Hi MJ,Originally Posted by Michael Joseph
My hebrew was a little rusty so I dusted this off and found your translation incomplete.
Flesh
בָּשָׂר
bä·sär'
1) flesh
a) of the body
1) of humans
2) of animals
b) the body itself
c) male organ of generation (euphemism)
d) kindred, blood-relations
e) flesh as frail or erring (man against God)
f) all living things
g) animals
h) mankind
Used - (a) of the flesh of the living body, whether of men or of beasts. Gen 41:2,19
(context)Gen 9:15 And I will remember2142 my covenant1285, which [is] between me and you and every living2416 creature5315 of all flesh1320; and the waters4325 shall no more5750 become a flood3999 to destroy7843 all flesh1320.
And I'm a flood of the whole earth guy; The Scripture and the math supports both that the whole earth was flooded and that only Noah and his family were on the ark.
Genesis 9:19 says that the "whole earth overspread."
This plain declaration (Genesis 10:32) leaves no possibility that any other people survived the worldwide Flood. All the world’s present peoples are descendants of Noah’s three sons and their wives. The gene pool from these six individuals (all originally from Adam and Eve) provided far more than enough genetic variational potential to account for the wide range in national and tribal characteristics which have surfaced since the Flood. The world’s present population of approximately five billion people, likewise, could easily have been developed in approximately 4000 years. An average annual growth rate of 1 2% (only one-fourth the present rate), or an average family size of only 2.5 children per family, could easily accomplish this.
There is a specific Hebrew word for a local flood. The word used in the bible demands that the flood be of global proportions.
Along with:
19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
21 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man
22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.
23 And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.
Scripture indicates only Noah and his family remained. This would not be the case if it was a small local flood.
I also believe that just because The Lord repeated, doesn't mean he made a mistake or is talking about something else.
MANY times in Scripture things are repeated in the very next sentence. If your thesis is true, then in all of those instances
he is referring to something other than what is implied in the first sentence.
Thanks again for the thread.
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