From LadyEagle's article.
"Brown, pointing to the Bible he says he always carries with him, referred to several biblical passages he is certain indicate where to find petroleum. He stressed that two passages, detailing God's blessings to each of biblical patriarch Jacob's 12 sons, are very specific:
* "Let Asher be blessed ... and let him dip his foot in oil." – Deuteronomy 33:24
* "Joseph is a fruitful bough by a well ... blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that couches beneath shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head." – Genesis 49: 22-26
Brown also pointed to other verses, such as the continuation of Joseph's blessing in Deuteronomy 33: "For the deep that couches beneath ... and for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of primordial hills, and for the precious things of the earth."
The Twelve Tribes were each given a section of Israel as inheritance, Brown explains.
Mapping the tribes' biblical territory indeed shows that Asher's area resembles a giant foot "dipped" into the top, or "crown" area of the land of Joseph's son, Manasseh.
"The oil is there, where Joseph's head is met by Asher's foot," said Brown. "
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Sigh...
Isn't it wonderfull how some folks read the Bible like it is a technical manual instead of a religious text?