Genesis 8-10
Noah and the family spent a whole lot of time on that ark. The boat hit Ararat on 7/17, but they didn't get out until 2/27. That's over 6 months just sitting there landed, most of that time with no waves or water even touching the ark. Understanding that they didn't get out until all areas of the earth were available to be inhabited.
The first animal sent out of the ark was a raven which kept flying back and forth. I assume it lit on top of the ark or something for a while and didn't remain flying for weeks. The dove which finally brought back an olive branch showed that not only was the earth drying, but vegetation had started growing once again.
Some of the clean animals who rode the ark for just over a year (The ark was closed on 2/17) were offered as a sacrifice after the landing. The springs of the deep were closed as were the floodgates of the heavens. And God's sign of the covenant, the rainbow, must have been a new sight for the humans -- again giving credence to the idea that rain hadn't happened before the flood.
Meat with blood is prohibited in chapter nine. No rare steak. Although everything is given to the hands of man.
The account of the drunken, naked, passed out Noah is odd. Had the boys really never seen Noah naked before? Shem and Japeth went through dramatic means to be sure they didn't see anything embarrassing. And Noah didn't curse Ham, but his son Canaan. Why? Was Canaan the only child at this point? Was he conceived on the ark or are we talking years later? Certainly Noah was around for 350 years, so there's no real timetable here.
The geneaologies of chapter ten seem rather edited for length. The Japheth line is remarkably short. Only two sets of grandkids are mentioned. The mention of "Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord" is quite odd. I wonder what the Hebrew looks like there at 10:9. The Canaanite clans were the people conquered later in Genesis.
In 10:25, we see mention of Peleg (meaning "division") so named because "in his time the earth was divided." I wonder what this refers to. Continental drift? Civil war?
A short mention in 10:31 that these are "the sons of Shem by their clans and languages..." -- this occurs right before the whole Babel narrative in chapter 11.
The first animal sent out of the ark was a raven which kept flying back and forth. I assume it lit on top of the ark or something for a while and didn't remain flying for weeks. The dove which finally brought back an olive branch showed that not only was the earth drying, but vegetation had started growing once again.
Some of the clean animals who rode the ark for just over a year (The ark was closed on 2/17) were offered as a sacrifice after the landing. The springs of the deep were closed as were the floodgates of the heavens. And God's sign of the covenant, the rainbow, must have been a new sight for the humans -- again giving credence to the idea that rain hadn't happened before the flood.
Meat with blood is prohibited in chapter nine. No rare steak. Although everything is given to the hands of man.
The account of the drunken, naked, passed out Noah is odd. Had the boys really never seen Noah naked before? Shem and Japeth went through dramatic means to be sure they didn't see anything embarrassing. And Noah didn't curse Ham, but his son Canaan. Why? Was Canaan the only child at this point? Was he conceived on the ark or are we talking years later? Certainly Noah was around for 350 years, so there's no real timetable here.
The geneaologies of chapter ten seem rather edited for length. The Japheth line is remarkably short. Only two sets of grandkids are mentioned. The mention of "Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord" is quite odd. I wonder what the Hebrew looks like there at 10:9. The Canaanite clans were the people conquered later in Genesis.
In 10:25, we see mention of Peleg (meaning "division") so named because "in his time the earth was divided." I wonder what this refers to. Continental drift? Civil war?
A short mention in 10:31 that these are "the sons of Shem by their clans and languages..." -- this occurs right before the whole Babel narrative in chapter 11.
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