Bronesis Chapter 6

The Pre-Flood Patriarch Noah and his sons building the Ark. As experienced Minecraft players, they were familiar with process of building complex structures . Source

The Book of Bronesis: Chapter 6

 

Update: Hey everyone. As you can tell from the dates of this chapter and Chapter 5, it's been a while since I last updated the Holy Broble. In fact, it's not even 2023 anymore, and we're well into 2024, lol. 

Without getting into details, I've taken the last few months to contemplate on how I want the Holy Bro Bible to develop. After listening to some feedback and taking time to think about how I want to approach these texts (which are deeply holy for many millions of people), I have a new vision on how to continue forward. I won't be editing the previous chapters, but I will be taking a slightly different stylistic approach to this work. I also might change the direction of this project again in the future, we'll see.

Given that today is the first day of the Jewish holiday of Pesach/חַג הַפֶּסַח‎ (Passover, as it is commonly known in English), I feel now is an ample and opportune moment to restart my Holy Bo Bible "translations" and commentary. I'll try to resume the regular practice of one chapter each of the Jewish and Christian texts every week as my schedule permits (but no promises my dudes, haha). 

I hope you enjoy this chapter, and wishing all those who celebrate and observe the Jewish holidays a chag Pesach sameach! 

 

Best regards,

Daniel Silverman

April 23, 2024

Published on April 23, 2024

Translated by Daniel Silverman

1 And it came to pass when the bros of the world began doing it on a regular basis after having skipped the mandatory sex ed seminars required by the campus administration, and so daughters were born to them.


2 Then the "sons of God"* saw these women, these daughters of the bros, while they were shopping at Sephora, and they matched on Tinder with as many of the women as they could.


3 And God, the Supreme Bro, said, "I cannot keep micromanaging these Earthly bros, because they are human beings and prone to mistakes, and so I will limit their lifespans to a hundred and twenty years."


4 As a result of the unprotected sex between children of these "sons of God" and the daughters of the bros (I suppose everyone skipped the mandatory sex ed seminars) came to be known as the Neopronouns. The Neopronouns were mighty creatures who inspired awe, terror, and confusion on campus.


5 And God saw that the douchebagery of the bros was too great for the campus of Earth, and that the bros only cared for their own needs and not the well-being of their fellow bros and classmates.


6 And the Supreme Bro regretted that creating the bros on Earth, and God became sad asf.


7 And the Supreme Bro said, "I will cancel the bros, whom I created, from upon the face of campus. Not just the bros, but all the living things on campus, from the bros to the barely-paid assistant professors to the housing administrators to even the part-time students who commute from home, for I regret that I made them."


8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of God, he was bussin'.


9 Noah was a righteous dude who was ate amongst the bros; Noah was a stan for God.


10 And Noah had three sons: Shelmet, Ham-&-Cheese-Sandwich (hmmm, yum), and Jumpluff.


11 Now the Earth was gagged before God, and the campus became full of ick.


12 And God saw the state of the campus of Earth, and saw that it had become out of pocket, for the bros had become salty.


13 And God said to Noah, "I will cancel the bros, for I have caught them on 4K, and behold, I am suspending them from campus.


14 I'll Venmo you money so you can buy yourself the necessary material to make a yacht. This yacht - this "ark" - will be made of hyphae. You shall make the ark with plenty of guest rooms, and you shall make each room soundproof so those within can use their speakers without disturbing others.


15 And here are the measurements you shall use to make the ark: three hundred blocks for the length, fifty blocks for its width, and thirty blocks for its height.**


16 You shall make a sunroof for the ark, make it at least one block high. Put the entrance of the ark on the side, but give it Tesla handles to make it look cool. Give the ark three floors, with guest rooms on each one.


17 And I, behold I will turn on the fire sprinklers on campus to bring about a flood, water upon the Earth, to chase off the bros from campus. All life on campus will have to go home, and they will be forced to finish the rest of the semester at home on Zoom.


18 And I will make a promise with you - a covenant... a "bro-venant". You, your wife, your children, and your children's families will go to the ark. 


19 And two of each living thing that is found on campus shall also be brought onto the ark as well. Bring one male and one female of each living thing.


20 Take 2 of each living thing on campus - the pigeons that poop on the ground outside the cafeteria, the squirrels that sometimes throw acorns at you while you walk to class, the emotional-support dogs that you hug on before mid-terms - bring 2 of them to bring with you on the ark to preserve their species.


21 And you should take every food that you know of in the cafeteria with you onto the ark so that you, your family, and the living things can survive. Take the pizza bagels, the avocado toasts, the granola bars, the ice cream bars, and all else to eat. But make sure you're kinda sneaky when you do so, otherwise the cafeteria staff will look at you kinda weird."


22 And Noah did everything that God commanded him to do. Noah slayed.

 

The End of Chapter 6

 

*You might be wondering, who are these "sons of God" that the Bible refers to? Well, there's a big debate within and between Jewish and Christian groups, as the original Hebrew is somewhat unclear. Some believe the term refers to angels, while others think it refers to evil kings. Some think it refers to corrupted sons of Seth who married daughters of Cain. Look, I dunno - all I know is that these "sons of God" had a lot of sex, and meanwhile I'm writing this alone by a desk in a cold basement. 

**Noah and his sons were avid Minecraft players, so God used a measurement system that Noah and his family would have been familar with. 

 

Read the previous chapter here.

Genesis Chapter 6 (English - Source)

1And it came to pass when man commenced to multiply upon the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them.

2That the sons of the nobles saw the daughters of man when they were beautifying themselves, and they took for themselves wives from whomever they chose.

3And the Lord said, "Let My spirit not quarrel forever concerning man, because he is also flesh, and his days shall be a hundred and twenty years."

4The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of the nobles would come to the daughters of man, and they would bear for them; they are the mighty men, who were of old, the men of renown.

5And the Lord saw that the evil of man was great in the earth, and every imagination of his heart was only evil all the time.

6And the Lord regretted that He had made man upon the earth, and He became grieved in His heart.

7And the Lord said, "I will blot out man, whom I created, from upon the face of the earth, from man to cattle to creeping thing, to the fowl of the heavens, for I regret that I made them."

8But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.

9These are the generations of Noah, Noah was a righteous man he was perfect in his generations; Noah walked with God.

10And Noah begot three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

11Now the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth became full of robbery.

12And God saw the earth, and behold it had become corrupted, for all flesh had corrupted its way on the earth.

13And God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth has become full of robbery because of them, and behold I am destroying them from the earth.

14Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; you shall make the ark with compartments, and you shall caulk it both inside and outside with pitch.

15And this [is the size] you shall make it: three hundred cubits the length of the ark, fifty cubits its breadth, and thirty cubits its height.

16You shall make a skylight for the ark, and to a cubit you shall finish it to the top, and the entrance of the ark you shall place in its side; you shall make it with bottom [compartments], second story [compartments], and third story [compartments].

17And I, behold I am bringing the flood, water upon the earth, to destroy all flesh in which there is the spirit of life, from beneath the heavens; all that is upon the earth will perish.

18And I will set up My covenant with you, and you shall come into the ark, you and your sons, and your wife and your sons' wives with you.

19And of all living things of all flesh, two of each you shall bring into the ark to preserve alive with you; they shall be male and female.

20Of the fowl after its kind and of the animals after their kind, of every creeping thing upon the ground after its kind; two of each shall come to you to preserve alive.

21And you, take for yourself of every food that is eaten and gather it in to you, and it shall be for you and for them to eat."

22And Noah did; according to all that God had commanded him, so he did.

 

Genesis Chapter 6 (Biblical Hebrew - Source)

אוַֽיְהִי֙ כִּֽי־הֵחֵ֣ל הָֽאָדָ֔ם לָרֹ֖ב עַל־פְּנֵ֣י הָֽאֲדָמָ֑ה וּבָנ֖וֹת יֻלְּד֥וּ לָהֶֽם:
בוַיִּרְא֤וּ בְנֵי־הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ אֶת־בְּנ֣וֹת הָֽאָדָ֔ם כִּ֥י טֹבֹ֖ת הֵ֑נָּה וַיִּקְח֤וּ לָהֶם֙ נָשִׁ֔ים מִכֹּ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּחָֽרוּ:
גוַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהֹוָ֗ה לֹֽא־יָד֨וֹן רוּחִ֤י בָֽאָדָם֙ לְעֹלָ֔ם בְּשַׁגָּ֖ם ה֣וּא בָשָׂ֑ר וְהָי֣וּ יָמָ֔יו מֵאָ֥ה וְעֶשְׂרִ֖ים שָׁנָֽה:
דהַנְּפִלִ֞ים הָי֣וּ בָאָ֘רֶץ֘ בַּיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵם֒ וְגַ֣ם אַֽחֲרֵי־כֵ֗ן אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָבֹ֜אוּ בְּנֵ֤י הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ אֶל־בְּנ֣וֹת הָֽאָדָ֔ם וְיָֽלְד֖וּ לָהֶ֑ם הֵ֧מָּה הַגִּבֹּרִ֛ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר מֵֽעוֹלָ֖ם אַנְשֵׁ֥י הַשֵּֽׁם:
הוַיַּ֣רְא יְהֹוָ֔ה כִּ֥י רַבָּ֛ה רָעַ֥ת הָֽאָדָ֖ם בָּאָ֑רֶץ וְכָל־יֵ֨צֶר֙ מַחְשְׁבֹ֣ת לִבּ֔וֹ רַ֥ק רַ֖ע כָּל־הַיּֽוֹם:
ווַיִּנָּ֣חֶם יְהֹוָ֔ה כִּֽי־עָשָׂ֥ה אֶת־הָֽאָדָ֖ם בָּאָ֑רֶץ וַיִּתְעַצֵּ֖ב אֶל־לִבּֽוֹ:
זוַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהֹוָ֗ה אֶמְחֶ֨ה אֶת־הָֽאָדָ֤ם אֲשֶׁר־בָּרָ֨אתִי֙ מֵעַל֨ פְּנֵ֣י הָֽאֲדָמָ֔ה מֵֽאָדָם֙ עַד־בְּהֵמָ֔ה עַד־רֶ֖מֶשׂ וְעַד־ע֣וֹף הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם כִּ֥י נִחַ֖מְתִּי כִּ֥י עֲשִׂיתִֽם:
חוְנֹ֕חַ מָ֥צָא חֵ֖ן בְּעֵינֵ֥י יְהֹוָֽה:
טאֵ֚לֶּה תּֽוֹלְדֹ֣ת נֹ֔חַ נֹ֗חַ אִ֥ישׁ צַדִּ֛יק תָּמִ֥ים הָיָ֖ה בְּדֹֽרֹתָ֑יו אֶת־הָֽאֱלֹהִ֖ים הִתְהַלֶּךְ־נֹֽחַ:
יוַיּ֥וֹלֶד נֹ֖חַ שְׁלשָׁ֣ה בָנִ֑ים אֶת־שֵׁ֖ם אֶת־חָ֥ם וְאֶת־יָֽפֶת:
יאוַתִּשָּׁחֵ֥ת הָאָ֖רֶץ לִפְנֵ֣י הָֽאֱלֹהִ֑ים וַתִּמָּלֵ֥א הָאָ֖רֶץ חָמָֽס:
יבוַיַּ֧רְא אֱלֹהִ֛ים אֶת־הָאָ֖רֶץ וְהִנֵּ֣ה נִשְׁחָ֑תָה כִּֽי־הִשְׁחִ֧ית כָּל־בָּשָׂ֛ר אֶת־דַּרְכּ֖וֹ עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ:
יגוַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֜ים לְנֹ֗חַ קֵ֤ץ כָּל־בָּשָׂר֙ בָּ֣א לְפָנַ֔י כִּי־מָֽלְאָ֥ה הָאָ֛רֶץ חָמָ֖ס מִפְּנֵיהֶ֑ם וְהִנְנִ֥י מַשְׁחִיתָ֖ם אֶת־הָאָֽרֶץ:
ידעֲשֵׂ֤ה לְךָ֙ תֵּבַ֣ת עֲצֵי־גֹ֔פֶר קִנִּ֖ים תַּֽעֲשֶׂ֣ה אֶת־הַתֵּבָ֑ה וְכָֽפַרְתָּ֥ אֹתָ֛הּ מִבַּ֥יִת וּמִח֖וּץ בַּכֹּֽפֶר:
טווְזֶ֕ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר תַּֽעֲשֶׂ֖ה אֹתָ֑הּ שְׁל֧שׁ מֵא֣וֹת אַמָּ֗ה אֹ֚רֶךְ הַתֵּבָ֔ה חֲמִשִּׁ֤ים אַמָּה֙ רָחְבָּ֔הּ וּשְׁלשִׁ֥ים אַמָּ֖ה קֽוֹמָתָֽהּ:
טזצֹ֣הַר | תַּֽעֲשֶׂ֣ה לַתֵּבָ֗ה וְאֶל־אַמָּה֙ תְּכַלֶּ֣נָּה מִלְמַ֔עְלָה וּפֶ֥תַח הַתֵּבָ֖ה בְּצִדָּ֣הּ תָּשִׂ֑ים תַּחְתִּיִּ֛ם שְׁנִיִּ֥ם וּשְׁלִשִׁ֖ים תַּֽעֲשֶֽׂהָ:
יזוַֽאֲנִ֗י הִֽנְנִי֩ מֵבִ֨יא אֶת־הַמַּבּ֥וּל מַ֨יִם֙ עַל־הָאָ֔רֶץ לְשַׁחֵ֣ת כָּל־בָּשָׂ֗ר אֲשֶׁר־בּוֹ֙ ר֣וּחַ חַיִּ֔ים מִתַּ֖חַת הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם כֹּ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־בָּאָ֖רֶץ יִגְוָֽע:
יחוַֽהֲקִֽמֹתִ֥י אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֖י אִתָּ֑ךְ וּבָאתָ֙ אֶל־הַתֵּ֔בָה אַתָּ֕ה וּבָנֶי֛ךָ וְאִשְׁתְּךָ֥ וּנְשֵֽׁי־בָנֶי֖ךָ אִתָּֽךְ:
יטוּמִכָּל־הָ֠חַ֠י מִכָּל־בָּשָׂ֞ר שְׁנַ֧יִם מִכֹּ֛ל תָּבִ֥יא אֶל־הַתֵּבָ֖ה לְהַֽחֲיֹ֣ת אִתָּ֑ךְ זָכָ֥ר וּנְקֵבָ֖ה יִֽהְיֽוּ:
כמֵֽהָע֣וֹף לְמִינֵ֗הוּ וּמִן־הַבְּהֵמָה֙ לְמִינָ֔הּ מִכֹּ֛ל רֶ֥מֶשׂ הָֽאֲדָמָ֖ה לְמִינֵ֑הוּ שְׁנַ֧יִם מִכֹּ֛ל יָבֹ֥אוּ אֵלֶ֖יךָ לְהַֽחֲיֽוֹת:
כאוְאַתָּ֣ה קַח־לְךָ֗ מִכָּל־מַֽאֲכָל֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יֵֽאָכֵ֔ל וְאָֽסַפְתָּ֖ אֵלֶ֑יךָ וְהָיָ֥ה לְךָ֛ וְלָהֶ֖ם לְאָכְלָֽה:
כבוַיַּ֖עַשׂ נֹ֑חַ כְּ֠כֹ֠ל אֲשֶׁ֨ר צִוָּ֥ה אֹת֛וֹ אֱלֹהִ֖ים כֵּ֥ן עָשָֽׂה:
 

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