Robin Densmore Fuson

  Are you right-handed or left-handed? Which is your dominate hand? Right hand can mean a side or direction as in Right-hand side. Or not false but correct and on the side of truth.    The Bible refers to the right hand on numerous occasions. When one of the patriarchs, in the Old Testament, gave the first born his blessing, he put his right hand on their head. In Genesis 48:13-20, Jacob was at the end of his life and doling out blessings to his children and adopted Joseph’s two sons as his own—Manasseh being the eldest and Ephraim the second born. Joseph tried to lift Jacob’s Right hand from Ephraim and place it on Manasseh’s, but Jacob said, no, my right hand stays as Ephraim will become greater than Manasseh. The larger blessing went to the oldest. Another thing about the right hand is putting someone of importance on your right-hand side. In a proper table setting, the host or hostess gives the right-hand spot to the guest of honor. God, the Father, after r...