Deuteronomy 28 Part 1
Extreme importance is emphasized in the distribution of various chemicals throughout the body. These substances are found in the ground. "A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass" [Deuteronomy 8:9].
Why, across Africa, from Kenya to South Africa, is the soil red? |
| The ground is called laterite and is a clay which has been enriched with Iron and aluminum that has been developed over long periods of time by the heavy rainfalls and the intense heat. Sometimes the material is rock hard but when scuffed by vehicle wheels it becomes a choking red dust. The iron is the origin of the redness i.e a rusty colour. | {Bea Day, Nairobi, Kenya}
“Never in biblical history, it showed the Israelites turned white because red or ruddy is not associated with white skin. The word “laban” would have been used for David and Esau if they were white. The person Laban was an albino, a dark-skinned person born with white skin. More and likely, is the reason for his name [Genesis 24:29].