From: gordon brown (gbrown@euclid.colorado.edu)
Date: Wed Oct 08 2003 - 18:34:14 EDT
On Wed, 8 Oct 2003, Jay Willingham wrote:
> One could hypothesize that Pangea's division began in the time of Peleg of
> Genesis 10:25, "Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, [ 10:25
> [Peleg] means [ division ] . ] because in his time the earth was divided;
> his brother was named Joktan."
Wouldn't it be better to look for an interpretation that fits the context,
one that might be relevant to the account? I am not too sure what the
right interpretation is, but I note that Genesis breaks up the genealogy
from Shem into two lines, one from Joktan and one from Peleg. Maybe the
land ('erets) is divided between these two groups. Both resided in the
Middle East.
Gordon Brown
Department of Mathematics
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309-0395
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