Yhe Land Divided
Polycarp66 at aol.com
Polycarp66 at aol.com
Tue Jun 4 09:38:43 EDT 2002
In a message dated 6/4/2002 8:58:04 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
lgmay at mindspring.com writes:
> In Genesis 10 as a result of the confusion of tongues the land was
> divided. Could this also refer to the continental drift. From looking
> at the coast of Europe and Africa it looks like they were once joined
> with the Americas.
>
> Or could it refer to the generation of mountains, rivers, etc. to keep
> men apart and preventing the dream of a one world government that Nimrod
> tried to establish.
>
No. Any attempt to read scientific discussion into the biblical texts is
futile. I think it refers rather to the story of the tower and the confusion
of languages in the immediately succeeding chapter.
gfsomsel
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