Does anyone know if their is a story in the bible about a woman named Sonomi?
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Do you mean Salome? She is the woman who demanded John the Baptists head on a silver platter. Why? We have no idea. She really liked getting head I guess.
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my favorite Bible story is found in the NT - where Peter steps out of the boat and walks on water, in the midst of a stormy sea...\n\nI like this story in particular, simply because metaphorically it teaches us that we need to keep our eyes on JESUS, and not look at the 'waves' (circumstances, problems, etc) in our life. \n\nIf we fail to keep our eyes on JESUS than we go under - just like Peter did once he start looking at the waves.\n\n\nYes, I believe it's true.\n\nThank you by the way, for asking this question. I think it's a wonderful question and you are to be commended for asking it.\n\nGod Bless.
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The Bible doesn't say she was a whore. That's more of a folk tradition.
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The bible really doesn't say where all the other women came from so this is a good question.\n\nI once asked a minister where did the women that the children of Adam and Eve married come from.  I was told they married sisters but back then they were still so nearly perfect from the hand of God that it wasn't a problem genetically. That was a good technical answer but it still left me wondering because the bible doesn't mention any other children of Adam and Eve....
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Jesus peace be upon him spoke in his cradle as a proof of her innocence peace be upon her.\n\nFollowing is how the story is related in the Noble Quran [Translation of verses 19:16 -19:33 ]\n\n{\nRelate in the Book (the story of) Mary, when she withdrew from her family to a place in the East.\nShe placed a screen (to screen herself) from them; then We sent her our angel, and he appeared before her as a man in all respects.\nShe said: "I seek refuge from thee to (God) Most Gracious: (come not near) if thou dost fear God."\nHe said: "Nay, I am only a messenger from thy Lord, (to announce) to thee the gift of a holy son.\n She said: "How shall I have a son, seeing that no man has touched me, and I am not unchaste?"\n He said: "So (it will be): Thy Lord saith, 'that is easy for Me: and (We wish) to appoint him as a Sign unto men and a Mercy from Us':It is a matter (so) decreed."\nSo she conceived him, and she retired with him to a remote place.\nAnd the pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a palm-tree: She cried (in her anguish): "Ah! would that I had died before this! would that I had been a thing forgotten and out of sight!"\nBut (a voice) cried to her from beneath the (palm-tree): "Grieve not! for thy Lord hath provided a rivulet beneath thee;\n"And shake towards thyself the trunk of the palm-tree: It will let fall fresh ripe dates upon thee.\n"So eat and drink and cool (thine) eye. And if thou dost see any man, say, 'I have vowed a fast to (God) Most Gracious, and this day will I enter into not talk with any human being'"\nAt length she brought the (babe) to her people, carrying him (in her arms). They said: "O Mary! truly an amazing thing hast thou brought!\n"O sister of Aaron! Thy father was not a man of evil, nor thy mother a woman unchaste!"\n But she pointed to the babe. They said: "How can we talk to one who is a child in the cradle?"\nHe said: "I am indeed a servant of God: He hath given me revelation and made me a prophet;\n"And He hath made me blessed wheresoever I be, and hath enjoined on me Prayer and Charity as long as I live;\n"(He) hath made me kind to my mother, and not overbearing or miserable;\n"So peace is on me the day I was born, the day that I die, and the day that I shall be raised up to life (again)"!\n}
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This is a story about a prophet who dared to tell the truth. At the time of this story the Jewish people were divided into 2 kingdoms.  These kingdoms were Judah and Israel. Ahab was the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat was the king of Judah.\n\nJehoshaphat had gone to see Ahab.  Ahab was complaining to Jehoshaphat that the kingdom of Syria had taken some of his land.  The land in question Ramoath at Gilead. Ahab wanted Jehoshaphat to go with him to fight Syria and take back this land.\n\nJehoshaphat said he would go after they asked the advice from a prophet of God.  Ahab was ready with 400 prophets, only these prophets were not true prophets of God.  They were "yes men", that is men who said "yes" to anything the king wanted.  They also took part in idol worship, so they were not doing what God wanted them to do. When these prophets were asked if they, Ahab and Jehoshaphat, would win this battle they said that they would win, but Jehoshaphat wasn't satisfied and asked Ahab if there was another prophet of God.\n\nAhab told him that yes there was one named Micaiah, the son of Imlah.  King Ahab said, "I hate him!" he said he hated Micaiah because he never had anything good to say about him or what he wanted to do.  He said that all that Micaiah had to say about him was evil.  But King Jehoshaphat insisted that Ahab send for Macaiah.\n\nThe men that King Ahab had sent to get Macaiah even told Macaiah what to answer when the king asked for his advice.  When he was asked Micaiah answered what he was told to answer, but he said it in a way that every one would know that he was not telling the truth. This made Ahab angry and he ask him to tell the truth. Then Machaiah answered and told them the truth. He said if they went into this battle Israel would be scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd.\n\nAhab said, "Didn't I tell you that he wouldn't prophecy anything good about me, but evil? Another one of Ahab's men got so mad that he slapped Macaiah. Then Ahab order the Macaiah be put in prison and fed only BREAD and WATER until he got back.  Macaiah told Ahab that if he came back at all that what he had just told the them was not from God.\n\nWe know that Macaiah was telling the truth and what he said was from God because he was right. What he said would happen happened.    Even though Ahab had disguised himself for the battle he was killed in that battle.\nAs for Jehoshapaht? Some of the Syrian army saw Jehoshaphat in his chariot and chased him mistaking him for Ahab.  Jehoshaphat had to yell out that he was Jehoshaphat and not Ahab or he might have been killed, too.\n\nSometimes it might be hard to tell the truth but we should always tell the truth.
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I suppose it could, depending on the true, Kabalistic interpretation of the Bible. But, there is a specific word usually reserved for "servant" and I have never heard of "son" being used that way. Maybe in translation to English this becomes possible, but I don't remember anything of that sort in Hebrew. Which is not to say it doesn't exist, of course.
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There does not seem to be any passages in the Bible referring to her other than the account beginning in Genesis 7:7 which mentions Noah's wife. His wife is not named in the Bible for certain; however, according to Jewish tradition her name is Naamah.
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We had this read at our wedding. It's from Genisis, chapter 2\n\n 18 The LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him." \n\n 19 Now the LORD God had formed out of the ground all the beasts of the field and all the birds of the air. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. 20 So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds of the air and all the beasts of the field. \n      But for Adam [h] no suitable helper was found. 21 So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man's ribs [i] and closed up the place with flesh. 22 Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib [j] he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. \n\n 23 The man said, \n       "This is now bone of my bones \n       and flesh of my flesh; \n       she shall be called 'woman, [k] ' \n       for she was taken out of man." \n\n 24 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh. \n\n \nI think verse 24 is what you're looking for.
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Actually, you come very close!  I suggest an excellent book, "Idioms of the Bible", the author's name is beyond me for now.  It was created by  a Bible scholar who is very familiar with both modern and ancient Hebrew and Aramaic, and has done some wonderful research in various areas relating to the Bible and religion.
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Is this the story you're looking for?\n\nhttp://our.homewithgod.com/holyspirittemple/hummingbird.htm
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She is never named, (to my knowledge) but it would have to be Moses' Mother.  The Daughter of Levi.  Because her only priority in life was to save her son.  She was a pretty cool and unselfish Mother!
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No!\nIt tells us however in the Bible who it is.\nREV.17:5 = "AND UPON HER FOREHEAD WAS A NAME WRITTEN, MYSTERY, BABYLON(confusion of God's Word) THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS(sins) OF THE EARTH."\nNote: it's a "Mother of Sin" that has daughter churches that follow in her sin.\n\nTo determine who Babylon is; we need clues and evidence from the Bible.\nREV.17:9 = "SITS ON 7 HILLS IN ROME."\nREV.17:3 = "NAMES OF BLASPHEMY"\nREV.13:1 = "NAME OF BLASPHEMY"\nREV.13:3 = HIS DEADLY WOUND WAS HEALED; AND ALL THE WORLD WONDERED AFTER THE BEAST."\n***FRONT PG. OF S.F. CHRONICLE WITH HEADLINE "HEAL WOUND OF MANY YEARS"; FEB.12,1929)\n\n@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@\nRev.13:18 "Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six."\nIt tells you exactly who the beast is: from the clues in the Bible.\n\n(REV.13:18) on the Pope's Crown (tiara) are these letters: VICARIUS FILII DEI; what do they signify? \nOUR SUNDAY VISITOR, (CATHOLIC WEEKLY) BUREAU OF INFORMATION," HUNTINGTON, IND., APRIL 18, 1915.\nROMAN NUMERALS FOR THESE LETTERS ARE: V=5; I=1; C=100; X=10; U=5; D=500; L=50 = THEY ADD UP TO 666.\n\n*Now we have alot of information about the beast; to start out with; we should find out (2THESS.2:4) "who claims to be God" and is "worshipped"? \nLet's see; this church (Rev.17:9)"sits on 7 hills" in Rome. \nIt wears (REV.17:4)"purple and scarlet". \nIt is a (REV.17:5)"mother church", so it has daughters or other churches following her. \nIt will think (DAN.7:25)"to change times and laws." GENERAL CATHOLIC CATECHISM\nIt even has casted "all the truth to the ground" = Dan.8:12\n"All the world has followed it" = Rev.13:12-15\n*It had a(REV.13:1-3)deadly wound that was healed.\nTHE CATHOLIC ADVOCATE (AUSTRALIA), APRIL 18,1929.\nFRONT PG. OF S.F. CHRONICLE WITH HEADLINE "HEAL WOUND OF MANY YEARS"; FEB.12,1929)\n\n*Daniel 2:32,38; 7:4; 3:1 "Head of Gold" = Lion = Babylon = King Nebuchadnezzar\n*Daniel 2:32: 7:5: 5:25-28; 6:28; 8:20 "Breast and Arms of Silver" = Bear = Medo-Persia = King Darius & Cyrus\n*Daniel 2:32; 7:6: 8:21 "Belly and thighs of brass" = Leopard = Greece = Alexander the Great\n*Daniel 2:33; 7:7,8,24,25: 8:9,12 "Legs of Iron" = Dreadful Beast = Rome\n*Daniel 2:33 "Feet part of iron and part of clay" = Divided Empire\n\n**Now the 10 horns represents kings or kingdoms and 1 comes up among the them and destroys (DANIEL 7:8,23,24)three. THE 10 HORNS ARE POLITICAL: ANGLO-SAXONS, FRANKS, ALAMMI, OSTROGOTHS, LOMBARD, SUEVI, BURGUNDIANS, VISIGOTHS, VANDALS, HERULI, AND THEN A LITTLE HORN COMES UPON THE SCENE THAT IS RELIGIOUS-POLITICAL THAT HAS DESTROYED THE HERULI, VANDALS AND OSTROGOTHS. NOW DETERMINING WHO THE HORN IS: A.C. FLICK, THE RISE OF THE MEDIAEVAL CHURCH. (PUTNAM'S 1909 ED.)PP.148-149.\n*FROM ALL THE CLUES; WE KNOW IT'S THE ROMAN EMPIRE (REV.17:4; COMPARE TO MATT.27:28 AND MARK 15:17 \n\nRev.17:9-10 "AND HERE IS THE MIND WHICH HAS WISDOM. THE SEVEN HEADS ARE SEVEN MOUNTAINS, ON WHICH THE WOMAN SITTETH.(Catholic Church sits on 7 hills in Rome)\nAND THERE ARE SEVEN KINGS: FIVE ARE FALLEN, AND ONE IS,(Italy and Germany ending in the Hitler-Mussolini Axis 1870-1945AD) AND THE OTHER IS NOT YET COME; AND WHEN HE COMETH, HE MUST CONTINUE A SHORT TIME."\n\nREV.17:10 was fulfilled on television when the Papacy said "that Benedict would be Pope for a short time."\n\nREALLY HIS IMAGE IS GOING TO COME ALIVE! WHEN HE PUTS CHURCH AND STATE TOGETHER. HERE'S JUST A PIECE OF IT IN--"POPE'S DREAM OF HEALING CHRISTIAN RIFT STILL A DISTANT GLIMMER" IN ENTERPRISE RECORD DATED: SUNDAY JUNE 12, 2005.\n\nThese 10 (Rev.17:12-13)rulers will be giving thei
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“it is better to spill your seed in the belly of a whore, than to spill it on the ground.” \n\nThat is NOT a Bibically quoted, rather It was a 19th century mis-interpretation of the story of Onan in Genesis that was commonly cited in the 19th and early 20th century: \n“And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and marry her, and raise up see to thy brother. And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother. And the thing he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.”\n--The Bible, Genesis 38:8-10 \n\nNote: even the LDS/Mormons used this same application to interpret this act as something define in the Bible. That  fact is far from the truth. \n\n“But the word of God burdens me because of your grosser crimes. For behold, thus saith the Lord: This people begin to wax in iniquity; they understand not the scriptures, for they seek to excuse themselves in committing whoredoms, because of the things which were written concerning David, and Solomon his son.”- The Book of Mormon, Jacob 2:23\n\nAccording to Ancient Near Eastern culture, it would have been the responsibility of Onan to impregnate his dead brother's wife that his brother's line might continue. Selfishly, Onan did not wish any of his offspring to bear any name other than his own; and so while he did, in fact, take up the responsibility of sexual relations with his brother's wife, he would not ejaculate inside her but instead practiced the withdrawal method of birth control. God punished Onan for his wickedness and greed by putting him to death (and not, as is popularly believed, for masturbating). The rest of the narrative features the wife, Tamar, posing as a prostitute and seducing Onan's father, Judah. By him, she conceives and bears a son from whom Christ would descend. And God does not strike Judah or punish him in any way in the narrative.\nSo it appears that some cynic had taken the veneer of the tale and crafted a wry commentary that has come to be known as actual Scripture (unfortunately).
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Not shocked not angry but a little confused. I wish I knew what church she went to. The bible is full of soldiers and warriors (and they weren't always the bad guys). David was a soldier when he killed Goliath. I just wonder who has warped her towards something like that.
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Here's one link.  There are others just type in children's Bible stories on the search engine.\nhttp://www.jesusanswers.com/christian/stories/creation.htm
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The stories in the bible are meant to be taken out of context in my opinion. The story of Genesis goes something like this. Adam and Eve were man and woman... Both knew no evil. They enjoyed the light from each others souls. Each of thier thoughts helped the other to grow and prosper. One day a "serpent", or a cheat,  someone that didn't believe in the way god saw things. Came forward and while adam was away playing the serpent convinced Eve that she should do the exact thing that both adam and God told her not to do. She was run by her emotions and the facts of her life had meaning that she couldn't understand. She was convinced/baited into eating things of which she had no knowledge. When adam came back he saw that she was changed. He was curious and his lack of wisdom in his judgements caused him to eat of the knowledge of good and evil. They both gained knowledge but at the cost of living in paradise. The suffering that arised was not from Satan but what Satan knew would happen. They would see each other for what each other were. And that would escalate into more and more questions. When the fact is that they both had all the answers that they needed. It was people's greed and curiousity that allowed this to happen. Naivety can sometimes seem evil to someone that doesn't understand things on a bigger scale. If such a paradise existed in the meaning of the garden of eden then knowledge and understanding were the things that brought it crumbling down. Knowledge is power, power corrupts, so knowledge is the root of all evil. Eve was just a scapegoat. She was blamed for her naivety to believe in someone other than god himself. As for child birth, we are all sinners, it is suffering that we must go through to continue to survive. If we saw an end to child birth then we would see an and to humanity. Please also take into note that women have, since the days of homo-erectus, been the bearers of children and the protecters of the home. The men of that age were the hunters and gatherers. We have come a long, long way from that nomadic life. But the pain of child birth still remains something to be winced at. Women were never known to be what they are today. Intelligent contributing members to society. Why even 50 years ago they couldn't even vote. Women still have no rights around the world today. Men blame them for being weak back then and still blame them for it today. Women will never get thier share of the fair slive of the pie until they become the dominant ones. But men train thier boys to be dominant and thier girls to be subservient. Women train thier boys to be caring and thier girls to fight strong. So it's a matter of who's lessons are being learned and who's are being dismissed. I know I looked to my father for the real answers and my mother for the emotion ones. Because even as a child I knew thier strengths and weaknesses. If I had asked my mother for her strength and my father for his emotions then I would be gay or a complete idiot. Yes that does sound condescening but I know that to be the truth of the matter. \nWell to sum it up, I would have to say that women have always suffered the wrath of men. We just have to wait for the natural order of things to fall into place before women will be able to become the dominant species. Think about the amazon culture. (the fairy tale version) And some of us see the reality of what could be. I would reccomend reading Genesis and taking in the subtler nuances. Take all the stories from the bible and apply them to your own life. You may find that alot more of the stories make sense. But you may also find that the very knowledge you seek will hold you back from finding your eden. We all suffer the pains of knowing the truth. Those of us that don't, already live in eden and, merely wonder why everyone else left. I hope this answers some of your questions and helps to ease the sight of the suffering you witness. Bathe in the light of y