Re: Glenn wrote:

Glenn R. Morton (grmorton@waymark.net)
Wed, 27 May 1998 19:25:36 -0500

At 08:30 AM 5/27/98 -0500, Ron Chitwood wrote:
>>>>>This means that erets, means a local region and the flood thus occurred
>NOT
>on the whole planet but only on some region of the earth. whole land does
>not mean planet earth. Otherwise, tell me what planet God showed Abraham
>to go to<<<
>
>Whoa, erets can mean either. Depends on the context. 'earth' as used in
>Genesis 1:2 is also translated from 'erets .

And as I mentioned, Genesis 1:2 may really have meant God created the sky
and the land. the Hebrews may not probably didn't have a concept of planet
earth. Wouldn't have meant much to them.
glenn

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