Re: [asa] Loading the ark

[Also,] It would not be without precedent since God, after forming animals
from the
ground, "brought them unto Adam..." as stated in Gen. 2:19

[I forgot the asa general address, once again. :( ]

GeorgeC

----- Original Message -----
From: "George Murphy" <gmurphy@raex.com>
To: "David Campbell" <pleuronaia@gmail.com>; <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 4:11 PM
Subject: Re: [asa] Loading the ark

> Luther touches on this in his lectures on Genesis when he deals with the
> question of how Noah managed to get wild animals like lions, tigers &
> panthers (no dinosaurs!) onto the ark. His answer is simple. "Such
> animals went into the ark miraculously. ... Undoubtedly he [Noah] had to
> exercise his own human power, but this alone was insufficient. And the
> text implies both conditions, for at first it says: "Thou shalt bring
> into the ark," and then adds: "Two of every sort shall come unto thee."
> If they had not been miraculously guided, they would not have come in by
> twos and sevens" [Gen.6, parts of vv. 19 & 20]. (I'm quoting from the old
> Lenker edition of Luther's works.)
>
> Shalom
> George
> http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Campbell" <pleuronaia@gmail.com>
> To: <asa@calvin.edu>
> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 3:37 PM
> Subject: [asa] Loading the ark
>
>
>> Although all the children's versions I encounter have God sending the
>> animals to the ark, reading Genesis I only see commands for Noah to
>> round them up. Does anyone know the source of the idea of God sending
>> the animals to Noah?
>>
>> --
>> Dr. David Campbell
>> 425 Scientific Collections
>> University of Alabama
>> "I think of my happy condition, surrounded by acres of clams"
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