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NASB | Genesis 2:10 ¶ Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it divided and became four rivers. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 2:10 ¶ Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it divided and became four [branching] rivers. |
Bible Question:
In Genesis 2:10-14, Moses seems to refer to rivers and places that are contemporary to him, i.e. approx. 2,500 years after Eden was planted by God. In other words, Moses lived and wrote Genesis (under the Holy Spirit's inspiration) long after the Fall, Man's expulsion from Eden, and the Flood. Didn't the incredibly powerful, global catastrophe of the Flood obliterate not only Eden itself, but whatever rivers, mountains, and other geographic features might have existed previously? How could the same Tigris, the same Euphrates, and the places on land which Moses mentions have endured from the time of Eden until Moses? Are these post Flood rivers and places which have been given names that pre Flood rivers and places had? For example, Cush was a descendant of Noah, how else could the "land of Cush" (vs. 13) have existed long before Noah's birth? If that is the case, why do our NASB and other English texts give the sense that Moses is writing about places that existed when Eden did? Does the answer lie in better understanding what is meant by the curious phrase in vs. 10, "from there it divided and became four rivers"? |
Bible Answer: Didn't the incredibly powerful, global catastrophe of the Flood obliterate not only Eden itself, but whatever rivers, mountains, and other geographic features might have existed previously? How could the same Tigris, the same Euphrates, and the places on land which Moses mentions have endured from the time of Eden until Moses? It almost seems that you don't beleive what it say's here, do you know that every year the mississippi floods some places become so flooded that they are under water sometimes for months, yet to the surrounding areas it doesn't lose it's shape nor do the peoples of the area see any other difference's other than structural man made items. So can a flood devestate an area yes, does it change all origanal area's no.When it resides the land masse's are generally the same. Love in Christ RCScroll P.S. in John 4:6-7 shows a well that is two thousand years old, and still giving water for a physical thirst. |
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