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1 | Why didn't Noah stop tower of Babel? | Genesis | TommyS | 95728 | ||
Blessings to you, Makarios, Thanks for your response, but I have to keep wondering because according to my Bible Noah was still alive and kicking. Seeing Noah died 40 years after Peleg gave up the ghost. According to Gen 10:24 "the dispersement of people" happened during the lifetime of Peleg. According to Gen 11:10-18, by adding up the ages, we can only conclude that Noah was alive. While I won't lose any sleep tonight, I might have to do some research of my own tomorrow. TommyS |
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2 | Why didn't Noah stop tower of Babel? | Genesis | Makarios | 95734 | ||
Greetings TommyS, Ok.. Let's try to sort this out... Noah lived 350 years after the flood (Gen. 9:28).. Shem became the father of Arpachshad 2 years after the flood (Gen. 11:10). Arpachshad lived 35 years and then became the father of Shelah (37 years after the flood). Shelah lived 35 years, and then became the father of Eber (72 years after the flood). Eber lived 34 years, and became the father of Peleg (Peleg was born 106 years after the flood). Therefore, Noah was still alive by the time Peleg was born, and was alive during his lifetime (Peleg lived to be at least 239 years [Gen. 11:18-19]). Now, Genesis 10:25 and 1 Chr. 1:19 tell us: "Two sons were born to Eber; the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother's name was Joktan." [Genesis 10:25, NASB] "Two sons were born to Eber, the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided, and his brother's name was Joktan." [1 Chronicles 1:19, NASB] Therefore, is "the earth divided" referring to the Lord's scattering of all the people, after they had built the Tower of Babel, since everyone spoke the same language? The answer is Yes, both Genesis 10:25 and 1 Chr. 1:19 are referring to the scattering of Gen. 11:9. And that, therefore, means that if the scattering of Gen. 11:9 took place during Peleg's time (his very name means "division"), then Noah would also have been still alive during this time.. In conclusion, you are absolutely correct, TommyS, in coming to the conclusion that Noah was still around during the time of the Tower of Babel. However, there is nothing in the Bible that suggests to us that Noah knew about the Tower, wanted to take action against its building, or was physically able to take action against it in his advanced age. We do not know. Perhaps they built the tower in a land far east as to escape the notice of Noah (now I am speculating!). But you are absolutely correct in saying that Noah was alive during the time of the building of the Tower of Babel, and I was in the wrong by thinking that he had already passed away by this time. :-) Blessings to you, Makarios |
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3 | Why didn't Noah stop tower of Babel? | Genesis | DarcyA | 95737 | ||
The Bible and the calculator :) Keep going Makarios, you can make it all the way to Jacob :) I gotta find out what I did with my Genology notes. You will find that Genesis didn't have to move very far to get to Moses. God Bless you, Darcy |
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4 | Why didn't Noah stop tower of Babel? | Genesis | Makarios | 95738 | ||
Greetings Darcy! Yes, I'm learning! :-) Wow!! You know, that really surprises me, now that I notice the length of the years that these people lived in relation to the specific events that occurred in Israel's history.. And I, of course, believe that the Bible speaks of literal "days" and "years." :-) I love it when reading and studying Scripture shows you something that you didn't notice before! :-) Blessings to you, Makarios |
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5 | Why didn't Noah stop tower of Babel? | Genesis | DarcyA | 95739 | ||
Here is some info I have found, Its not the main nots on it but its when I was studing this This could be how the Creation and flood story got to Abraham. Adam got to talk to his Lamech Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Great (I think that many greats) Grandson whom was the father of Noah. Methuselah would have died in the flood! Lamech would have told Noah his son Noah Would have told Shem his son Shem was alive when Abraham was alive thus Shem possibly could have told Abraham. God Bless, Darcy |
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6 | Why didn't Noah stop tower of Babel? | Genesis | Makarios | 95751 | ||
Greetings Darcy, You are correct, the flood came in the very year that Methuselah passed away. But he may have passed away before the flood waters came. As we know, Noah was 600 years old when the flood came (Gen. 7:6), so Lamech, Noah's father, had just passed away five years before the flood (Gen. 5:30). Therefore, everyone else that was left on the earth would die, and Noah would then become the oldest living human being after the flood. Blessings to you, Makarios |
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7 | Why didn't Noah stop tower of Babel? | Genesis | tomsweetstir | 95764 | ||
Excuse me for "butting in", but the name Methuselah acutally means "His death shall bring." Interesting to think it took him 969 years for his name to take on the meaning his parents gave him, don't you think? Tom |
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8 | Why didn't Noah stop tower of Babel? | Genesis | DarcyA | 95771 | ||
WoW never thought of that :) God Bless, Darcy |
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