Could the division of the earth be farther than what we think to the flood (possibly about 2,000yrs. (4990 B.C. - 3114 B.C.) NOT 6-7000yrs old)?
We read Gen 11 and think the time from the flood to the division of the earth was about 101 yrs. But notice the Bible doesn't use the phrase "called his name". So is it possible Eber was NOT Peleg's direct father?
Let's look at Gen 8:13
quote:
And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.
And Gen 6:7 says:
quote:
And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
Does it mean the calendar of the Bible could be tied with a person's lifespan?
As a matter of fact, we use the term "Before Christ" or B.C. or "In the year of our Lord" known as A.D., and we are dating historical periods in reference to the birth date of a person (Christ).
There was a discussion before about Gen 11:16-17
quote:
16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:
17 And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.
It was concluded by many that it meant, Eber was actually 430 yrs old and then begat Peleg.(Literally Speaking)
But if we think of how this calendar was placed, Eber's son could have been born 34 years afterwards, who God decides he would NOT place his name in the Bible, then Peleg would have been born about the time Eber would be dying or near death, since Eber's sons would not be appropiate to be named or not important in the calendar of the Bible.
So in between Eber and Peleg it could have been 3 or more generations!!!
(Otherwise Eber would still be alive throughout Peleg's life and death, and why wouldn't God just say in Gen 10:25 that the earth was divided in Eber's time, and put such a statement on Peleg?)
This method could've been used to many of the calendar Partriarchs, making it a lot longer than we thought! This provides evidence that there could have been different tribes and plenty of people who bacame the Mayans and so forth.
And, it should pop a question in our minds, is the earth really 6-7000 years old, or could it be double times longer?
And it should also tell us that we shouldn't look at the Bible literally, but comparison of verses and carefull study will reveal the truth.
Here's the link to the source:
http://www.timehasanend.org/..._time_has_an_end_ch03.html#04
So do you think this is a correct way to approach the calculation of the Bible?
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