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  • From: Ron Snider <sarasotapt AT comcast.net>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Dividing the earth
  • Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:56:05 -0500

Actually, in response, the entire scenario is off topic. However, the crux of Gen. 10:25 is the term 'erets, which is on point for the list. Of the 85X or so it has been used to that point in Genesis, 95% or more of them can be translated as dry land, without doing any injustice to the text. Only in a few (Gen. 1:1,2) does it mean the entire planet, and only in 1 that I could find did it actually refer to the inhabitants of the planet. Gen. 6:11, but only the first usage in that verse.

Since the term was explicitly defined by the author in Gen. 1:10, the burden of proof is on those that say it *CANNOT* mean dry land in Gen. 10:25.
Regards,

Ron Snider




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