CHAPTER 1

IN THE BEGINNING

In the beginning there was darkness. Then came light, then atmosphere,land to produce vegetation, regular seasons, and other forms of life aswe know it then God decided to make a creature in his own image andlikeness. It is amazing how so many magnificent happenings had totranspire in order to make the Earth the way it is seen today. There arewetlands, dry lands, forests, plains, mountains, valleys, blistering coldclimates and sweltering heat areas. What is more amazing is that likeGod's diversity and ability to conform to and take over any condition,human beings have done much the same. With so many different types ofpeople in this world, tracing humanities biological records back can provedaunting. The bible gives its own interpretation in story form. Just likethe bible starts in the beginning so too must this book start its journey atthe genesis of humanity.

Garden of Eden

Before Adam and Eve are discussed it is important to note the kind ofenvironment they lived in. The exact location of the garden is uncertainbut the bible does give clues. It says that it is a garden in the east with fourrivers. The first was Pison, flowing through the land of Havilah or SaudiArabia. The second was called Gihon and flowed throughout the land ofCush or Ethiopia. Interestingly enough, all sciences point to this place inAfrica as being the birthplace of humanity with the first human skeletalremains found there so even the bible supports what science confirms.The third and fourth braches are called the Tigris and the Euphratesrivers, essentially flowing through Mesopotamia4. The bible also accountsfor Lebanon being in Eden in many different places when it accounts forTyre, a city in Lebanon being a part of the Eden5 for example. The biblealso makes references to a beautiful African country named Egypt as beingso beautiful that its splendor is synonymous with that of Eden's. This isnoted when Lot and Abraham left Egypt and Lot was given his pick of theland to raise his cattle peacefully and he chose the more beautiful land6,and it is noted again in Ezekiel when he compares the magnificence ofEgypt with that of the garden.

The point is not necessarily to say where the Garden of Eden exactlywas but is more about to give a general picture of the region. As evidencedby the bible it is shown that the general area for the most part is set in theregion of what is now called the Middle East and northeast Africa. Thismeans that whoever was able to live there had to be naturally inclined tolive there moderately with little to few complications, and one thing thatthe bible mentions repeatedly is how hot the region is.

It is noted in Exodus when Moses leads the Israelites from Elim andthey received their manna from God8, it is also noted in 1 Samuel whenKing Saul is engaged in battle with the Ammonites. The term "heat of theday" is also mentioned heavily in the bible as referring to the hottest timeof the day, and is notably mentioned when Abraham's first son Ishmael isto be announced. What makes this story interesting is that one sees that inan era of such heavy workloads when one has to plant, harvest, feed andslaughter animals, cook, clean, etc., and much of this needs to be donein the day, it would appear that Abraham in his old age is taking a breakfrom such activities because of the scorching heat. There are many moreexamples but the crux of all this is to note that this is a very hot region ofthe Earth.

Another interesting side note is that numerous times throughout thebible God's anger is described in terms of increased heat as it was oftendescribed as being "hot." In the King James Version or KJV what is usedoften is "waxed hot." It is clear that the bible is written by people who areoften exposed to a hot climate. It would be inconsequential for God or thewriters to describe anger as a devastating blizzard or a ravenous hail if forthe most part the people whom the anger was directed at are unfamiliar tothose conditions. The examples that are used are often directly related tothe people in whom the point is aimed.

On that Grind

The bible stresses hard work for everybody, so much so that manyproverbs are dedicated for the sole purpose of combating laziness. Inmuch the same way as one works today for his or her bread, so too didthe ancients in the bible and Adam and Eve were not exempt; "And theLORD God took the man, and put him into the Garden of Eden to dressit and keep it." As a matter of biblical fact, that is the reason why Godmade Eve to assist Adam, because God saw that there were things that aman cannot handle alone.

It is also important to note what time they were to do this work. Theyhad work during the day because even with the clearest night sky it is stillnot wise to do this type of work at night. Also, they could not do this inthe afternoon or what the bible describes as the cool of the day becausethis is when God was to have his time with them, and it is also quitepossible that they also had to work in the day because there may simplynot enough time in the morning to get all that they had to get done.

Good Eatin'

To eat or not to eat, that is the question. The answer is yes. Are theresubstances that one should eat; yes. Are there substances one should noteat; yes. Some people, from the ancients to modern times have learnedthis valuable lesson the hard way. In the bible, God erases this confusionfor the Israelites as he gives them clear instructions on what to eat andwhat not to eat, when to eat, when not to eat, what sacrifices can be eatenand which cannot be, etc.

There are some that speculate that there are at least two sets of creationstories found in Genesis and there are some complications that go alongwith that notion but for the sake of this work, it should be assumed thatthere is one story and that it is Adam and Eve being described in theentirety of Genesis, as most people can relate to that.

Genesis 1:29 reads, "And God said, 'behold, I have given you everyherb bearing seed, which is upon the face of the earth, and every tree, inthe which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat."This is also echoed in chapter 2 when it states, "And the LORD Godcommanded the man, saying, of every tree in the garden thou mayestfreely eat ..." This is not an attack on people who eat meat, nor is itintended to push a specific diet; this is simply to state that God chargedAdam and Eve to chiefly eat fruits and vegetables as their main diet. Itis also imperative to note that they adhered to this rule even after theirbanishment from the garden as Genesis 3:19 reads, "in the sweat of thyface shalt thou eat bread ..." ; and again it reads, "Therefore the LORDGod sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground fromwhence he was taken."

Birthday Suits

It can roughly be determined what Adam and Eve may have looked like byusing the clues above, however, another main clue must be implementedto bring it all together, birthday suits. The bible explains that both Adamand eve were naked in the garden. The bible also explains how after thetwo were expelled from the garden, God and not them, had to make theirclothing from animal skins. It's a safe bet to say that God had to do itbecause beyond the fact they did not know what clothes were they alsodid not know how to kill another animal because there was never a needfor it, for their diet or otherwise. They did attempt to make clothes out offig leaves but of course they could not hold. Also it could be noted thatthey did not wear the clothes because of a climate shift and it became anecessity, but because of their shame; therefore, it is safe to say that evenwhen they were wearing clothes they were only wearing enough to coverup the sensitive parts of the body.

Adam and Eve

Based upon the support given above, a more accurate depiction of Adamand Eve can be perceived now. As stated, they were naked or barely clothedand working in a very hot environment, meaning that they had to have avery powerful natural defense against the sun's harmful UV rays. Such adefense does exist in the form of melanin or pigment. Everyone has it butthe more that one has, the darker they will be, and they would need to beexceptionally dark in order to survive and work next to naked in sunlightthat intense. Another interesting fact to look at is that in all of that time,the bible never accounts for Adam and Eve having any type of boils, skindiscolorations, bumps, or anything of the sort that would suggest that thesun affected them in anyway and Adam is claimed to have lived for 930years.

It can also be established what Adam and Eve looked like basedon their diets. As stated earlier, their diets were consumed of fruits andvegetables. One can notice that there is no meat. This is not because Godhates meat because meat was the main substance that was sacrificed toGod, but because not partaking in meat served a practical function. Amain function of meat in the way mammals metabolize food it for heatgeneration. The more meat, the more heat so to speak, and with theonset of the already blistering heat and hard labor, more fuel for the fireis definitely not what was needed. In most people of color, conditions likethis with the advent of meat would send some into a heat stroke if they didit continually. When we take into account their diet, life style and regionof occupancy it is clear to see that the bible points to Adam and Eve asbeing dark skinned and very healthy human beings.

Ruddy

There may be those that are willing to throw out all of this logical evidencein support of the Strong's Concordance definition of Adam in which itdescribes him as "Ruddy" and when one looks at the root word for Adamit reads, "to show blood (in the face), i.e. flush or turn rosy:—be (dyed,made) red (ruddy)." This would appear to contradict all of the proposedevidence that has been presented if this was taken literally. However, thoselooking for a deeper answer that will coincide with the rest of the evidencepresented may want to subscribe to a different interpretation.

The proposed redness is best to be seen as a showing of vitality, lifeand youthfulness. When one is showing blood, he or she is showing life asopposed to one who is pale who can represent death, which can actuallybe seen in revelation as the pale horse as the bringer of death. Blood ismentioned 375 times in the KJV of the bible. That is more times than thereare days in a year, meaning that blood is really an important concept in thebible. There were many special laws concerning blood including: bloodand women, blood and men, blood on animals, blood on food, bloodsacrifices, how to cleanse blood, etc. In fact, if it was not for the proposedshedding of blood as described by the bible then most people would havelittle religious reason to read the book. If a person is as dark as Adam canbe described as being, he could not show his vitality in the form of bloodon his face as there would be a serious problem, most likely in the form ofan injury such as a cut or gash which is a bad thing; however, if one canunderstand the importance of blood and placed it within its proper contextthen one can see the true significance of the suggested definition. Thisissue will be seen and addressed in more depth a throughout the book.

Little Ones

With no mention of albinism, by now one can deduce that Cain and Ablehad dark complexions as well being that they were descended from a darkman. This takes out the theory that Cain, after killing is brother Able wascursed by God with black skin. It should also be noted that it was noneother than dark skinned Cain who was responsible for building the firstcity in the bible and one of his descendants was the first to forge tools ofbronze and iron. To make plain, it was this man that was charged withestablishing the first organized civilization.

It is also read that another of his descendants married a woman namedZillah which bluntly means, "Shade, whether literal or figurative ..."Knowing what has been expressed about shade and the climate at thistime in the bible, it could easily be said that she could be dark skinnedbased on the actual color of shade which is black, or her skin tone wasdeveloped in a place that would require much shade, meaning a hot placewith lots of sun which would thus point to her having dark skin.

Light cannot produce darkness, not in the universe, not in nature, andnot in humanity. Just as God was not only in but one with the darknessand then produced light, so too is the spectrum of humanity as even thescientific evidence will attest to. Considering this, another main pointto take from this was that Zillah was not Cain's direct descendant butsomeone whom his offspring married. This would also confirm that Zillahherself came from a dark skinned people. If one subscribes to the notionthat Adam was the first man and everyone descended from his seed, thenthe only biblical person to place her line at in this time would be fromAdam's third son Seth because Cain kills Able and there is no record ofAble having children. If this is the case then Seth himself would have to bea dark skinned man being that his descendant is described as being darkand as a result so would Adam be as the bible states, "When Adam was130 years old, he became the father of a son who was just like him-in hisvery image. He named his son Seth. Genesis 5:3."

However if Able did have children that the bible does not mentionthen he too must be considered a dark man because Zillah is dark andwould be a descendant of Able's line. If one wants to cling to the notionthat Able and/or Seth were anything but Black and consequently sheis not descended from either of them, one must admit that there werestill Black people around at this time for her to descend from. However,this assumption must be discarded as it would seemingly contradict thebiblical account. It is through Seth that Noah comes, and subsequentlyAbraham, Moses, and even Jesus; all of them, who will be shown later,will be considerably different in complexion than what mainstream mediaportrays.

CHAPTER 2

NOAH AND THE BOYS

Imagine being in the dirtiest, nastiest, filthiest, most disgusting placeimaginable ... Now imagine being famous for it. Most everyone knowsabout the ark, but few think about the stink. Noah was charged with thetask of building a boat that would house at least two of every animal inthe world and was his job to take care and clean up after every one of themfor about a year! The whole story can be found in Genesis 6-10. Now ofcourse he had help in doing so. He was allowed to take his wife and threesons: Japheth, Ham and Shem, and their wives totaling eight in all.

As important as Noah is, not only the bible but this story in particular,it is his children that should get more recognition as it will be their officialjob to repopulate the Earth according to the bible. The bible chargesthat essentially it is through them that humanity finally separates from asingular similar group of people into diversified groups of people as whatpeople call today "race." Such details regarding the offspring of these menshould not be ignored and thus will be thoroughly looked at through thebiblical eye.

Noah

As science, the bible and common sense would tell a person, it is clearthat there is not a mixture of any other "race" on the planet whose geneticmakeup can produce an African; however, an African has the geneticpotential to make any other kind of person. Thus if one is under a purebiblical assumption that all people are a descendant of Noah then Noahhad to have been an African man being that if he was not then therecould be no such thing as an "African" that came from his loins. Plus ifNoah was not an African then one would have to explain why there arean overwhelming number of people who populate this planet that have amore dominant genetic makeup than he would have had.

The only biblical way to explain African peoples without the luxuryof calling Noah an African is to say that Africans are really descendantsof giants. Genesis records that at the time Noah was said to have livedthere were giants and these giants were said to be tyrants when one lookstowards the Hebrew word used for giants in the SC. The bible also goesonto say that after these came the "sons of God" who impregnated thedaughters of man and there became other giants known as "mighty men"or "men of renown." It is not known how they would have survived butthese giants surface again later on in the bible when the Israelites weresaid to have taken Canaan. The most notable of these was the PhilistineGoliath who will be shown later to be a Black man. It could be biblicallypossible that the dominant genetics of the sons of God (some considerangels, gods, etc.), was passed down to these mighty giants, who in turnpassed them down to humans thus making a human whose genetic codewould be more dominant than that of Noah's.

This book will only present the arguments and will not speculate asto if Noah was or was not African. If one assumes that he was then thatperson emphatically admits that Africans are the generators of humanityaccording to the bible. If one assumes that he was not then the only otherbiblical option is to assume that Africans are the direct descendants of the"sons of God (however one wants to define them)" themselves. Either waythis bodes well for a person under direct African descent.

Japheth

This is the first of Noah's sons mentioned in the bible although it doesnot give a lot of detail as to who he was but it does give us a list of hisdescendants. These include Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshechand Tiras. The bible itself also fails to give detail on these descendants. Forthis task one must turn to the Strong's Concordance or SC to determinewho the bible talks about as being a descendant of Japheth. The first to becovered is Magog. Magog is Japheth's second son and is also spawn to abarbarous (barbaric) northern region. Oddly enough, the only northernregion to speak of is what is now referred to as Europe.