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Posted by: Judy | on November 3, 2012
Replacement Children You May Know
Last week we talked about the first reference to a replacement child in recorded history possibly being Seth (or Shet in Hebrew) who replaced Abel, who was killed by Cain. Talk about complicated family history. In Genesis 4:25, Eve refers to his birth:
“God has granted me other seed in place of Abel. . .”
And God said to Cain: (Genesis 4:10)
“The voice of your brother’s blood crieth unto Me from the ground.”
Interesting to note some of the other replacement children from history:
- Solomon
- Napoleon III
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- Vincent van Gogh
- Salvador Dali
- Rainer Maria Rilke
- Sabina Spielrein
- Françoise Dolto
- Harriet Beecher Stowe
- James Barrie (creator of Peter Pan)
- Eugene O’Neill (my favorite playwright)
- Carl Gustav Jung
I’m heartened to see that some of these replacement children are creative stars, and include some of my favorite artists.… Read more