All at once he feels weary of ganefs and prophets, guns and sacrifices and the infinite gangster weight of God. He's tired of hearing about the promised land and the inevitable bloodshed required for its redemption.

Michael Chabon
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All at once he feels weary of ganefs and prophets, guns and sacrifices and the infinite gangster weight of God. He's tired of hearing about the promised land and the inevitable bloodshed required for its redemption. The speaker is weary of all these things because they are no longer serving their purpose. They were once necessary but now have become burdensome.

This is a very common theme seen in biblical stories when characters feel that they have reached a certain point in their lives or that a time has come where they need to move beyond a certain period of history. In this example, Moses himself feels that he has reached a point where he can no longer be burdened with the weight of God’s promises, guns and sacrifices.

Source: The Yiddish Policemens Union

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