Baskadia

According to the scripture; A man Jacob by name is a son to Isaac and a grandson to Abraham. Jacob had an elder brother (Esau) who sold his birth right to him with an exchange of food when he returned home hungry from hunting. Jacob who was loved so much by the mother also received the blessing that belongs to Esau as the first son with the assistance of his mother who made his body hairy like Esau and prepared a delicious meat meal directed by Isaac to Esau for his final blessing, but was received by Jacob as the father was blind and can not discover who the person was.

With the blessing of the father to Jacob, he became so prosperous and married two daughters of his father’s uncle (Laban). Leah been the elder sister of Racheal (daughters of Laban) gave birth to four sons; Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah. While her younger sister (Racheal) whom Jacob loved more than her remain childless. Racheal who is jealous of her sister because of her childlessness situation gave her husband her maid (Bilhah) to sleep with for child bearing and she gave birth to two sons; Dan and Naphtali. Leah also gave Jacob her maid (Zilpah), he had intercourse with her and she put two sons to bed; GAD and Asher. Leah later again gave birth to two sons and a daughter; Issachar, Zebulun and (Dinah been female). After some years God answered Racheal’s prayer and she gave birth to two sons; Joseph and Benjamin and die

When Jacob was going back to his father’s place to meet his brother, he engaged in a wrestling with a man who stuck him on the hip when he saw that he is not winning the wrestle. Jacob held the man back as he was leaving and told him not to, unless he blesses him. He blessed him and re-named him Israel.

Reuben ( Jacob’s first son) had four sons: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. Simeon had six sons: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar and Shaul. Levi had three sons: Gershon, Kohath and Mercari. Judah had five sons: Shelah,Perez and Zerah,(Judah’s other sons Er and Onan died in Canan). Issachar had four sons: Tola, Puah, Jashub and Shimron. Dan had one son: Hushim. Naphtali had four sons: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer and Shillem. GAD had seven sons: ZEPHON , HAGGI , SHUNI , EZBON , ERI, ARODI and ARELI. Asher had four sons: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah. Zebulun had three sons: Sered, Elon and Jahleel. Joseph had two sons: Manasseh and Ephraim. Benjamin had ten sons: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim and Ard.

As they were living Jacob loved one of his sons (Joseph) more than others because Joseph was from his most loved wife (Racheal), which Joseph’s brothers excluding Benjamin who is also loved much by his father hated him for that. One night Joseph had a dream, in the dream, his brothers were bowing down for him. He narrated the story to his brothers and they hated him more, he also told his father and he scolded him. Joseph’s brothers were jealous of him, but their father kept thinking about the whole matter. One day Joseph was sent by his father to go and check on his brothers where they are looking after their flock. When his brothers saw him from afar they plotted evil against him (they planned to kill him). Reuben been the eldest told them not to kill him but for them to throw him into a well in the wilderness, he said this intending to save Joseph and sent him back to their father after. But after a while they saw Ishmaelites traveling from Gilead to Egypt and Judah told them that there is no benefit for them killing their brother instead they should sell him to those Ishmaelites passing, and they sold him immediately for twenty pieces of silver without the awareness of Reuben. Reuben later came back to save his brother but could not found him in the well, he tored his clothe in sorrow. He told his brothers that he could not found him and they killed one of their sheeps and soaked Joseph’s robe which they ripped off him when he came to meet them in the blood of the sheep. They went back and told their father that he was tored by a wild animal. Jacob tored his clothe to pieces, but on a sack clothe and mourned his son for a long time without listening to the comforts rendered to him by his wife and children.

Joseph who was sold to “Potiphar one of the kings officers and the one who is in charge of the palace” was made successful by God and his master put him in charge of everything he had. He was accused of attempt to rape his master’s wife by her, which he is not guilty of, and was thrown in jail by his master. As a man of integrity Joseph was put in charge of all the prisoners by the jailer, there he interpreted the dreams of two King’s officer’s, and later interpreted the dream of the king and was made the governor of Egypt.

After a little while there became a femine in Israel and the sons of Jacob went to Egypt to buy corn, where they bowed down to Joseph not knowing who he was. After a little stress and anxiety they had in the hands of Joseph he made them know who he was and the king told them to come and live in Egypt freely without paying any cost.

HOW IT HAPPENED

After years they have been living in Egypt, they started suffering minor tortures from the Egyptians and ERI son of GAD who is great and foresees the future saw that in a short time, they will be made slaves in Egypt and fled away with his last two brothers (ARODI and ARELI ). They left Egypt, Sudan, Chad, Cameroon, Calabar and settled in the confluence point of Ezu and Omambala ( Anambra ) rivers known as Agbanabo , located in present day Aguleri which was revealed to ERI as their destination.

Two brothers of ERI ( ARODI and ARELI) later dispersed in different places were they settled.

ERI gave birth to five sons:

1. AGULU : The founder of Aguleri

2. ATTA : The founder of IGALA ethnic group

3. OBA : The founder of BINI / BENIN

4. HEBREW : The founder of NSUKKA

5. MENRI : The founder of NRI

6. Due to dialectical and pronunciation problems, Igbo was formulated ( Hebrew Heebo Igbo been the fourth son of ERI ). ERI loved his fourth son so much that he gave him the name of his people and also to remember his people, again his name is used to address all the descendants of ERI , ARODI and ARELI . HEBREW also had the knowledge of herbs and roots used for religious and spiritual purposes. And his descendants are IGBO ETITI , IGBO ADAGBE and IGBO EZE known generally as NSUKKA , that is why in IGBO land they fear NSUKKA mostly because of the knowledge they had of herbs and roots used for religious and spiritual purposes. ERI and his brothers were not black before but were turned black by the hot weather in Africa

ARODI is a man that was very industrious and good at art and craft. His descendants are:

1. NEMBE

2. NGWA

3. ABAKALIKI

4. OGONI

5. AFIKPO

6. ARO – IKOT EKPENE

7. ARO – ECHIE

8. ARONDIZUOGU

ARELI is a man with natural wisdom, he was the wisest among GAD’s sons and the language of his descendants is used today as IGBO IZUGBE ( central Igbo) general language of the Igbos. His descendants are:

1. OWERRI

2. UMUAHIA

3. DIOBU ( Port Harcourt )

4. OKIGWE

5. ORLU

6. OHOADA

7. MBIAERI

8. MBAISE

9. NKWERRE

10. ELELE

EVIDENCES

1. There is a house in Aguleri today built by ERI which is called OBU GAD. ERI named it OBU GAD to honour his father. And till today Igbos still builds a house which they call OBU / OBI that is always for relaxation. And it was the first house built in Igbo land.

2. At the burial place of ERI , there is a trinity tree standing on the grave site. These are three trees but are strongly united and connected by a single tap root.

3. Before an Igbo man makes a contribution in a public gathering, he will shout “ Igbo Kwenu” and the people will respond “ Yah” and “Yah” is a short form of “ Yahweh” been the Jewish God

4. ADA is a name that Jewish women bears and Igbos women still bears the name ( Gen 4 : 19 -20).

5. STAR OF DAVID and some bronze medals encrypted with Hebrew codes were found in many parts of the Igbo land.

6. Circumcision: In Israel a child is circumcised on the eight day after birth and it is done so in Igbo land.

7. Mode of Naming: The Israelites gives their children name with the circumstances behind the birth and so it is in Igbo land. Eg: in the bible when Racheal (Jacob’s wife) gave birth to her last son, Jacob named him “Benjamin” which means son from the right hand. And this was because Racheal had suffered from childlessness situation a lot and her maid was the one reproducing children for her, and later she gave birth and they gave him a name meaning that “the child is from the right wife of Jacob”. Then in Igbo land anybody that bears the name “KOSISOCHUKWU” meaning ( The way it pleases God ) signifies that his or her parents have had a misfortune, either that the mother died immediately after giving birth to him or her or that the father died in the same way. Again any one that bears the name “ ILOABUCH” meaning ( Enemy is not God ) signifies that his parents have many enemies.

8. Israelis ambassador ( Noah Katz ) confirmed that the Igbos are Jews through GAD ( check Daily Sun Newspaper of 28 March