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Genesis
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He gave me a new German translation of the Bible and opened it to the first page. There I read again and again:
'Und die Erde war Wirrnis und Wüste. Finsternis allüber Abgrund. Braus Gottes brütend allüber den Wassern.'
It could have been written about me, I thought. I thought that the beginning had been like this and I kept on hearing these words sound in my heart.
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― Lili: A Portrait of the First Sex Change
― Lili: A Portrait of the First Sex Change
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The Shield was another of the Fear's names. According to Laughter, it means he shields the seed of Abraham the way a man starting a fire shields the flame. When Sarah was about to die childless, the Fear gave her a son. When Abraham was about to slaughter the son, the Fear gave him the ram. He is always shielding us like a guttering wick, Laughter said, because the fire he is trying to start with us is a fire that the whole world will live to warm its hands at. It is a fire in the dark that will
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― The Son of Laughter: An Eloquent Contemporary Retelling of Jacob's Biblical Saga―Rich in Family Drama and Passion
― The Son of Laughter: An Eloquent Contemporary Retelling of Jacob's Biblical Saga―Rich in Family Drama and Passion
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