The Father

POSITION OF THE FATHER ORIENTAL MEANING attached to the word, "father." The Oriental idea of the family is a little kingdom within itself, over which the father is supreme ruler. Every company of travelers, every tribe, every community, every family, must have "a father," who is the head of the group. A man is said to be "the father" of what he invents. Jubal "was the father of all such as handle the harp and pipe." Jabal was the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle" (Genesis 4:20, 21). Because he was a preserver and protector, Joseph said that GOD made him "a father to Pharaoh" (Genesis 45:8). The Oriental mind cannot conceive of any band or group without somebody being "the father" of it. [Manners And Customs of Bible Lands]

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