The Discovery of Genesis (84 page)

Chapter 5: They Shall Be One Flesh

1.
. In this primitive character, an even clearer picture is seen with (God’s)
hands
placing a man | in the
garden
. Below is the
woman
. Other ancient forms have omitted the garden enclosure but emphasized the
two people
, (see
p. 48 and
p. 52).

2.
To enter
and
flesh
both carry the sound “ju,” and are equally primitive radicals (11 and 130, respectively). Their phonetic similarity (remembering that the spoken language preceded the written) strongly suggests that
to enter
was closely associated in the ancient Chinese mind with the creation of Eve (“flesh of my flesh”) from the “entering” of Adam’s chest.

3.
The
in
becomes clear in the more primitive forms:
, which depict two
fiery persons
. That these
fires
truly represent two persons is verified by
where
indicate two
mouths
(persons). Bdellium is defined as any deep red gem, especially a garnet, while onyx is a variety of agate with alternate layers of color.