Saturday, April 5, 2014

#33 Peleg Genesis 10



Mizraim begot Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, Pathrusim, and Casluhim (from whom came the  Philistines and Caphtorim). Canaan begot Sidon his firstborn, and Heth; the Jebusite, the Amorite, and Girgashite; the Hivite, the Arkite, and Sinite; the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hemathite. Afterward the families of the Canaanites were dispersed. And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidonas you go toward Gerar, as far as Gaza; then as you go toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha. These were the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their languages, in their lands and in their nations. And children were born also to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder. The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. The sons of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash. Arphaxad begot Salah, and Salah begotEber. To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother's name was Joktan. Joktan begot Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, Obal, Abimael, sheba, Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan. And their dwelling place was from Mesha as you go toward Sephar, the mountain of the east. These were the sons of Shem, according to their families, according to their languages, in their lands, according to their nations. These were the families of the sons of Noah, according to their generations, in their nations; and from these nations were divided on the earth after the flood. Genesis 10: 13-32 NKJV

It is interesting, the different takes on this passage, considering that it is one of the many genealogies I tried to race through as a kid. Most of the conversation starts with Peleg. Within the church there are different trains of thought and some have arisen due to what we now observe and study in reference to tectonic plates and shifting. Reading the genealogy straight through and unbroken into chapter 11 it is easy for me to assume that this is part of the dividing of nations, reflective of Babel. People that maintain this interpretation would most likely do so because:


  1. They feel that the waters were collected together in one place as mentioned in Gen. 1:9 and there was a single land mass at the creation. Pangea was split up during the flood and that a reoccurrence of this would cause another world wide flood, which God had promised not to do. Some of the articles I read support land bridges, which I cannot observe now, but migrational routes over ice would be probable. 
  2. The second hypothesis put forth on this is that Pangea occurred after the flood, or started during and continued after. Strong arguments for this would be what we can now observe, like the distribution of animals, especially mammals in places like Australia. 
I am a bit undecided. I do see the evidence of Pangea to which neither side nor the secular world seem to disagree that the continents are moving. Evolutionist would contend that all this happened over millions of years, creationist, who believe God's word would say that much of this happened more rapidly. I agree with the latter, but am undecided as to the duration of the most excessive movements. Here are some articles for thought:

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