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docpiplup · 2 years

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@asongofstarkandtargaryen I found another interesting film to watch. I'm used to do an upcoming films/series section, but this time it will be a little different.

In this case, this is a film from 2019, it's a period drama directed by Souheil Ben-Barka, and it's a co-production between Morocco and Italy, De sable et de feu (Sabbie e fuoco in Italian, Sand and Fire in English, and in Spanish the film is either called El sueño del califa or El sueño envenenado).

It's difficult to found the film, it isn't available in any streaming platform and I have been looking for it online and I haven't found it yet.

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(This is the English version of the trailer, for the French and the Spanish ones, click in here and here)

The film Sand & Fire (The impossible Dream) tells the story of Domingo Badía i Leblich, alias Ali Bey al Abbassi (April 1st 1767, Barcelona -August 30th 1818, Damascus) and Lady Hester Stanhope, otherwise known as Meleki, Queen of Palmyra, (May 12th 1776 Kent, England - 1839 Djîhoun). Set between 1802 and 1818, the plot of the film has resonance for today with searing realism as it depicts a moderate peaceful Islam confronting another which is fanatical and cruel.

Domingo Badia was a Catalan scientist militar, traveler and Arabist, who in 1803, was commissioned by Manuel Godoy (prime minister of Charles IV of Spain) to undertook a long journey through Muslim territories, camouflaging him as a Syrian prince descendant of the Abbasids, Ali Bey al Abbassi, son of the Emir of Damascus (assassinated by the Otomans).

On the previous tears in Córdoba around 1795 he had been working on his project of the construction of a hot air balloon that he planned to use to carry out atmospheric observations (height of the atmosphere in relation to sea level, atmospheric pressure, heat and humidity), although after several attempts the project did not end with good results.

His travels took him to Morocco, Algeria, Libya and various regions of the Ottoman Empire (Egypt, Arabia, Syria, Turkey and Greece), which he would describe in the book The Travels of Ali Bey, in which along with detailed descriptions of the cities he visited, recorded his observations on geography, botany, zoology, entomology, geology and meteorology.

Although in fact, he was a secret agent with a mission to gain the trust of the Moroccan Sultan, Moulay Slimane and trying to convince him to accept a proposal to stablish the sultanate as a protectorate under the Spanish rule. By then, Badía was conspiring against the sultan, conducting extensive negotiations with the chiefs of the rebellious tribes, to destabilize the sultanate's government and overthrow the sultan, who was suspect of broking his neutralilty and ally with the English against Spain in the context of the Anglo-Spanish War (1804-1809), but the plan failed and Moulay Slimane expelled Ali Bey from the country.

Apart from his travels and his missions in Morocco, during the Napoleonic invasion he acted as mayor of Segovia and prefect of Córdoba between 1809 and 1811 under the rule of Joseph I of Spain.

Within this time period, Richard Brothers (well known for his extremely detailed prediction of the beheading of Louis XVI of France) revealed in a book that Lady Hester Stanhope, niece of the English Prime Minister, William Pitt, would be crowned Queen of Palmyra, the new Zenobia.

Lady Hester was a British aristocrat, but also an adventurer, antiquarian, and one of the most famous travellers of her age. Her archaeological excavation of Ashkelon in 1815 is considered the first to use modern archaeological principles, Her letters and memoirs made her famous as an explorer. She traveled to several places of the Ottoman Empire like Athens, Rhodes, Constantinople, the Ionian Islands, the Peloponnese, Athens, Malta, Constantinople, Rhodes, Egypt, Palestine, Lebanon and Damascus and Jerusalem.

On April 14, 1813, Lady Hester made the decision to charter a caravan of 50 camels, a large retinue of servants and dressed in splendid clothes in the manner of a Druze prince, also hiring a group of armed and uniformed Bedouins as Praetorian Guard. Lady Hester pretended to imitate the mythical queen Zenobia who defied the Romans. On March 29, 1813, the procession arrived at the city of Palmyra, which was splendidly received by the Bedouins. Lady Hester Stanhope earned the admiration and respect of the local Bedouin tribes, who called her Maliki or the White Queen of Tadmir (Palmyra).

Domingo Badia meets Lady Hester when he goes to London on a mission. It is the starting point of a passionate tumultuous love affair which endures for fourteen years before its tragic end; their love unable to sustain two irreconcilable visions of Islam.

Badía died in Damascus in 1818, it is said that he was poisoned by a British agent or that the British ordered to poison him, due to some of his actions during his secret misions were unfavorable for the British, it's said that probably Badía was in a secret mission by that time. Previously he had already frustrated some interventions by the English, such as in 1806 when Badía sabotaged the British plan to remove Mehemet Ali and install their puppet Elfi Bey as pasha of Egypt or when in 1807 in Syria he discovered and destroyed a secret line that the English had to communicate with India.

A film-goer, travelling with Ali Bey through Spain, France, England and Morocco, is transported to sumptuously decorated palaces in Madrid, Paris, London and Morocco of the early 19th century and with Lady Hester to the burning sands of Arabia and the ancient ruins of Palmyra.

The film was shot in Italy, Morocco and England, and it lasts 115 minutes.

After a long absence, Souhail Ben-Barka returned to filmmaking. His career is rich in many films that have marked the history of Moroccan cinema, including the film “Amok” which has won many awards, in addition to his masterpieces “The Battle of the Three Kings”, “The Curse of the Pharaoh” and “The Lovers of Mogador”.

Director's note

I have always had freedom of choice concerning the topics and characters of all my previous films. For this one, I feel designated - as if it has chosen me… With his accomplished seduction, no one can resist the charms of the trickster, The figure full of charisma and mischief, but also the taste for conquest and bluffing of Badia /Ali Bey: From the most humble subjects to the grandest dignitaries, from the Sultan Moulay Slimane, to Lady Hester, Queen of Palmyra, to Napoleon himself who enquires of Talleyrand:

"Your man - is he genius or a madma.?" To which Talleyrand answers.

"A subtle combination of both, Sire. Great men are made that way."

Cast

Rodolfo Sancho (Domingo Badía i Leblich, aka Ali Bay al Abbassi)

Carolina Crescentini (Lady Hester Stanhope, aka Meleki)

Marisa Paredes (Lady Williams)

Giancarlo Giannini (Talleyrand)

Imanol Arias (Sultan Moulay Slimane/ Sulayman of Morocco)

Omar Azzuzi

Massimo Ghini (Amoros)

Marco Bocci (Manuel Godoy)

Abdelaziz Bouzaoui

Younés Kerkour

Hamid Basket

Kamal Moummad (Salem)

Ulisse Provolo (Dott. Blizzard)

Christo Jivkov (Mulai Driss)

Jean-Pierre André Douay

Emanuele Vezzoli (Firmin Didot)

Enrico Salimberi (Napoleon Bonaparte)

Creative staff

Director: Souheil Ben-Barka

Story and Screenplay : Bernard Stora and Souheil Benbarka

Executive Producers: Gianni Sarago and Hamid Basket

Art Director: Amal El Mazouni

Production Designer: Marco Trentini, Francesco Cotone

Director of Photography: Ugo Menegatti

Chief Make Up Artist: Leila Benbarka

Costume Supervisor: Lia Morandini

Music by: Stefano Lentini

Production: Co-production Morocco-Italy: Jal's Production (Casablanca) and Flat Parioli SRL (Rome).

Official website: http://www.desableetdefeu.fr/

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(I have found more pics about the film, but for thid post these are enough)

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nijjhar · 4 months

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Greedy Temple Priests became Lepers in the next birth that ONLY Christ c... Greedy Temple Priests became Lepers in the next birth that ONLY Christ could forgive and not John, the Baptist. That is why Elisha did not cure any leper but the Syrian General Nama. https://youtu.be/DHrYPAT3gl8 Still, the cured and forgiven "Saltless" Lepers joined their crook "Saltless" Temple Priests and not Jesus as the faithful son of Abraham and Yahweh of "Salt" returned back to thank Christ Jesus but not the other 9 "Saltless" Lepers. So, you can well imagine what type of people the generations of the 11 Patriarch sons of Jacob wanted to kill the truth-speaking "Salt" of Jacob, Isaac, and Abraham faithful to Yahweh "Joseph", who was highly honoured by the ever-faithful sons of Ishmael, the Gentiles for hospitality as expected of their forefather Abraham, an ideal Adam, Sarah Eve and Yahweh gave them the Promised Land as the Garden of Eden. So, the Chosen People are the demonstration nation called a nation of Priests and through them, we learn our moral laws. WHY THE ANGELS DELIVERED THE GOOD NEWS OF THE BIRTH OF JESUS TO THE “ILLITERATE SHEPHERDS” AND NOT TO THE UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS OF THEOLOGY, THE HUSBANDMEN OF THE WINEPRESS THAT COINED THE MORAL LAWS TO FLEECE THE PEOPLE. In general, you will find that the village people speak the truth and they keep God within their hearts whilst the town people do just the opposite; they tell lies to sell their products and keep Mammon in their hearts in which they fleece the simpletons by hook or by crook. In short, the village people worship God within them whilst the town clever people worship Mammon and drink the blood money of their innocent child-like village people. Jerusalem used to be the Holiest of the Holy Place in the world and the rich people used to be the pilgrims. As the people in Jerusalem became greedy and hypocrites, the Rabbis used to fleece them to the very bones under one excuse or the other as the two Disciples of Elisha fleeced Nama of Syria of his costly presents that Prophet Elisha refused to accept that he is not greedy like the Rabbis. John, the Baptist was like Prophet Elisha putting on camel skin. These greedy Rabbis put on silken clothes like the present Priests in the Russian Churches with beautiful robes today. In Jerusalem, there was a spiritual Brother in Elohim called Saint James, the Just and such fleeced Pilgrims used to seek His help to retrieve money from the greedy Rabbi by begging him to return. He used to kneel and his knees developed hard skin. So, the Temple Priests were not happy with giving back the money, and by treacherous plan, they managed to get him killed. Such greedy Rabbis in their next birth suffered from “Leprosy” that the Rabbis could not cure but only God in the form of Christ, the Very Son of God, could. That is why Jesus cured the lepers and not John, the Baptist, Prophet Elijah, my god is the creator “Yahweh, Brahma, Khudah, etc.” So, that is why the God-orientated village people appreciated the Message of Christ Jesus whilst the Jerusalem people in general were Mammon-orientated and hated the “Light” of Christ Jesus so no miracle Country Israel belongs to the sons of Isaac of the Semitic race and not to Aryans or Negroes. Jew is a spiritual self and Synagogues belong to the Jews and not the country. https://youtu.be/B2niOOhZe5k Messianic Jews are the Killer Temple Priests in the Black Sheep Judas Iscariot's clothing, the Dog-Collars. https://youtu.be/N0SFfH0w_do Easter Playlist:- https://studio.youtube.com/playlist/PL0C8AFaJhsWylziOpNWyWaLauSjMOeudK/edit Taste of Easter:- Reincarnation through works under Yahweh, Dharm Rai whilst Resurrection by Grace of Elohim. https://youtu.be/x3BD1z0Buq0 Allah is NOOR and you cannot apply Sharia Laws that bind you on NOOR that sets you FREE. This Islam is not of Allah called INSHALLAH but of Mullahs called Inshmullah. Our Khokhar Jatt Chaudhry Saddam Hussein Khokhar Jatt was executed by the American Jews. The Last Prophecy Matt 13v24 - 30 is getting fulfilled and the Atomic War is around the corner. https://youtu.be/aIfQiigjDFA JEWS THEMSELVES ARE ANTISEMITIC. www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/JAntisem.htm END TIME GOSPEL TRUTH – FREE LECTURES AND SEMINARS. www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/JAntisem.htm www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/GistEndGospel.htm Other:- www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/Nobility.htm http://www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/tenlights.htm http://www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/JattIslam.htm Proofs of the Virgin Birth of Jesus: - www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/bojes.htm Matt 21v33-46:- As the Jews killed the Prophets and then collected money from the devotees, so they did to Christ Jesus and created the Antichrist Pope and his killer stooges. https://youtu.be/aOH6r380ECo www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/JOHN 8V44.htm www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/Rest.htm Any helper to finish my Books:- ONE GOD ONE FAITH: www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/bookfin.pdf www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/pdbook.pdf Very informative Channel:- Punjab Siyan John's baptism:- www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/johnsig.pdf Trinity:- www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/trinity.pdf

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thefunbible · 6 months

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Genesis 31

01 Jack heard Laban’s male-spawns’ words, saying, “Jack has taken away all that was our spermer’s. He has obtained all this wealth from that which was our spermer’s.”

02 Jack saw the expression on Laban’s face, and, behold, (spoiler alert) it was not toward him as before. Laban seemed pissed.

03 The Earl said to Jack, “Return to the land of your spermers, and to your relatives, and I will be with you.”

04 Jack sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field to his flock,

05 and said to them, “I see the expression on your spermer’s face, that it is not toward me as before; but the Skypal of my spermer has been with me.

06 You know that I have served your spermer with all of my strength.

07 Your spermer has deceived me, and changed my wages ten times, which is totally something I would do to Esau, my brother, but Skypal didn’t allow him to hurt me.

08 If he said, ‘The speckled will be your wages,’ then all the flock bore speckled. If he said, ‘The streaked will be your wages,’ then all the flock bore streaked.

09 Thus Skypal has taken away your spermer’s livestock, and given them to me.

10 During mating season, I lifted up my eyes, and saw in a dream, and behold, the fella goats which leaped on the flock were streaked, speckled, and grizzled.

11 The faery of Skypal said to me in the dream, ‘Jack,’ and I said, ‘Here I am.’

12 He said, ‘Now lift up your eyes, and behold, all the fella goats which leap on the flock are streaked, speckled, and grizzled, for I have seen all that Laban does to you.

13 I am the Skypal of Bethel, where you spit-shined a pillar, where you vowed a vow to me. Now arise, get out from this land, and return to the land of your birth.’ ”

14 Rachel and Leah answered him, “Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our spermer’s house?

15 Aren’t we considered as foreigners by him? For he has sold us, and has also used up our money.

16 For all the riches which Skypal has taken away from our spermer are ours and our varmints’s. Now then, whatever Skypal has said to you, do.”

17 Then Jack rose up, and set his male-spawns and his lady-spouses on the camels,

18 and he took away all his livestock, and all his possessions which he had gathered, including the livestock which he had gained in Paddan Aram, to go to Chuck his spermer, to the land of Canaan.

19 Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep; and Rachel stole the teraphim that were her spermer’s.

20 Jack deceived Laban the Syrian, in that he didn’t tell him that he was running away.

21 So he fled with all that he had. He rose up, passed over the River, and set his face toward the mountain of Gilead.

22 Laban was told on the third day that Jack had fled.

23 He took his relatives with him, and pursued him seven days’ journey. He overtook him in the mountain of Gilead.

24 Skypal came to Laban the Syrian in a dream of the night, and said to him, “Be careful that you don’t speak to Jack either good or bad.”

25 Laban caught up with Jack. Now Jack had pitched his tent in the mountain, and Laban with his relatives encamped in the mountain of Gilead.

26 Laban said to Jack, “What have you done, that you have deceived me, and carried away my daughters like captives of the sword?

27 Why did you flee secretly, and deceive me, and didn’t tell me, that I might have sent you away with mirth and with songs, with tambourine and with harp;

28 and didn’t allow me to kiss my male-spawns and my daughters? Now have you done foolishly.

29 It is in the power of my hand to hurt you, but the Skypal of your spermer spoke to me last night, saying, ‘Be careful that you don’t speak to Jack either good or bad.’

30 Now, you want to be gone, because you greatly longed for your spermer’s house, but why have you stolen my friendos?”

31 Jack answered Laban, “Because I was afraid, for I said, ‘Lest you should take your daughters from me by force, since that is the kind of thing my lying ass might do.’

32 Anyone you find your friendos with shall not live. Before our relatives, discern what is yours with me, and take it.” For Jack didn’t know that Rachel had stolen them.

33 Laban went into Jack’s tent, into Leah’s tent, and into the tent of the two girly subservients; but he didn’t find them. He went out of Leah’s tent, and entered into Rachel’s tent.

34 Now Rachel had taken the teraphim, put them in the camel’s saddle, and sat on them. Laban felt around all the tent, but didn’t find them.

35 She said to her spermer, “Don’t let my earl be angry that I can’t rise up before you; for I’m having my period.” He searched, but didn’t find the teraphim.

36 Jack was angry, and argued with Laban. Jack answered Laban, “What is my trespass? What is my whoops, that you have hotly pursued me?

37 Now that you have felt around in all my stuff, what have you found of all your household stuff? Set it here before my relatives and your relatives, that they may judge between us two.

38 “These twenty years I have been with you. Your ewes and your girly goats have not cast their young, and I haven’t eaten the rams of your flocks.

39 That which was torn of animals, I didn’t bring to you. I bore its loss. Of my hand you required it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night.

40 This was my situation: in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from my eyes.

41 These twenty years I have been in your house. I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock, and you have changed my wages ten times. It’s exactly the kind of shit I would do to Esau if he were around.

42 Unless the Skypal of my spermer, the Skypal of Billy, and the fear of Chuck, had been with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty. Skypal has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and cussed you last night.”

43 Laban answered Jack, “The daughters are my daughters, the varmints are my varmints, the flocks are my flocks, and all that you see is mine! What can I do today to these my daughters, or to their varmints whom they have borne?

44 Now come, let’s make a bigly-deal, you and I. Let it be for a witness between me and you.”

45 Jack took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.

46 Jack said to his relatives, “Gather stones.” They took stones, and made a heap. They ate there by the heap.

47 Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, but Jack called it Galeed.

48 Laban said, “This heap is witness between me and you today.” Therefore it was named Galeed

49 and Mizpah, for he said, “The Earl watch between me and you, when we are absent one from another.

50 If you afflict my daughters, or if you take lady-spouses in addition to my daughters, no male is with us; behold, Skypal is witness between me and you.”

51 Laban said to Jack, “See this heap, and see the pillar, which I have set between me and you.

52 May this heap be a witness, and the pillar be a witness, that I will not pass over this heap to you, and that you will not pass over this heap and this pillar to me, for harm.

53 The Skypal of Billy, and the Skypal of Nahor, the Skypal of their spermer, judge between us.” Then Jack swore by the fear of his spermer, Chuck.

54 Jack offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called his relatives to monch yum loaf. They ate yum loaf, and stayed all night in the mountain.

55 Early in the morning, Laban rose up, and kissed his male-spawns and his daughters, and blessed them. Laban departed and returned to his place.

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craftylovegentlemen · 6 months

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Genesis 31

1 And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's hath he gotten all this glory. 2 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before. 3 And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee. 4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock, 5 And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me. 6 And ye know that with all my power I have served your father. 7 And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me. 8 If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked. 9 Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me. 10 And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.

11 And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I. 12 And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee. 13 I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred. 14 And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house? 15 Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money. 16 For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our children's: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do. 17 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels; 18 And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padanaram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan. 19 And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's. 20 And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.

21 So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead. 22 And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled. 23 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead. 24 And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad. 25 Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead. 26 And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword? 27 Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp? 28 And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing. 29 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad. 30 And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?

31 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me. 32 With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them. 33 And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the two maidservants' tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent. 34 Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not. 35 And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the images. 36 And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me? 37 Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both. 38 This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten. 39 That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night. 40 Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.

41 Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times. 42 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight. 43 And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born? 44 Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee. 45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. 46 And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap. 47 And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed. 48 And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed; 49 And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another. 50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.

51 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee: 52 This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm. 53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac. 54 Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount. 55 And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place.

Genesis 31

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bookoformon · 10 months

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Helaman Chapter 11, Part 3. "Rain."

Continuing our discussion of Sealing Power. Remembrance of the Word of God has the capacity to heal all that troubles us. It is the job of the Church to remind us of the Commandments and their theories, i.e., why has God asked us to behave ourselves in certain ways, and it is the job of the State to explain how. Both institutions play a role in the final outcome of Peace on Earth and Goodwill Towards Men. This is why in Isaiah 9:6 we say Christ is the Prince of Peace and the government shall rest upon His Shoulders- an anarchist that defies gun control laws and has sex with little kids and builds concentration camps is no Prince of Peace and any government that does these things thinking they are Godly practices shall not be allowed to stand.

The Rain is the cleansing formula that allows us to know why these statements are correct and to restore the way of life God prescribed in the Bible, the Torah, the Quran and this Book of Mormon periodically through history. Like periodic rain, the Word of God fertilizes the ground and allows new things to happen using a tried and true approach:

17 And it came to pass that in the seventy and sixth year the Lord did turn away his anger from the people, and caused that rain should fall upon the earth, insomuch that it did bring forth her fruit in the season of her fruit. And it came to pass that it did bring forth her grain in the season of her grain.

18 And behold, the people did rejoice and glorify God, and the whole face of the land was filled with rejoicing; and they did no more seek to destroy Nephi, but they did esteem him as a great prophet, and a man of God, having great power and authority given unto him from God.

19 And behold, Lehi, "the jawbone" his brother, was not a whit behind him as to things pertaining to righteousness.

20 And thus it did come to pass that the people of Nephi began to prosper again in the land, and began to build up their waste places, and began to multiply and spread, even until they did cover the whole face of the land, both on the northward and on the southward, from the sea west to the sea east.

The Sea, West to East, is called a Turn to the Left, meaning Enlightenment spread backwards, through the South, which is intelligence, back to the East, awareness. Awareness of Enlightened Man is the key to backfilling the gaps in human development that have started to create ditches, gullies and sewer gutters like the Russians, the Republicans, Mormons, the Iranians, the Syrians, and Hamas who have started to campaign in rage and horror against the human race for reasons we cannot call Holy or explain.

To reach the Sea is to re-enact the drama of the Holy Spirit when He first made the world and call Himself Good because goodness was all that panned out, one coast to the other.

This is our target- to see goodness and gracious from ear to ear, eye to eye after the rain falls on the human race during this era.

The Values in Gematria for the above verses are:

v. 17 the Value in Gematria is 9505: טהאֶפֶסה, tahfesa, ‎‎"The Festival of the Donkey."

"The noun אתון ('aton) describes a female donkey or she-ass. The etymology of this word is unclear, but technically it could be expected to derive from a verb אתן ('atan), which is spelled identical to the previous adjective. No such verb exists in Hebrew, and it seems that a Hebrew audience might rather make the intuitive connection to the previous and following groups of words.

Beasts of burden were a prominent feature in the old world, but not all beasts of burden were equal. In fact, in the old world one's mode of transportation was as telling as the clothes one wore, and in Biblical stories it's therefore often crucially important which particular beast a person rides.

Horses were like modern jeeps in that they were strongly associated with the military. Camels were like modern trucks and strongly associated with international trade. Oxen, our tractors and lorries, were associated with heavy farm work or local commerce. And donkeys were like Volkswagens and campers: predominantly associated with the getting around of private people.

Donkeys did not particularly transport goods or military force, but rather private people who felt the need to travel to other private people and associate for whatever reason (Genesis 12:16, Job 1:3, 1 Samuel 9:3).

The donkey was strongly associated with a social network, and ultimately with social wealth. It signified peace, freedom and the perennial flow of ideas, services, stories and expressions of friendship. This is why the King of Israel came riding on a donkey (Zechariah 9:9, MARK 11:3), as his rule is not one of might but one of individual freedom (GALATIANS 5:1)."

v. 18 the Value in Gematria is 9903, טט אֶפֶסג, the tet summit, "The hidden good, discovered."

"The tet is the initial letter of the word tov, "good." The form of the tet is "inverted," thus symbolizing hidden, inverted good--as expressed in the Zohar: "its good is hidden within it." The form of the letter chet symbolizes the union of groom and bride consummating with conception."

Lucky her.

v. 19 the Value in Gematria is 6403, ו‎דאֶפֶסג, and daphesg, "understanding of the mouth of contention." Do we know from whence our troubles arise? We do, from the mouths of persons who are incapable of governing, of uttering a single word about the importance of the Gospels, of non-violence, of care for the poor, who lie, rape, steal, and then crusade, signing the Name of the Christ next to theirs.

v. 20 the Value in Gematria is 9837, ט‎חגז‎‎, tahgaz,"the strength of the nation."

Now we know every undergraduate and graduate student in politics, history, public works and law study the UN Charter and Declaration of Human Rights. Why did our politicians and those dastardly Supreme Court Judges allow RVW to be overturned knowing full well preventing abortions is a War Crime?

Women are not to be forced to carry children they do not want. We signed on the line alongside every other nation on this planet, we use that signature to bring law, order, and humanitarian aid across the world. Just as the scripture said, our goodness not our evil must travel with us.

So why do the people of America continually falter in the pursuit of a completely legal way of conducting their governmental affairs? You cannot cheat in a federal election, stack the courts and then go on an anti-abortion rampage so your Mormon friends can rape people and get away with it. You cannot take away the rights of gay people, Mister Rob DeSantis, or Muslims, Mister Donald Trump, or Jews or Black People Mister Lindsey Graham and remain in politics or even remain free.

You may not write opinions contrary to the UN Declaration of Human Rights, Justice Roberts, you may not. This would undermine our positions on terrorism, despotism, and trannies all around the world. Is that what you want, Mister Chief Justice? To undo the cause of Justice, pull the rug right out from under civilized life on this planet? Because you have become quite good at it.

The strength of this nation and all nations commences with the belief its people are safe to live within its boundaries. And here in America as in other parts of the world, no one feels particularly safe because our President has not convinced us the other shoe is not going to drop in the next election.

Donald Trump is ineligible to run for office. He is a pedophile and a gangster and so are his friends in the Republican Party, almost to the last man. Pro-Life is a Crime Against Humanity, and Rob DeSantis needs to be put in jail and so do numerous members of the Supreme Court. Something, Mister Biden, needs to be done about all of this and the person that has to do it is you. You have allowed fiends and fuckups to turn your people into individual public enemies and the enemy is always found among the corrupt.

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gorillawithautism · 10 months

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syrian camels....

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January 13, 2021

Verse: Genesis 31-33 Write/ Copy Gods words :

31 And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's hath he gotten all this glory. 2 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before. 3 And the Lord said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee. 4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock, 5 And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me. 6 And ye know that with all my power I have served your father. 7 And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me. 8 If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked. 9 Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me. 10 And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.

31 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me. 32 With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them. 33 And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the two maidservants' tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent. 34 Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not. 35 And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched but found not the images. 36 And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me? 37 Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both. 38 This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten.

39 That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night. 40 Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes. 41 Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times. 42 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight. 43 And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born? 44 Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee. 45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. 46 And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap. 47 And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.

48 And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed; 49 And Mizpah; for he said, The Lord watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another. 50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee. 51 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee: 52 This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm. 53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac. 54 Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount. 55 And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place. 32 And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. 2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim. 3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom. 4 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now: 5 And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight. 6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him. 7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands; 8 And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape. 9 And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the Lord which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee: 10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands. 11 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children. 12 And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude. 13 And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother; 14 Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams, 15 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals. 16 And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove. 17 And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee? 18 Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us. 19 And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him. 20 And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me. 21 So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company. 22 And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok. 23 And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had. 24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. 25 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. 26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. 27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. 28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. 29 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there. 30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. 31 And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh. 32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank. 33 And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids. 2 And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost. 3 And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother. 4 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept. 5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant. 6 Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves. 7 And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves. 8 And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord. 9 And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself. 10 And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me. 11 Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it. 12 And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee. 13 And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die. 14 Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir. 15 And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord. 16 So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir. 17 And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth. 18 And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city. 19 And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces of money. 20 And he erected there an altar, and called it EleloheIsrael.

What is your Favorite verse(s): 31:33 Laban went first into Jacob’s tent to search there, then into Leah’s, and then the tents of the two servant wives—but he found nothing. Finally, he went into Rachel’s tent.

Explain in your own words what you just read.

Laban has been warned by God not to interfere with Jacob's return to Canaan (Genesis 31:24). However, Laban has also accused Jacob of stealing his household idols, to which Jacob would have had no claim whatsoever. Neither man knows the identity of the actual thief, but Jacob has rashly invited Laban to search among all of his company's belongings. Specifically, Jacob has declared that if any of his people have Laban's house idols, that person will be killed (Genesis 31:32).

Commitment / what will i do : I will be careful of what God warn me in my dreams

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bagdemagus · 4 years

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Cylinder seal with two-humped camel carrying a divine couple

Syria, ca. 1800-1650 BCE

Hematite

From the museum website:

This seal shows a divine couple sitting on the two humps of a Bactrian camel, one of the earliest images of this animal. Above them hovers a winged rosette, which is a protective emblem. A smaller figure holding a bow stands on the head and neck of the camel. A winged female deity, stands off to the side, facing a contest between a man and a beast. The surrounding space is filled with a variety of animals, including a lion, scorpion, bull, and gazelle.

Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD, acc. no. 42.804

#cylinder seal #syrian #old syrian #archaeology #art history #ancient near east #mitannian #camel #bactrian camel #Walters art museum

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The Breeding Kings, pt. 12, (Ahkmenrah x Reader)

Description: The Syrian Caravan

Notes: every time i post there is nothing but fear. also sorry that im not doing sledgefu week, i wanted to but i dont think i write it very well WC: 3.7k

Ahkmen crossed his arms.

An hour or so now. You'd been talking to this man for an hour and almost completely ignoring Ahk. All your bags were packed, and you were ready to head out and find some camels, but you just had to pull him into another incense shop and get caught 'accidentally' in a very long conversation with one of the patrons.

He was a tall man––somewhat gangly, with long, kinky hair and a blue robe that reached down to his knees. His shoes were pointed at the ends, and his hands coated with rings and bracelets. Ahkmen didn't know his name, but he already didn't like him, though he said nothing to you nor him.

Eventually, sick of the stranger's voice, he left you and wandered around the twisting halls of the shops. Different counters and bookcases were set up in the open space to give the illusion of pathways, each surface covered in jewels, totems, and offerings including flowers and honey. Necklaces made of carved, wooden beads hung from the walls alongside painted scrolls bearing foreign alphabets. No matter how far he went, though, he could still hear you talking to the stranger.

You found him in the corner of the room, curled up on a large cushion set beneath a chandelier of tiny, wooden dolls. He kept a bitter pout on his lip, so you knelt in front of him with a teasing smile.

"Do you need to take a sleep?" You asked, setting your hands on his propped up knees.

"No," he said a little too quickly. "I'm just waiting to get back on the road again."

"Good, then we can go with Batnoam."

"Batnoam?"

"The man I was doing talking with," you chuckled, gesturing over your shoulder to the man.

"Oh." His expression fell again. "Why would we go with him?"

"He has very many camels, and he has people he goes with," you said.

"He's heading in the same direction?"

You nodded confirmation and Ahk sighed wearily.

"I suppose it is safer to travel across deserts in packs," he grumbled.

"Yes, it is," you said as you stood, offering your hand to him.

He sighed again when he took your hand, letting you pull him to his feet.

"But for the record," he said quietly as the two of you approached the stranger, "I don't trust him. Or like him."

"You have not even speaked with him," you said.

"I don't have to."

After introducing himself to Ahk, Batnoam lead you towards the gates of the city, helping to lift some of your heavier bags along the way. Now that it was daytime again, the crowds were picking back up, and Ahk had to do some weaving to keep up with you. He took ragged breaths through his nose till his mouth opened, straining with effort.

His labor was awarded with meeting the whole of Batnoam's caravan. There must've been at least twenty people wandering about the squad of camels, loading packs up onto the creatures and speaking in conversation that, altogether, sounded well above the volume of the streets in the inner city. Ahkmen dropped the bags when he finally stood back at your side, observing the many gathered people.

"This is who we're going to be travelling with for the next two weeks?" He asked flatly.

"He says it will be ten days," you said, glancing up at him before you returned to the crowd.

Ahk took a deep breath.

"Ten days of sweltering heat," he sighed.

"And only a little water," you added.

"Thanks," he said sarcastically. You giggled.

"It is better, than see, a month," you said, twirling yourself ever so slightly.

He sighed, again, and said nothing.

Batnoam returned after having mingled with the crowd for several minutes, and lead you over to where the camels were tied up, their bony knees dug into the soft sand. With a grunt and a heave he tossed your bags over the camel's back, tying it into place.

"Are you two travelling together?" asked Batnoam, panting with his hands on his hips.

"Yes," Ahk said as he stepped closer to you.

"Do you have food with you?"

"Uh... not many," you said slowly, grimacing as you tried to remember.

"You're going to want some. We only have enough rations for about ten people, with a little extra for safety. It's just easier if everyone has control of their own rations, avoid power grabs that way," he explained, his attention switching between the two of you.

"You get power grabs?" Ahk crossed his arms. "In this tiny group?"

"Leader gets more of the spoils since he's the one directing us through the desert," he said, pointing across the crowd to an older looking man currently embroiled in several different conversations with travellers.

"What is the name?" You asked.

"Of the header? His name's Abdhamon. He's my uncle, actually," said Batnoam.

"That is how you are here?"

"A little, yes," Batnoam chuckled. "Come, I'll introduce you to him. He likes to know who he's travelling with."

Batnoam lead you and Ahk through the crowd, nearly leaving the Prince behind until he caught the red fabric of your longer robes, and jogged after you once more.

Up close, the leader seemed older yet. His voice was stern and surprisingly smooth in a way that didn't match his wrinkled and freckled skin. Like most of those gathered for the troupe's departure, Abdhamon wore a white dress that reached his ankles, but below that fabric Ahk could see pants as well as sandals not unlike his own. He wore a turban on his head, mostly white but topped with a light blue held in place by the only expensive thing on him; a pin of Jade, an incredibly rare gem from the east. Ahk's eyes widened imperceptibly.

"Uncle," Batnoam said quietly once the crowd died down and went to preparing themselves, instead of asking a million questions to the leader. "I met a couple of travellers heading our way. Thought they could use some help crossing the Sinai."

"Good man," Abdhamon said with a smile, patting his nephew on the shoulder. "Now what are your names?"

"My name is Aganu," Ahk said before he looked to you.

"I am Yogasundari, but all call me Yogi," you said, bowing your head shallowly.

"A Yogi?" Abdhamon asked.

"What?" You frowned.

"Yogi. It is a.. a type of," he gestured vaguely, "practice. A religion, in a way. A guideline to life. It is from the Indus valley, is it not?"

"I am sorry, I..." you shook your head.

"We're both from Egypt," Ahk interrupted, noticing your suddenly overwhelmed expression. "Their parents are from the Indus valley, though."

"Ah, I see," Abdhamon said in a deep voice, stroking his black beard lined with streaks of white. "So which way are you heading?"

"We are going to my home, actually. Harappa. I am... hoping to see a home to stay in," you said slowly.

"You will be with us until the end, then. We stop in Eridu to turn back," Batnoam said, dropping an empty pit back into Ahk's chest.

"Can we look at a map? I'd like to know which path you all are taking," Ahk blurted out, unaware of his curled fists.

Abdhamon glanced to Batnoam before he nodded, motioning him over to a desk, upon which a large map had been stretched over the splintered wooden surface.

"Here," said the leader, pointing to a marking along the shore of the Mediterranean. "That is where we are, now. We are crossing the Shamiyah desert through the most narrow point, keep a little close to... to the Euphrates. If we need, the nearest city is Terqa, but we hope to get to the city of Sippar first."

"Well that'll certainly get us out of the desert," Ahk murmured, mostly to you. You nodded.

"We need to get food," you reminded him.

"Oh, right. When do we leave?"

"Midday," said Abdhamon.

"Good. We'll see you soon," Ahk said, directing you away from the two men, and out of the crowd.

You chuckled as he pushed you, but shot him a confused––though still humored––look when he stopped at the gate. He kept on walking, leaving you at the city's entrance till you jogged after him.

"Aganu!" You called his name, eventually having to sprint through the crowd till you reached him again.

He didn't meet your eye when you were at his side, and his jaw remained fixed.

"Is something wrong?" You asked softly.

"Nothing," he said, realizing suddenly he could say nothing.

He had no claim to you, no evidence you had any interest beyond professional for Batnoam, and voicing any complaint would only confuse and aggravate you. But you seemed to have an idea of his discomfort anyway.

"I will not leave you," you said. "Just do not leave me."

"No, never," he mumbled through a tight throat.

Reluctant as you were, both of you had to give up many of the spices and fresh foods you'd spoiled yourselves with in the duration of your stay at Jericho. Instead your purchases were contained to twice-baked bread, dried meat, and beer. The only thing that tasted like anything at all was the cured meat, covered in a variety of preserving spices.

Finding food for Sephys would be difficult. For the next few days you could feed her dried salmon, but after that the fish would go bad, and you would have to rely on millets. You debated leaving her behind for a little while, despite how heavy that thought weighed on your heart, before eventually deciding that she could easily defend herself, and the deserts weren’t completely barren of life. She could find something to eat for herself.

It took about an hour before you were heading back, one of your empty sacks now filled with food wrapped in cloth.

"Ten days, right?" He asked quietly.

"I think, yes," you said.

"That's not too bad."

"No, it will be fun," you said with a grin. He snorted.

"Something like that."

You returned to a troupe whose oldest members were beginning to mount the camels, who were already set out in a straight line leading into the rocky, barren desert. Realizing that, you jumped ahead to where Batnoam was accompanying his uncle.

"We are here," you panted, stumbling to a halt in front of him.

"Good! We'll be leaving soon, and... where's your friend?" He asked, his brow furrowing as he looked over your head. "Ah, there he is."

Ahk stopped himself by running into you, earning a startled laugh from you as you turned.

"Funny Egyptian man," you said, grinning as you pushed him away by his face.

He responded by kissing your widely set apart fingers, making you giggle relentlessly as you kept trying to push him away. You tried stepping away so he grabbed you by your waist, keeping you close despite the fact that you were still pushing him on his face, laughing uncontrollably.

"Astarte!" Batnoam called above the ruckus.

The caravan went quiet, as did the two of you, as Abdhamon addressed the crowd.

"We travel eastward in the name of Astarte," he said, pulling at the camel's reins so it would turn to face his listeners. "Trade is our goal––not violence. If any of you wish to use your swords for anything other than hunting and protection, leave now."

A few restless faces and shifting bodies, but no one left.

"The reason we band together is to survive and earn the protection of a clan. Do not break that ancient promise. We will leave soon," he scanned the crowd, "so finish your business before we go."

Abdhamon took little more than several minutes before he started off, keeping his eye ahead of him and never looking back. His nephew walked at his camel's side, his white turban billowing in the wind that brought gusts of sand to bite at his toes. You and Ahk were younger and physically adept, so it was likely you would never be allowed to ride the camels, whose precious strength had to be preserved for important cargo.

Much of the cargo was, surprisingly, not rations or tools to help the travellers on the road there. Instead the camels lugged boxes of golden coins and fine artistries from Phoenician hands, goblets and bits of gemstone jewelry. One of the camels had several carpets loaded atop it, along with scrolls of papyrus expertly sidled into tiny spaces, ones accompanied only by thin bottles of dye.

Ahk would've preferred to take up the back of the train, where the two of you would have the least amount of attention on you, but your eager questions kept you at the head of the pack for hours upon hours of walking.

The first day was not yet through, and his still-healing feet and ankles were bearing the brunt of the pain. Blisters had formed on the edges of his leather sandals, digging into his sand-covered wrappings, where he couldn't properly see or tend to anything. Eventually you had to put wrappings on your feet, too, when the sand became too hot to physically touch.

Ahkmen helped you with that as the troupe continued to walk, hoisting you up on one of the empty camels and running ahead to get his bag. He returned with the bandages, walking and rolling with a quiet, careful look in his eye. You couldn't stop from giggling at the sight––he was always so gentle with you. Always thinking of you.

"Thank you, Aganu," you said softly when he finished, sliding your shoes back on.

"Of course," he hummed with a smile.

He grabbed your waist to help you down, easily plopping you back in the sand. You turned round in his arms, your smile fading into a quickened heartbeat, till the next travellers passed you and brought you back to the land of the living. Both of you withdrew your arms quite suddenly.

Over the course of the first day, the caravan stopped three times, setting up camp on the fourth. Large, white tents were hoisted by all physically well enough to do so, and the tiny oasis was turned into a sort of village all its' own, the fires twisting around the trees and each surrounded by its own group. The differences between the travellers were obvious, and what they were segregating themselves by was obvious as well. Egyptians surrounded one of the fires. Another was overlooked by people from Cyprus, and another yet surrounded by soldiers from Assyria.

The sun had fully set before you ever stopped, leaving you in a night surrounded by crickets and stars. Distant conversation came with the gusts of wind blowing against your backs, bringing with it more sand, and a cool, relieved breath. There was no fire in front of you––only your legs stretched out across one of your blankets, Sephys sleeping in your bag with her head propped out, and the tarp Ahk had bought in Egypt hanging above you. Leaves of bushes colored olive green rustled in the breeze.

"Do you want to join the others?" Ahk asked quietly, turning to you and hoping you wouldn't.

"No," you chuckled, toying with the hem of your dress. "Not very."

He laughed, looking back out to the stars before he replied, "me neither."

Ahkmen's hazy trance feeding off your closeness faded abruptly when he heard your name, called by the voice of Batnoam. His mood shrivelled as he pressed his lips into a thin line.

Footsteps sounded through the sand before Batnoam was standing in front of you, partially out of breath.

"Some idiot brought a bunch of fruit and we need to eat it before it goes bad," he said, shaking his head as he smiled.

"Fruit?" Ahk asked, raising a single brow. "How much fruit?"

"It's genuinely all they've brought. My uncle and I are going to have to feed their troupe," Batnoam grumbled. "Anyway, their food is up for grabs if you'd like any."

With that he jogged away, leaving you alone in an interrupted silence.

"I want to know what they have," you said after a moment, moving to your feet.

Ahk instinctively followed you, probably a little too quickly, as you gave him an odd look before moving on without saying anything. He continued to follow you to the massive tent set up by many of the men, the white fabric cascading down from the trees in flat, unbroken waves. Abdhamon sat in the center, upon one of the many Arabic rugs set out across the sand. Outside of the tent, though, fires still crackled and burned, warming dirty hands or cooking the fruit on sticks.

The fruits were in bags at the front of the tent, surrounded by a few people who hadn't gotten their fill yet. Ahk frowned as he noted four different but equally massive bags. Had someone really been stupid enough to bring fruit on a voyage across the desert? Either way, there was quite the array of choices; dates, though numbering few since they were already mostly eaten, figs, apricots, cherries, pomegranates, and pears.

You were on your knees before he could realize it, digging into the nearest sack. From that you pulled several cherries, one of the larger pomegranates, and the couple of dates you could find. Grabbing the end of your dress, you formed a makeshift bag, piling the fruit in before you stood and turned back to Ahk with a grin.

"Happy, are you?" He asked, chuckling.

"Yes. And you are, too, when you get your fruit," you said as you walked past him, heading back to your area.

Ahk loaded his robes with fruit as you had, running back over to your spot behind the flora. He dropped them on the blanket before he sat back down next to you.

"You are good?" You asked, nudging his shoulder with yours. "With the people we are going with."

"They're... alright," he said with a vague shrug. He reached forward for one of the peaches. "I still don't trust them, but they seem too harmless to do any actual harm."

"You are bigger, and more strong, than them," you said.

"You're just saying that because you're tiny," he chuckled.

You punched him.

What fruit you didn't finish ended up in your bag, hidden away from other searchers for your morning meal. Those bags were kept to the side, but your other belongings were piled into makeshift pillows, finally resting your heavy head on something softer than your hands.

The night had arrived hours ago, and with it the stars you only now truly looked at. While sitting with Ahk, you'd been staring forward at the dunes, but now that you were lying at your side you could see nothing but the stars emerging from the dusty horizon. The silence as your only blanket. Ahk had his back to you and you had your back to him, and though you'd said good night a while ago, you were still fidgeting with your red and gold dress. You felt as though there was something you needed to do––something you'd forgotten. Something important.

It never came. No realization, no remembrance, and you eventually fell asleep with a headache burning from your knotted brow.

The next day moved slow but sure––your destination was nowhere in sight, and the whole of the group was beginning to go through the many flasks packed for the trip. Sunlight still beat overhead, and by now both you and Ahkmen had adopted the dresswear of the desert travellers, who wore long robes and thick turbans and hijabs.

Whenever you tried to swallow, your throat cracked against itself, but you kept quiet. You only drank when Ahk offered it to you, and after noticing this pattern he made sure to offer more often. Every now and then he'd also asked if you wanted to get up on one of the camels, but you always said no, unaware he was only attempting to hold you tight enough to lift you to the sky. If you had known, you would've taken him up on the offer.

Nonetheless, midday, afternoon, and evening breaks were much like the day before, only longer since the day started in the early morning instead of noon. You and Ahk managed to keep a conversation that went in and out of existence, allowing comfortable silence that often spread whenever you both grew exhausted.

The next oasis you reached that evening was clearly occupied only hours earlier, the campfires still smouldering and footsteps still fresh in the mud surrounding a watering hole. The water within wasn't drinkable for humans, but it attracted a fair amount of birds and other such creatures, who relied heavily on these tiny spots of life. While you were discussing things quietly with Batnoam, Ahk wandered around the oasis in search of a place to sleep. He kept in mind what you liked––good views and cozy, smaller spots. Eventually he rolled the blanket out between the brush of two trees, overlooking the edge of the small pool of water.

He found you wandering around the campsite after he finished with the bed, and brought you over to the makeshift bed.

"It looks nice," you said with a smile, sitting down eagerly before you motioned for him to sit next to you.

He hesitated only a moment before he followed your command.

Instead of sitting down, he knelt in front of you, gazing at you with a longing look that didn't quite come across as he meant it to. Though, to be fair, he hadn't meant to stare at all.

"Tired from the day?" You asked, chuckling sweetly.

"... hungry, actually," he said, deflecting off to a more important subject that you easily got distracted with.

Your rations for the night was a strip of dried meat and a couple chunks of your twice-baked bread. Not the most tasteful thing, but all the fruit from the night before had been eaten during the sweltering day, and you wouldn't dare overindulge in rations.

After eating you lay down on your side, this time facing your friend. Ahk remained upright, his knees raised and his arms balanced out on them.

"What did you talk about with Batnoam?" He asked quietly, flinching when his voice cracked.

"His mother," you murmured. "A Priestess in Canaan. She is.. beautiful, and dead."

He chuckled. He hadn't meant to.

"I had a Priestess raising me for a little while, when I was about five," he said, sure to keep his volume below that of the crickets. "I think they're all very beautiful."

"Mmm," you shifted with closed eyes, sighing deeply, "you can be the Priestess."

"Me?" He laughed, falling down to be at your side.

"Beautiful... Egyptian," you mumbled, fading out as heavy, sleep-filled breaths began to leave you.

He bit his lip, brushing away the hair that fell in front of your eyes, before withdrawing and cursing himself.

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