Monday 8 November 2010

Changes After the Flood

It seems the river systems near Eden and their geography remained somewhat the same after the flood. At least, they and their locations remained recognizable (Genesis 2:13).

But it seems rainbows didn't occur until after the flood. I wonder what atmospheric changes caused that change.

Another change that God brought - it seems, after the flood - was that He placed the fear of man in animals.

And it was some 100 years after the flood - in the days of Peleg - that the earth became divided. I wonder whether it means that the land itself became separated, or whether it merely referred to a linguistic separation of the people.

"Peleg" sounds like the word pelagic (having to do with the ocean); and archipelego (a strip of land separated into islets by water). So, perhaps the idea is inherent in Peleg's name that the division which occured in his day was geophysical and not just linguistic.

If so, it might have occured through rising sea-levels, or through continental drift. The earth may have been much more connected prior to this. Or, the earth may even have consisted of a single land mass (pangea) which later separated.

This would probably mean the mountains were not as high before the flood as they became afterwards, meaning that less water would have been required to submerge the whole planet under water during the flood.

It might also explain how and why mankind, fauna and flora later became "naturalized" in distinct parts of the globe.

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