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Stories that disappeared from the Bible

Moses’ wife, Zipporah, is mentioned in the Bible four times. But we don’t really know much about who she was, other than she was maybe a Cushite (i.e. an African).
Cush was a large area in Africa, which included modern-day Sudan and Ethiopia, and an interracial marriage would have been quite something back then.
Though some scholars theorize that Zipporah was called a Cushite because she looked different and was very pretty.


Genesis 32:22-32 describes an epic wrestling match between Jacob and a man (who turned out to be God himself) “till daybreak.” God then injured Jacob’s hip and he limped ever after.
And another interesting thing this section of the Bible mentions: “Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob’s hip was touched near the tendon.” How entertaining would it be to have more wrestling stories in the Bible, right?

WWE has nothing like this huh? Gotta call McMahon

In the Old Testament, there are a few instances where people are raised from the dead.
But this changes in the New Testament, where only Jesus Christ is able to do it. Well, except this one time, as described in Acts 20:7-12.
Jesus' apostle, Paul, was talking for hours, and a young man called Eutychus fell asleep.
He then “fell to the ground from the third story and was picked up dead.”
Luckily Paul was there, so he brought him back from the dead. Just like that.hmmm


Melchizedek was a priest and the king of Salem. He was such an important figure that even Abraham paid tithes to him. But who was this man, really?
Melchizedek is described in Hebrews 7 as a man "without father or mother ... without beginning of days or end of life, resembling the son of God."
Could Melchizedek have been a sort of proto-Jesus?

In Psalm 110, God tells Jesus, "You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek," attesting to the importance of this Biblical figure.
Why he then disappears from the holy book is unknown.

Numbers 22:21-39 tells the story of Balaam, who was riding his donkey when the animal stopped after noticing an angel on the road.
Balaam beat the donkey twice to make him move, to no avail.
After the third time Balaam hits the animal, God gives the donkey the power of speech. wow so that's how we have some of those on this site...
They then engage in a conversation, but the crux of the matter is that nowhere in the Bible is it mentioned that the donkey lost the ability to speak.

Gosh is that donkey still alive..?

Land of Nod
The Abel and Cain story is one of the most popular in the Bible. God prefers Abel's offering, so Cain gets jealous and kills his brother.
So what happens to Cain then? Well, God sends him to the Land of Nod, where he then starts a family and builds a city.
But then there is no mention of this mysterious land ever again. Say what that's not cool...

Genesis 6 says the Nephilim were the offspring of the "sons of God" and "daughters of humans,” and were basically a new being (some say the “sons of God” were angels).
They have also been described as giants in some versions of the Bible. But what happened to them?


Remember the great flood and the Noah's Ark story?
Well, it’s believed that no creature outside the ark would have survived the apocalyptic event. Except, maybe, the Nephilim.

Numbers 13:32-33 talks about a land the Israelites explored, and it looks like these creatures inhabited it.
“All the people we saw there are of great size.
We saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim).
We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them.”
Some scholars believe there is an indirect mention of them again in Ezekiel 32:27, but it’s just an interpretation.
This is how far the story goes in the Bible. Just when it was getting exciting...

In Biblical terms, witches are bad, right?
Leviticus 19:31 says “Do not turn to mediums or seek out spiritists, for you will be defiled by them.
I am the Lord your God.” Pretty straightforward rule!
Unless, of course, you’re Saul, King of Israel, in which case God can open an exception.
Saul consulted a witch, who summoned judge-prophet Samuel's spirit, who actually delivered an accurate prophecy.
But fast forward to Galatians 5:19-21, and witchcraft is yet again condemned.
So where does that leave us?

Genesis 9:20-27 says that Noah once passed out drunk naked in his tent.
His son, Ham, called his brothers, and then covered their father’s body.
When Noah woke up, he cursed Canaan's descendants to become slaves. WTH Noah started slavery?
Who’s Canaan, you ask?
He's Ham’s son, Noah’s grandson.
What did he do to be cursed?
Well, good question! Unfortunately, it's not clear.
The sad repercussion of this curse is that it has been quoted by several cultures to justify slavery.

Bartholomew was one of the 12 apostles of Jesus.
He was part of the inner circle of the Messiah, but other than his name nothing else about him is described in the Bible. Tsk, tsk

Gog (an individual) and Magog (a land) are only mentioned in the Bible twice, but they seem to be pretty important.
In Ezekiel 38 we’re introduced to “Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of[a] Meshek and Tubal.”
Gog eventually attacks Israel.What he do that for?

Then Chapters 19:11–21:8 of the Book of Revelation make reference to Gog and Magog:
“When the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—
Gog and Magog—and to gather them for battle.” Satan is a cool dude ah gotta meet him

In Job 40:14-24, God describes Behemoth as a large, strong, and muscular creature.
It has “limbs like rods of iron” and it “feeds on grass like an ox.”
And then in Job 41, God brags about his other similar creation: a fire-breathing sea monster called Leviathan.
Could both these have been dinosaurs?
Oh nooooooooo we know that God has a nasty temper did he kill the dinosaurs

I must ask a theologian why such interesting fables disappeared from that black book..

oh gawd...

Then the Lord came down in a pillar of cloud;When the cloud lifted from above the tent..
So can I see god do that pyrotechnics..that's better than WWE...

So where can I go to see the God fella of the Bible?
The stupidity of insecure humans longing for a deity in their lonely lives..

This bible is very funny...