2007-02-07 09:24:59 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Reed sea.
It was a marsh.
2007-02-07 09:27:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Does the amount of the water God moved make the miracle any less spectacular? Believe what you will but the scripture is clear.
Exodus 14:28-30
And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.
But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.
Surely if this was the shallow Sea of Reeds the Egyptians would have been stuck in the mud and not had their dead washing up on the shore... Jim
2007-02-07 17:50:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The "Red Sea" by which Moses led Israelites on their exodus from Egypt was not the body of water now called the Red Sea. The Hebrew word is Yam Suph, meaning "Sea of Reeds." It is now believed that the Sea of Reeds "was perhaps located at the S extension of the present Lake Mensaleh." (The Interpreters Dictionary of the Bible, Volume 4, Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1962, page 21)
2007-02-07 17:29:51 · answer #3 · answered by Jo 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Moses was supposed to have parted the Red Sea. Some people interpret the text to mean a sea of reeds, or a marsh that dried up. It depends on how you read/interpret the text. Like always ;-)
If the question came up on a test I'd put Red Sea, though. I think this is the most widely accepted version.
2007-02-07 17:30:32 · answer #4 · answered by Charlie 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Red Sea.
2007-02-07 17:37:47 · answer #5 · answered by אידיאליסטי™ 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Red Sea.
2007-02-07 17:32:14 · answer #6 · answered by tim 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Red Sea.
2007-02-07 17:28:29 · answer #7 · answered by ac28 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
According to the mythology, they crossed the Red Sea.
According to the apologists, they crossed a marsh, or "reed sea".
This is assuming that the mythology is true. There is no archeological evidence to support the tale of Hebrew slaves in Egypt, or their exodus for 40 years.
2007-02-07 17:35:59 · answer #8 · answered by Bill K Atheist Goodfella 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Red Sea.
Having just been there last week, I discovered that it was formerly known as "The Reed Sea", since it grew many reeds on it's shores.
However, somewhere in translation, an "E" was lost & the word 'reed' became 'red'.
What was known as the Reed Sea is now known as the Red Sea.
2007-02-07 17:27:40 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yam Suph, the Sea of Reeds.
2007-02-07 17:31:10 · answer #10 · answered by The Tourist 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The red sea
2007-02-07 17:28:56 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋