Thanks for the welcome! 
Not sure if 'joke' is the right word, but i was being playful in response to the patently ridiculous theory that the book of Genesis hides away death in the middle of its 50 chapters 'sandwiching' it with 'life' at the beginning and end. 'Patently' if one simply reads the text instead applying a poorly designed algorithm simplistically looking for two words.
If you haven't lately, simply read the last chapter of the book (detailing the death/burial accounts of first Jacob then Joseph) and it will be obvious how silly the thesis of the article was. Add in the fact that Adam & Eve weren't even out of the Garden yet (ch3) when the Creator tells them "From dust you came, and to dust you will return." And immediately afterwards is the narrative of Cain murdering Abel and 'the blood crying from the ground'!
I was trying -- unsuccessfully apparently -- to point this out in a light-hearted way. I did actually 'Laugh Out Loud' as i read the article and was trying to pass along the mirth.
Thanks again for both the feedback and the welcome!
Shalom!
Ken
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