How did people end up scattered all over the whole continent (world) , I know it say's in the Bible that when the Tower of Babylon fell, God made people talk diffrent languges and thus they formed there own "races" or "groups", but how did they end up being so far away from each other, as some places they would have needed a big vessel, such as a strong and large boat, and then it would have took many days to get to some continents, I am assuming that they just migrated slowley, but does this mean at the time most counrty's were unpopulated and no human's existed on them, and that this is where the Dinosaur's where populated at, because there were no human's around? I am just confused about all this I guess! :D
2007-10-03 18:26:27 · 12 answers · asked by leah j 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
as I read Gen 10-11, it talks about the generations of Noah and Babel...
The earth was divided in the days of Peleg and it's unclear if this was before or after Babel. [The Tower is in ch. 11, however, v. 31 of 10 refers to the sons of Shem [the ancestor of Peleg], after their families, after their tongues, in the lands, after their nations...
Which leads me to conclude that the confusion of tongues occurred [and families naturally clustered together] before the division of the earth, which really makes migration a lot easier...
2007-10-03 19:32:13 · answer #1 · answered by strplng warrior mom 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
For most of the recorded history, the main populous was located around the middle east, People did migrate slowly outward.
But here in the U.S. the heavy population didn't start until about 400 years ago. There were a few relatively small groups of native Americans, Viking vistors and such, but no "overpowering population like ie the rest of the world.
To me, this gives more credence to Creation and us being here for 6000 to 8000 years.
You can't tell me that in all the millions of years evolution says we have been here that we wouldn't have overtaken the North American Continant a long time ago, at least as much as the rest of the world.
2007-10-03 18:41:18 · answer #2 · answered by kenny p 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Remember the Canaanites? The descendants of Cain migrated to other parts of the world. People were nomadic at times throughout history. As to the dinos I believe that they became extinct to a degree after the flood after all the earth had changed drastically in those days. I believe that there may be a few around after all scientist say Crocs are descendants and they are still here. Yes most of the world was unpopulated and even today you could fit every person on earth inside the city limits of Jacksonville, Fl.
2007-10-03 18:42:28 · answer #3 · answered by renee70466 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hope you are being facetious.
If one depended on the Bible or any other religious book to answer such questions, one is in for much confusion and embarrassment, the least of which are those you raised. Here is an example, applies to Judaism, Christianity and Islam as they rely on the same creation story. Adam and Eve were the original two humans and they had children. Their children's descendants then peopled the earth. Oh my God (pun intended) there must have been an unspeakable amount of incest .... See what I mean?
Modern Jews and Christians accept that most of the Old Testament are allegorical, not literal. The fundamentalists among them reject that as heresy. Islam is undergoing an intellectual crisis as its modernists try to pull Muslims from the literal, but so far the fundamentalists are still ascendant.
2007-10-03 18:39:47 · answer #4 · answered by Norm 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People migrated for many reasons. While famine, drought, over crowding, irreconcilable differences, jealousy, fear, war, rumor, and desire may have played a part of why migration happened, it might not explain it all. And neither do we have to assume that everyone came from the same place.
The Bible says that God created Adam, and breathed life into him. Adam is not the word in Hebrew that is used to describe 'mankind' , and word pronounced 'ishy' is. So there could have been many other people around while Adam was walking and talking with God. We simply don't know the answer to that question.
By the way, I am not a Bible expert. I just know stuff.
2007-10-03 18:38:45 · answer #5 · answered by Christian Sinner 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they segregated themselves for survival.
after Noah was Peleg's day and the dividing of the
continents.
the dinosaurs mostly disappeared in the flood but
not all of them.
read a copy of the Tanakh it helps to clear things up.
2007-10-04 02:27:51 · answer #6 · answered by Judy E. T 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think after Babel people just drifted apart. They moved to their own parts of the world. As to dinosaurs I think they likely died out soon after the flood.
2007-10-03 18:32:22 · answer #7 · answered by Bible warrior 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
People migrated. Boats were used to cross straits.
Hope that helps. :-)
2007-10-03 18:32:55 · answer #8 · answered by Devoted1 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The continents were all connected at one time. you can even see where they connect, like a huge puzzle.
2007-10-03 18:33:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There was an Ice Age, and during that, they kind of just wandered to wherever.
2007-10-03 18:38:16 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋