Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Ron Snider <sarasotapt AT comcast.net>]

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