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The Torah Part II: Cain & Abel to Joseph

PragerU: Five-Minute Videos

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Non-profit, Self-improvement, Education, Business, History

4.76.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Cain and Abel, Noah and the flood, Abraham and the 12 Tribes of Israel, Joseph and his coat of many colors—these are some of the greatest stories of the Book of Genesis. Dennis Prager, author of The Rational Bible, explains why they still mean so much to us today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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After reading from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, Adam and Eve were expelled from the Garden of Eden.

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They then had two sons, Kane and Abel.

0:25.6

In a fit of jealousy, the older brother, Kane, killed his younger brother.

0:30.1

The world began on a bad note, and it only got worse.

0:35.1

It was filled with violence.

0:40.0

Observing all this evil, God declared that the will of man's heart is toward evil from his youth. The Torah thereby announced

0:46.7

one of its most important insights. Human nature is not basically good. It is not basically evil,

0:54.1

but it is surely not basically good. I've made a

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1:03.8

and why it is impossible to make a good world if you believe that. In one sentence, you can't be a good person unless you battle your

1:13.1

nature. This is one example of the innumerable insights of the Torah that have shaped the way

1:18.7

people understand life. As people stopped studying the Torah and the rest of the Bible, they have

1:24.3

become less and less wise. Just think of how foolish many well-educated

1:29.1

people are. Because mankind descended into evil, God decided to destroy the world. God did not

1:36.4

create human beings to be cruel and therefore decided to bring a flood, wipe everyone out,

1:43.3

and start over. Virtually every ancient society had a flood, wipe everyone out, and start over.

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