised in upcoming videos. Those are brilliant questions!

[@Theprosperous15360]

No one is one hundred percent correct but we are getting information and doing ower research so that is great.

[@akweteyamaah]

Great point.

[@doorofel6447]

I think I heard you say in a previous lecture that the Exodus has a number problem. Due to Egypt never having the population cited in scripture.

[@akweteyamaah]

That's correct. Right now, I'm fact-checking the assertions made. Afterwards, I'll present my case and position on the topic.

[@YaAkan8]

The 7ethnic groups of the tribes of isreal are Abos Akan Edo Ewe Ga-ananbge Mallis Mossi

[@YaAkan8]

“But they are 12 tribes how can they have 7 ethnic groups” there are 7 abengs(hoorns) wich one repesenting one ethnic groups,do what u may with this info but the thruth will come above water

[@akweteyamaah]

You're inviting trouble ooo, Abusua. Hahaha. I am following you paaaaaa.

[@YaAkan8]

@@akweteyamaah Am just trying to spread some knowledge.Peace hebrew✌🏾

[@doorofel6447]

Jeremiah 2:14 "Israel a servant, a slave by birth? Why then has he become plunder?" This is a question of Africa.. Western racist scholars tend to discount, disparage and out right lie about Alkebulan and its contributions to the 7 arts. Therefore, logic dictates to look at the Mother of us all more keenly.

[@akweteyamaah]

Hmmm.. interesting view

[@ubuaramelvin2977]

What about is Grand children's did they marry the Canaanites too or they marry the daughter's of their siblings or they marry the Egyptian's women's like Joseph

[@akweteyamaah]

Joseph's plan was to avoid assimilation, which explains the segregation. They didn't need others to increase their numbers, as their existing family structure was sufficient for growth.

[@bigcinphilly1742]

Apparently it suggests that there possibily weren't enough women for the men...

[@akweteyamaah]

It seems contradictory to offer criticism and then engage with the material. I appreciate your interest and feedback.

[@emmanuelcharlesbonney6963]

Shall advice all, Rabbi Akwetey included to read Gen 12 & 13. It is explicitly stated that Abram journey south of Egypt towards Bethel where he made an altar and sacrificed to Yah. This was when Yah had showed him the land for inheritance of his descendants. That is the land of Canaan. South of Egypt can't be into the Mediterranean sea, neither east to the Levant nor west into Libya. Southwards can only be towards Sudan and beyond deeper into Africa. Twice was it recorded that Abraham made this trip with his whole family.

[@akweteyamaah]

Thanks for your comment. You may want to reread the text and get yourself a map. Reading the text carefully takes patience. Bethel is located in the north, indicating that Abraham had not yet reached Egypt if he was at Bethel. To get to Egypt, he needed to travel further south, which he did. This journey took him to Egypt, situated south of Bethel. It is noted that when he was sent out of Egypt, he travelled to Bethel, moving north from his previous location "Egypt". (3And he went on his journeys, from the south and until Beth el, until the place where his tent had been previously, between Beth el and between Ai.) Contrary to what you mentioned, he did not travel further south from Egypt.

[@doorofel6447]

I find that interesting. However, many are unaware that Heliopolis or On was also known as Ai.

[@doorofel6447]

We don't know the writer's perspective, so a lot of opinionatting is just speculation. We do our best with the info we are left not knowing if the writers wrote honestly.

[@akweteyamaah]

Yes, that's an interesting question: are we dealing with an honest writer or someone crafting propaganda?

[@jonathanmcpherson102]

Great analysis using the scripture. Our brother Ron and other Israelites sincerely want sub Saharan Africa to be our promised land, but they are sincerely wrong. I love it, but it doesn't match a lot of the Biblical descriptions.

[@akweteyamaah]

Thank you for sharing your thoughts. Indeed, our brother is doing an impressive job of articulating his ideas. I agree with you, I remain unconvinced for now.

[@doorofel6447]

When you have various writers in one text everyone has a different viewpoint and the amount of time that passed before hard copies were made names of geography changed. The written pen has more veracity than the spoken word. My written lie last longer than my spoken truth.

[@akweteyamaah]

FACTS!

[@doorofel6447]

Peer review work quote from Jurji Zaidan and the Foundations of Arab Nationalism. "The Arabs: Who Are They? When we talk about “Arabs” today, we mean the inhabitants of the Arabian Peninsula, Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Sudan, and North Africa. In the period before Islam, however, “Arabs” meant only the inhabitants of the Arabian Peninsula, for the population of Iraq and Syria was composed of Syrians, Chaldeans, Nabateans, Jews, and Greeks; the Egyptian population was Coptic; the population of the Maghreb was Berber, Greeks, and Vandal; and the population of Sudan was Nubians, Negroes, and others. When Islam appeared and the Arabs expanded their territory, they settled in these lands and the Arabic language replaced the original languages of those lands, and so their inhabitants were called Arabs. In ancient history-in the period of the Pharaohs, Assyrians, and Phoenicians-“Arabs” meant the nomadic people in the northern part of the Arabian Peninsula and the east of the Nile Valley, in the land stretching from the Euphrates in the East to the Nile in the West. It included the deserts of Iraq, Syria, and the Sinai Peninsula, together with the adjacent eastern part of the Delta and the eastern desert of Egypt between the Nile and the Red Sea. The Nile Valley was the natural frontier between Libya in the West and Arabia in the East. The Egyptians called the eastern mountains that bordered the Nile in the East Jabal al-‘Arab or Bilad al-‘Arab, and they called the mountains to the West the “Libyan Mountains.” Geographical location names were never static and were based upon the conqueror's whims. From the Doctrine of Discovery to eminent domain. The one with the greatest power makes the rules and dares the weak to change them. The point is that parts of Africa's east side of the Nile river was once considered Arabia.

[@akweteyamaah]

Informative.

[@debrayahs5709]

Sir, you are totally lost %,100%. Jacob's sons had families, all his sons had sons and families. Stop trying to prove something.

[@akweteyamaah]

I believe that's what the video mentions. Jacob had sons and a daughters, who in turn had their own sons and daughters.

[@AbubacarrSaho-vm6uh]

But remember one of the esraelite fought with pheros people and get kill by moses indicating that they mingle with Egyptians.cannanites are hamites Egyptians are also hamites.but we don't see hamites in middle est.

[@akweteyamaah]

Thanks for taking time to comment. They were enslaved and forced to build, and the person Moses killed was a taskmaster. This is not an instance of intermarriage. Having a thorough understanding of the narrative is helpful. The evidence suggests a self-contained increase in population, contrary to what the presenter claims.

[@zodiark_0870]

Except Ptolemy was a pharaoh and a levite

[@zodiark_0870]

Reference book of Esther

[@babsbaba239]

I really don't understand your review. Do you want the text to explicitly say that certain individuals married x and y Egyptians for you to believe. Israelites married Egyptians, Cushites etc. I don't know what is wrong with Ron's statement for you to waste time with your review. Did Ron ask you to do a review?

[@akweteyamaah]

I didn't request your opinion on the video either, did I?

[@johnym1]

It's a review. There are millions of reviews online. Why so emotional about it?

[@KnowledgeUnderstandingWisdom]

Exactly !!! ​@@johnym1

[@KnowledgeUnderstandingWisdom]

@babsbaba239...Moreh Ron Dalton Will Be Willing To Accept An Invite To Have An Open Discussion or Dialogue...Intermarriage Definitely Took Place Between Ancient Biblical Nations !!!

[@xKingfps]

@@KnowledgeUnderstandingWisdomyou sound convinced that he will…set it up …it would be a good watch

[@lifeinembo]

According to Biblical accounts the Israelites were in Egypt no longer than 250 to 400 years. The book of Jasher caps their time in Egypt to about 230 to 280 years “I can’t remember the exact number “. The Egyptian dynasty one of the oldest groups on earth at the time had to have been around for thousands of years anywhere from 3 to 10 thousand. So if the Israelites only went in with 70 peoples into Egypt how can they have grown so large in such a short period of time; to the extent that the new Pharaoh became weary of their growth and sought to deal wisely with them?

[@akweteyamaah]

Are you asking a biblical question or a historical one? The type of question will influence the answer I provide.

[@lifeinembo]

@@akweteyamaah You can answer the question anyway you feel comfortable to the best of your knowledge Biblically, historically, or both.

[@akweteyamaah]

From a historical perspective, as I lean more towards that view, the biblical account of the Exodus is not considered historical.

[@lifeinembo]

@@akweteyamaah You never answered the question I don’t think you believe in this fact, check that you are trying portray. The fact is that in the Egyptian hieroglyphs there is the history of people that live among the Egyptians that is wearing fringes upon their garments. Only the children of the book were given the law to wear fringes on their garments. This practice is not known among the people of the kingdom of Egypt tied to the house of Pharaoh. I would have to agree with Ron‘s assessment for it. Is it accurate scientifically, historically,Biblically, and verbally when it comes to the historical accounts of the great migration of Bantu people.

[@akweteyamaah]

I respect your perspective, regardless of which side you agree with, but I'm simply illustrating why I remain unconvinced.

[@mwarichannel1182]

Whether Joseph’s brothers had already established families before Egypt don’t make it up in your mind that they didn’t take on those women in Egypt. They were humans like you and me and they took on women that were available to them. This whole thing about Israelite men not taking on other women just sounds funny to me, because ancestry is passed down through the father anyway. You think they didn’t want a feel of those fine Hametic women in Egypt? Come on bro. Stop it.

[@akweteyamaah]

Thank you for your comment. It's easy to make claims, much like saying Reuben was an albino, Joseph had lazy eyes, or Jacob had a side chick. These are just assertions! I've backed my position with clear biblical text. Unless you can provide similar evidence showing where they took Egyptian women, it's merely hearsay.

[@mwarichannel1182]

@@akweteyamaah we make inferences based on the biblical text and our overall understanding of what is presented to us in scripture. There are no pure Israelites , that’s just reality, such a people doesn’t exist (certainly not today), and though the Israelites were advised against mixing with other cultures, they went ahead and mixed anyway, so it’s from that perspective that I agree with Ron Dalton. Also remember, that Ancestry is passed through the father in our culture, and that’s what matters.

[@akweteyamaah]

I'm not claiming Israel didn't mix. I'm addressing what the speaker stated. Who did the descendants of Jacob marry? I've shown evidence through scripture, not inference.

[@mwarichannel1182]

@@akweteyamaah I understand. I do believe that he was talking about the time when they were in Egypt. I would imagine they still needed women while they were in that land.

[@sonofaafroasiatic]

7:24 mark Ron is referring to the book of yasher that’s mentioned twice in judges IJS

[@akweteyamaah]

Yeah?

[@sonofaafroasiatic]

@@akweteyamaah Yeah cause thats what it says in yasher

[@sonofaafroasiatic]

obivously they had it and used it as it is mention in these verses two witnesses per the law duet 19:15 IJS Joshua 10:13; 2 Samuel 1:18;

[@FleeingBabylon-Now]

Look at maps of who controlled the land North and East of Egypt delta. Egypt controlled it so why did they wander in the wilderness for 40 years to then come and settle on Egyptian land in what they call Canaan. The distance is only 150 to 200 miles from where they left to where they settled. So the slaves escaped with much death and destruction and then went back and settled in the slavemasters land and had no problems with them. Egypt was the super-power of their day. So I see no common sense way that Is-ral is the land.

[@akweteyamaah]

You ask historical questions, but have you considered the possibility that the Exodus narrative, as told by the biblical authors, might be a myth?

[@FleeingBabylon-Now]

@@akweteyamaah Actually no I believe it is a true account. Most the negative press about the historicity of the Bible comes from the fact that archaeology of the Holy Land as they call it is very problematic. They cannot get things to match. So rather than saying Constantine and the pagans lied about everything, we stick with believing they were honest and the Bible is not. I take the other side which I feel is more logical. They hid everything. The Sabbath, not Sat or Sun, the trinity, virgin birth, nature of God, Paul the fake apostle, so why not lie as well about who the original black Egyptians were and the original black Hebrews were. Then let's lie about the land. The animals of the Bible do not match Middle East. The Land flowing with milk and honey does not at all describe the Middle East. Now do I know for sure where and how, no, but I do feel lied to which makes me search. I did a video on Abram going South out of Egypt. There is so much hidden. Thanks for your video. I do agree they came with wives to Egypt. Now did they intermarry some, I would assume so at least some, though I think it was more common to marry within the group. I think we make the mistake of Bibling the father Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and thinking they lived the law of moses when they did not. Anyway thanks.

[@akweteyamaah]

Has any archaeological work been conducted in Africa to support the Bible's claims? Everything you're mentioning seems based on belief and feelings. Where's the evidence?

[@FleeingBabylon-Now]

@@akweteyamaah There has been almost none done. The Holy Land was explored and excavated to make a proof that the Europeans converts wanted to set up a land. So to find prrof they dug. Yet what they found does not prove what they hoped. No one is digging in Africa. Look at Meroe civilization, in Sudan. or the Walls of Benin 1300AD they are but almost nothing left. They were 4 times the length of the great wall of China. No one cares as it is poor Africa and the West wants resources, not people finding thier proud history.

[@akweteyamaah]

Without any evidence, why should I jump on the bandwagon claiming Canaan is in Africa, especially when the evidence I possess does not support this view?

[@KO.....]

Ron is correct about the location. There are numerous biblical verses that explicitly prove his point of view about sub saharan Africa starting in Genesis and consistently proven in other scripture.

[@akweteyamaah]

I haven't seen any evidence yet. If you have any, please share it with me.

[@KO.....]

@@akweteyamaah From the same book of Genesis you read from... Genesis 2 15-18 Key verses "8 And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.... 10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. 11 The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; 12 And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone. 13 And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia. 14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates. 15 And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it." Now this description is for the land of Eden, the Garden of Eden but it also contains 2 boundaries for the land of Canaan that was given to Israel which are Gihon/Nile as well as Euphrates. If you pay attention to verse 10 It is ONE river that splits into 4 different rivers. Meaning that The Gihon/Nile River is not only connected to the Pishon/Euphrates but they are also on the same continent. Meaning that the river they call the Euphrates in the ME is not the biblical Euphrates. Both The Euphrates and the Nile only exist on 1 continent and neither of them cross into the ME. This is just one reference. If you pay attention to other scriptures it bears witness to this.

[@akweteyamaah]

You still haven't provided any evidence; you're just sharing Bible stories.

[@KO.....]

@@akweteyamaah lol, bible stories. If it's only a bible story isn't the entire premise of your counter argument based off the exact same bible story? The scriptures are the evidence. As stated Genesis 2 gives us the 2 major boundaries the land of Canaan falls between. And it never crosses into the modern day middle east. So if you want evidence go and look up mediaeval map's of the Gihon river. You will see it's the same as the Nile river. Not to mention that the same scriptures describes it as extending through the whole land of Ethiopia (Africa). There is no known river now or historically that's has ever crossed from Africa to the ME. Meaning it is impossible for the ME to be the land of Canaan. This aside the fact that you don't even have any Canaanite tribe's living in that dessert now or historically. So either the bible is wrong regarding the landmark which equally means that the whole story is fabricated or it is accurate alongside everything you quoted in the video. Your choice.

[@KO.....]

​@@akweteyamaah oh one more thing the fact that they were in Goshen doesn't mean that there were no Egyptians in Goshen. This can be proven to be false with a number of scriptures from the same Genesis you quoted. 1st the bible says that they left Egypt a mixed multitude meaning not just Israelites. So they left without Egyptians they knew alongside other foreigners. Second before they left they got wealth from the same Egyptians not from each other. There is no mention of them traveling across Egypt to collect the wealth. There's more but I think you get the picture.

[@HiddenTreasuresEnt]

Dalton is incorrect.

[@akweteyamaah]

He makes some intriguing and provocative claims that warrant consideration.

[@sheltonmackey6449]

Ron says he will debate anybody. If you not scared to put him on your channel. All social media sites have ban him. The European jews have alot of influence and ownership of social media outlets. They are scared of the truth

[@akweteyamaah]

I don't engage in debates for display. I'll present the evidence and my position, and you can take it from there.

[@DivineRomuald]

Everybody know moses is actually Ankhenaton and that the hebrews are his follower.OFC its an african story,OFC they were black.Yall always keep refering to this Bible but this is not the only book,you just have to read Egyptian mythologies and history and you will find the roots of it.Another book call GOD WILLS THE NEGRO by Theodore P FORD explain where they want after ethipia etc etc then obviously you have MOSES and AKHENATON one and the same by Gary Greenberg

[@akweteyamaah]

You do make great points, but the purpose of the video is to peer review the speaker's assertions, not to explore the origins of the Israelites' stories about Moses. Your comment would be more fitting in a video focused on that topic.

[@bigcinphilly1742]

Awkwetey, sir you have lost credibility. I have lost faith in you and have questions about your intentions. If you have an issue with anything brother Dalton has said, be a man and engage him in a discussion. This smacks of a sense of growing irrelevance and I question your purposes.... Not cool brother. Not cool at all.

[@akweteyamaah]

Thank you for your comment. It seems there might be some misunderstanding regarding the PEER review process. I have no personal issues with anyone. My brother, Mr. Dalton Jnr, has invited everyone to participate in a debate (I don't do debate). Perhaps it would be more appropriate to direct your feedback and concerns to him.

[@bigcinphilly1742]

@@akweteyamaah Sir I'm not suggesting a debate. I think it would be more appropriate to see this as a collaboration. I'd be very inclined to watch you two brothers have a deep dive discussion. It would be tremendous to see brothers coming together. I'm not interested in seeing a debate to be clear. It's not a competition. I personally don't engage in debating folks for the same reason. Your response is appreciated. To follow up on my previous comments, I don't think I understand where you're coming from now. Somewhere you lost me. Thank you for taking the time to respond.

[@o0OBLACKIEO0o]

You do know israelites are not black or from africa, right? The bible and all of history is very clear where Israel is.. lol.

[@akweteyamaah]

Yes, both the Bible and other sciences clearly indicate the location of Israel.

[@doorofel6447]

​@akweteyamaah I disagree with this assertion. Historicity, has started that the land and language was lost. We have various historians placing the so called Holy land in China, India, AUSTRALIA, the AMERICAs, and even the U.K... There are just as many sources that claim Palestine as their are sources that claim a different location. Finding a source to valid ones opinion is easy to find these days. The lack of true archaeological evidence being found in that area makes the assertion even harder to fathom.

[@akweteyamaah]

Everyone is certain about Egypt's location, making it an excellent starting point for our analysis. From there, we can examine the primary sources, which I think is a solid approach.