Re: World's oldest profession

**Kathy Purdy k*@gmail.com**

Genesis 34:30-32 (New International Version)

30 Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have brought trouble on me by
making me a stench to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people living in
this land. We are few in number, and if they join forces against me and
attack me, I and my household will be destroyed."

 31 But they replied, "Should he have treated our sister like a prostitute?"

On 2/7/06, frielster@aol.com <frielster@aol.com> wrote:
>
> And where in the bible does prostitution first appear?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry Maxcy <larrymaxcy@earthlink.net>
> To: gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org
> Sent: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 09:07:04 -0800
> Subject: [GWL] World's oldest profession
>
>
> Some of you may find the following letter to the editor useful for
> your writing.
>
> Larry Maxcy
>
> From the Daily Telegraph, London, January 20, 2006
>
> Oldest profession
>
> Sir - I am continually reading, particularly of late, that
> prostitution is the "oldest profession". This is not so. The oldest
> profession is that of a gardener, or horticulturist.
>
> In the Bible, Genesis 2:8 reads, "God planted a garden eastward in
> Eden", and 2:15: "Then the Lord God took the man [Adam] and put him
> in the garden to tend and keep it." I rest my case.
>
> H. F. Norman, Waterlooville, Hants
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