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