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1 | jews,gentiles,ethninticity??? | Genesis | quvmoh | 206249 | ||
Well .. the logical solution comes from Noah. He had three sons. Now while that might seem like a stretch at first given the amount of time needed for a small group of people to expand into a nation or larger, there is also another aspect to consider. When it comes to the Bible and time, the old testament makes use of family trees and genealogies. Calculating these genealogies strictly and literally will give you a date for the age of the earth of roughly 10,000 years. However, science tells us different. Those who calculate the genealogies like this are using what is termed the "closed genealogy system". However, the Bible gives us clues that these genealogies may not be strict and literal, but perhaps telling us who the important members of the family line are. For example, the close of genesis to the start of exodus gives enough time for a hand full of people, namely Joseph, his brothers, and their wives, to procreate into a group estimated at over 3 million. That figure is one I heard once in relation to this topic. Anyways, that takes a significant amount of time, not just a couple centuries. Also, given how popular Joseph was, there had to have been a considerable amount of time to have passed for his name, even if legend, to have been forgotten by the nobility. So where does that leave us? It leaves us with the explanation needed. Noah and his sons and their families ultimately spread throughout the world. Enough time could have easily passed for the racial differences to appear. quvmoh |
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2 | jews,gentiles,ethninticity??? | Genesis | Immanuelsown | 206266 | ||
quvmoh, Your very last sentence, sounds like you are going in the direction of evolution. Can this hypostasis be backed up with any scripture? Just curious. "Enough time could have easily passed for the racial differences to appear". In Him Imm |
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3 | jews,gentiles,ethninticity??? | Genesis | believer323315 | 206275 | ||
I appreciate everyone's input on this question. My thinking on this is that maybe the black race came from Cush, since Cush means black. I do not think this is a "curse", since it ws Canaan who was cursed, and being a servant not another skin color was the curse.I am still studying this using the Bible and Strong's concordance. I do believe that is very possible that all ethnic groups came from Noah's three sons, since the whole world descended from them after the flood.We are ALL one race, just different colors.When the Bible speaks of RACE, it is speaking of the HUMAN RACE, not color. I would appreciate more follow up on this subject if anyone has more to share. God Bless. | ||||||