Zone1 Where was the ark built?

[Hafar1014]

The Bible tells us that it wasn't until after the flood that the earth was divided.

• Genesis 10:25
  And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.
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  1 Chronicles 1:19
  And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; because in his days the earth was divided: and his brother’s name was Joktan.

My personal belief is that the earth was one land mass until the days of Peleg. It was then that the earth was divided into separate land masses. Peleg came after Noah and Noah begat Shem, Shem begat Arphaxad, Arphaxad begat Eber, and Eber begat Peleg according to Genesis 10. So Peleg was Noah's great, great grandson. This would indicate that the earth wasn't divided until after the flood and all the animals could migrate unto the ark because it one land mass before the days of Peleg.

Genesis is an allegory it never happened in reality

 

[Mr Natural]

Genesis is an allegory it never happened in reality

Just another story in The Big Book of Myths and Fables.

 

[Hafar1014]

Just another story in The Big Book of Myths and Fables.

Its story with meaning thats what an allegory is

 

[Woodznutz]

The Bible tells us that it wasn't until after the flood that the earth was divided.

• Genesis 10:25
  And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.
• 
  1 Chronicles 1:19
  And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; because in his days the earth was divided: and his brother’s name was Joktan.

My personal belief is that the earth was one land mass until the days of Peleg. It was then that the earth was divided into separate land masses. Peleg came after Noah and Noah begat Shem, Shem begat Arphaxad, Arphaxad begat Eber, and Eber begat Peleg according to Genesis 10. So Peleg was Noah's great, great grandson. This would indicate that the earth wasn't divided until after the flood and all the animals could migrate unto the ark because it one land mass before the days of Peleg.

Genesis 10 describes the division of lands according to the various tribes and languages, not that the continent(s) were physically divided.

 

[Stryder50]

Most are spiritual mysteries only understandable through the Holy Spirit.

Only to True Believers.
I was there long ago, have since moved beyond.

 

[Mr Natural]

Its story with meaning thats what an allegory is

But still a story nonetheless.

 

[Hafar1014]

But still a story nonetheless.

With meaning thats far beyond in wisdom then the time it was written. Allegories are a powerful way to express ideas. Genesis describes evolution, the inherent need for meaning in life, free will needs morals. These are advanced concepts. Thats how they were expressed then

 

[Stryder50]

Its story with meaning thats what an allegory is

Like many similar from the past, the first/earliest records, shows the limits of knowledge and understanding of the authors way back then. Many(most) such "allegory" are rooted in factual events, but blur the details, hence present with an element of fiction it often seems.

 

[Hafar1014]

Like many similar from the past, the first/earliest records, shows the limits of knowledge and understanding of the authors way back then. Many(most) such "allegory" are rooted in factual events, but blur the details, hence present with an element of fiction it often seems.

Genesis shows wisdom way ahead of the time it was written. It describes evolution, the inherent need for a life with meaning free will must have morals.

 

[Stryder50]

Genesis shows wisdom way ahead of the time it was written. It describes evolution, the inherent need for a life with meaning free will must have morals.

We find much of similar nature in the early writings from other other and earlier cultures than that of the Jews. Much of the first chapters of Genesis are versions of the Sumerian creation accounts, the Enuma Elish.

The Enuma Elish (and later plagiarized Genesis) were 'dictated' by the Anunnaki to the Sumerians, whose civilization the Anunnaki started.

For that matter, most of the earliest religions and their dogma and scriptures have origins in the Anunnaki's interventions in human origins and development, leading to the earliest civilizations. Anunnaki being what some have referred to as the Gods, others have seen as inter-stellar colonists here.

I provide more details and more explanation through out this thread on the subject; The Geminga Scenario
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Enūma Eliš (Akkadian Cuneiform: 𒂊𒉡𒈠𒂊𒇺, also spelled "Enuma Elish"), meaning "When on High", is a Babylonian creation myth (named after its opening words) from the late 2nd millennium BCE and the most complete surviving account of ancient near eastern cosmology. It was recovered by English archaeologist Austen Henry Layard in 1849 (in fragmentary form) in the ruined Library of Ashurbanipal at Nineveh (Mosul, Iraq). A form of the myth was first published by English Assyriologist George Smith in 1876; active research and further excavations led to near completion of the texts and improved translation.

Enūma Eliš has about a thousand lines and is recorded in Akkadian on seven clay tablets, each holding between 115 and 170 lines of Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform script. Most of Tablet V has never been recovered, but, aside from this lacuna, the text is almost complete.

Over the seven tablets, it describes the creation of the world, a battle between gods focused on the offering to Marduk, the creation of man destined for the service of the Mesopotamian deities, and it ends with a long passage praising Marduk. The rise of Marduk is generally viewed to have started from the Second Dynasty of Isin, triggered by the return of the statue of Marduk from Elam by Nebuchadnezzar I, although a late Kassite date is also sometimes proposed. It may have been recited during the Akitu festival.
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Enūma Eliš - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

(Some have speculated that the seven tablets are source of the seven days of creation.)

 

[Quantrill]

I am sure people had floods back then, yes.

Of course they did...but not like this one in Noah's day.

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[Quantrill]

Genesis is an allegory it never happened in reality

You are an allegory. You never happened.

Its story with meaning thats what an allegory is

What a lie. What you're saying is that (Genesis) is an allegory and you're the one that gives the meaning. So full of shit.

Who made you the interpreter of the so-called allegory? You?

What a laugh. You reject most of the Old Testament. Yet you fashion yourself as an interpreter of the Word of God. Or do you believe it is the Word of God? Please answer.

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[Mr Natural]

Of course they did...but not like this one in Noah's day.

Quantrill

How do you know?

Were you there?

 

[Quantrill]

How do you know?

Were you there?

Because the Bible is clear. (Gen. 7:23) "And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark. "

Never a flood like that one.

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[Mr Natural]

Because the Bible is clear. (Gen. 7:23) "And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark. "

Never a flood like that one.

Quantrill

Hearsay.

 

[Quantrill]

Hearsay.

The Word of God.

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[TNHarley]

Of course they did...but not like this one in Noah's day.

Quantrill

There is no evidence of that. Just a story made up by a desert savage that possibly heard word of mouth a thousand years later. Or he just ripped it off from sumeria, is the most likely scenario.

 

[Quantrill]

There is no evidence of that. Just a story made up by a desert savage that possibly heard word of mouth a thousand years later. Or he just ripped it off from sumeria, is the most likely scenario.

Or, it is the Word of God and true. And I believe it is.

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