I am reading Genesis from front to back to try to get a total understanding of it. Then I am moving to Exodus. ..and so on - These are just questions that I am having as I read it.
2006-12-27 04:16:21 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
There are many contractions within the Christian Bible because of how it was formed. The HB/OT originated from various oral traditions passed down for generations before it was even written down. There are about 4 different oral traditions that are woven together to create the HB/OT cannon that is known today. This is why there are some contradictions. (This is why there are different amounts of animals brought in the ark and why humans are created twice in Genesis.) Many authors contributed to the Bible, and a lot of redacting occurred over the years. Also, all of the original copies were done by hand, so there could be errors in reproduction. There are also the translation problems from Hebrew, to Greek, to Latin, to many other languages.
2006-12-27 04:21:17 · answer #1 · answered by Mrs. Pears 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Read it again more carefully. Noah was commanded to take more of the CLEAN animals that were used for food and sacrifices in chapter 7 (not all the animals). This was added insurances that those essential species would survive after the flood. You will also see him sacrificing some of them immediately after the flood as a thanks offering to God, which he could not have done had he only taken a single pair of each.
It is a literary device used many times in the scriptures. It will give a quick overview of God's command, and then repeat it with greater detail. Note for example the creation of man in Genesis 1, repeated in greater detail in Genesis 2. You will see the same device used today in newspapers. The first paragraph gives the story in a couple of sentences. Then it is repeated in the rest of the article in greater detail.
2006-12-27 04:25:26 · answer #2 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Wouldn't some of the animals eat each other?
#1.
Noah would have them in their own area, as God gave design for ARK.
Where was all that fod stored for the animals?
#2.
They came through it fine. So Noah must have had a very good plan to feed them.
Where did the flood waters ome from?
#3.
It had never rained in 1656 years, the life sustaining earth had a water shield lost.
Why were babies killed if they are considerd pure?
#4.
Parents are responsible for offsprings, babies have godly or ungodly parents.
Wouldn't Noah have to travel to different continents to get 2 of every animal?
#5.
When Noah had the ARK ready, God had the animals there.
#6.
Wild animals were 2 by 2.
#7.
Domestic were by seven had to reproduce, and be food until the land produced food.
NOTE: When God had Adam to name all the animals, God delivered the animals to him.
And my question about how was the dung handeled. It was stored on top of the ark to dry and be fuel for fire and cooking, and fire needed to sacrifice after ARK was empty.
2006-12-27 04:29:45 · answer #3 · answered by jeni 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I'm just happy he saved the warthog, Mr.& Mrs Mosquito, and the same with the fire ants. Thanks Noah.
PS: try entertaining the notion that the Flood was localized and not world wide. Have you any idea how much H20 it takes to completely cover Mt Everest? Si, mucho agua. And the point that if the waters covered the highest mountains (Mt E.), what are the chances that Noah's Ark settled right close to where he started from? The torrential rains to come down and flood the whole of earth had to be the most powerful event in human history to make the 40-day schedule--and measly Noah's Ark survived that event?! No-no, it was localized flooding.
2006-12-27 04:28:55 · answer #4 · answered by Sick Puppy 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
He took 1 pair of each animal not fit to be brought as a sacrifice. He took 7 pairs of those animals that are so fit. As one of the first acts of Noah after the flood was to build and altar and bring a sacrifice, it would have resulted in the extinction of the species sacrificed if extra pairs were not brought along for the ride.
2006-12-27 04:21:20 · answer #5 · answered by mzJakes 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Look well into Genisis. It says to take 7 pairs of every kind of clean animal and 1 pair of every kind of unclean. When you stop seperating scripture you will have the whole picture.
2006-12-27 04:27:43 · answer #6 · answered by UCF Scholar 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He took two of the unclean as described in Leviticus and Deuteronomy and 7 of the clean. The extra(+) clean animals were there so that they would have something to eat. Mankind was allowed to eat flesh meat and according to the dietary laws there were some that God determined for man to eat and not to eat. .
2006-12-27 04:19:23 · answer #7 · answered by Nemesis: Your worst nightmare 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
in gen:6:19 the person who told that story was serious about that account but in Gen.7:2 the person who told that story was already playing sega thats why he lost count of the animals that noah took
2006-12-27 04:26:13 · answer #8 · answered by Lionel M 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Both. There were 2 of every unclean animal and 14 of every clean animal.
Genesis 7:2 Take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate, and one pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate, and also seven pairs of every kind of bird, male and female, to keep their various kinds alive throughout the earth.
Click here: http://www.christiananswers.net/q-eden/edn-c013.html
and here: http://www.godandscience.org/apologetics/gilgamesh.html
2006-12-27 04:23:41 · answer #9 · answered by cnm 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He took 2 of every animal
and 7 of many "clean" animals....for food and such
2006-12-27 04:26:15 · answer #10 · answered by kenny p 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋