2007-03-16 08:12:37 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
every thing was always here...nothing was ever invented...just recorded
2007-03-16 08:15:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Genesis actually uses the word "ammaÌh", which means the length of a man's forearm. As this is the same as the English measurement "cubit", the King James translators used the English word cubit. That is what you do when you translate, you take a word from one language (like ammaÌh) and replace it with a word of the same meaning in the other language (like cubit).
2007-03-16 15:20:02 · answer #2 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, cubit isn't the word used in Genesis.
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Ammah is the word used in Genesis, which is the same measurement as a cubit (forearm length).
2007-03-16 16:13:37 · answer #3 · answered by Geoffrey J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's not a proof of intelligence found in Genesis. One possible answer: the inventor(?) who used the word CUBIT was influenced by reading of Genesis.
2007-03-16 15:24:23 · answer #4 · answered by ShanShui 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe because they were translating the unit of measure used by Noah into Cubits, since whatever Noah used probably didn't still exist?
2007-03-16 15:15:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
the old testament was written as we know it, i believe between 70ce and 120ce. This may have been based on earlier written and spoken teachings i don't know. so the appearance of the word CUBIT is not out of place
Translations, reinterpretations, misinterpretations , the occasional change of meaning of some words or replacing words nolonger used with new words.
any of these could also be to blame.
2007-03-16 15:34:50 · answer #6 · answered by steven m 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are other units of measurement that were called a cubit, in both Egypt and Sumer.
2007-03-16 15:15:31 · answer #7 · answered by Cobalt 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm, you mean the Romans invented forearms? Maybe that's just how the word translates.
2007-03-16 15:15:46 · answer #8 · answered by Middle Man 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The word "cubit" has been around since 2750 B.C. Do your research.
2007-03-16 15:16:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
You must remember that the bible has been translated many times over. The most common translation is the King James Version.
2007-03-16 15:16:46 · answer #10 · answered by Michael H 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Duh...Genesis wasn't written while it was happening....it (& the entire Bible) was written much much much later, many many many authors, some of which were ROMAN. Sheesh!
2007-03-16 15:16:47 · answer #11 · answered by napqueen 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋