I have made the claim before that much of the Bible is simply copied from our Kemetic ancestors, but it is often hard for people to understand until they see for themselves. Therefore, I have compiled a short list of examples from Proverbs and how it was copied mostly from the "Instructions of Amenemope (Amenhotep)", but also from other writings from other Pharaohs in the 18th Dynasty (and earlier) as well as Instructions associated with Ptah. There are some sections of Proverbs that come from other Kemetic sources, but that would take too much space to demonstrate.

A few things in particular to take note of:

1) The order of which the Biblical Proverbs makes no sense, and was obviously haphazardly copied. For instance, there are 30 chapters to Amenemope's instructions, and likewise the 30th chapter states "Mark for yourself these thirty chapters". However, the Bible copies this verse and places it in the middle of the chapter in Proverbs 22:20 when there were instructions that followed.

2) The last example I give with Proverbs 24:12 talks of "he who weighs the heart". This is borrowed from Kemetic theosophy where Tehuti/Thoth weighs the heart of those who die on the balance (scales) against a feather (from Maat).

3) If you read the paired verses, they mean exactly the same thing, but only worded slightly differently (as to be expected). We must remember that the Bible is a translation of some translation of a many line of translations that was an interpretation of a translation that was passed extensively by oral traditions. Therefore, the verbage in the Bible has been massaged greatly, so would not exactly match the Kemetic...let alone being translated from 2 totally different languages.

When perusing this short compilation of examples it may have been a coincidence for 2 or 3 of them, but this is actually a short list so all of these illustrated cannot be mere coincidence. Furthermore, I have not even demonstrated other parts of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Psalm, Isaiah, identical precepts in the New Testament, the first 5 books of the Bible, amongst other things. Also, keep in mind that none of the Bible can be verified earlier than the 3rd century BCE, where these Kemetic writings predate the Bible by thousands of years.

Lastly before looking at these examples, it was not constructed to take shots at anyone's faith. I would like people to see some of the wisdom present with our ancestors before we were exposed to the Bible and Qur'an. And of course, you can verify the examples for yourself...

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Instructions of Amenemope translation: The Instruction of Amenemope

Didn't we go through this already?

THat is some kind of bootleg version of the Bible, it does NOT say all of that in the King James Version. All you people are doing is trying to grab anything thats just a little bit close to say "SEE THEY COPIED!" its not even the same quote. You have no proof Solomon copied anything.

Not to mention in Proverbs a lot of the things listed are based on different topics so you KNOW its not the same.

Im Hotep,

Excellent observations, Thoth. But you already know the answer to your own question. You know most Black people truly believe that white people have a monopoly on religion. Notice Weapon of Israel says you have the wrong version of the Bible. YOU have the wrong version? It couldn't be Massa, noooooooo!!

Peace,

I agree but in my opinion, the best thing that we should convey to our religious brothers and sisters is to not necessarily limit themselves to one book, when it comes to information that is philosophical or spiritual in nature. The book of proverbs is a great read just as much as there is food for thoughtin the holyqur'aan. One of the things I was taught by Dr. York was to "make no distinction between the wise, be they philosophical such as Khalil Gibran, Edgar Cayce, Plato, Tehutu or religious such as ibrahim/abram, mosheh/moses, yasu'a/jesus, and respect the nature of nature." One of my favorit proverb quotes comes from 6:24-26 and the first part of proverbs 23:7, which reads "as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he..."

Give care

LOL @ Thoth Do I have to get my southern fried holy water for you again LOL

Nice post Thoth,

There really should be only one sensible question, who was King Solomon?

When you look at what was said about him, prolific builder, wisdom etc....and no proof that he ever existed or any of his buildings remains.....not a brick!!!

Something isn't right, so for others out there the other question should be....who was Amenhotep?

"slave, don't steal from your master"

"slave, if he takes your socks, give him your pants"



Not to mention that king james was a flaming homersexual. He wrote " jesus had james, and i have george"

dont get me wrong. the bible has value, but it isnt absolute.