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7th grade biology lesson on X & Y chromosomes: The sex chromosome pair is composed of a combination of X and Y chromosomes. The main difference between X and Y chromosome is that X chromosome is the female sex determining chromosome whereas the Y chromosome is the male sex determining...

Israeli archaeologists find biblical name ‘Jerubbaal’ inked on pot from Judges era "Archaeologists digging in southern Israel may have found the name of Jerubbaal, scourge of the Midianites, on a broken fragment of a Judges-era clay pot. The inscription in primitive alphabetic writing from the...

In Judges, Ch. 16 finishes Samson's story. Afterwards, in Ch. 17 and 18 I read about how the tribe of Dan acquired their territory. Ch. 19 and ch. 20 speak about Israel's war against the Benjamites. I became confused reading this since initially I thought that the chronology was still moving...

Question for Old Testament buffs: The Seder Olam (Ancient Jewish Chronology) states that Joshua was a judge over Israel for 28 years. We know that he succeeded Moses 40 years after leaving Egypt (Joshua 1:1), and that he died at the ripe old age of 110. (Joshua 24:29) So, that makes him 42...

Hi Everyone I was reading Matthew 1 this morning, in particular this passage: 5 Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse, 6 and Jesse the father of King David. This seemed strange to me because Rahab was around...

I’ve been looking at the story of Samson, and I want your opinion on something. So, Samson was destined for a great life, devoted to God, as a Nazerite. Never to cut his hair, never to touch a dead animal, etc. However, Samson broke every requirement. He was supposed to deliver the Israelites...