Re: Mediterranean flood

mortongr@flash.net
Sat, 02 Oct 1999 21:28:16 +0000

At 05:23 PM 10/02/1999 EDT, PHSEELY@aol.com wrote:
>Even though CA Briggs, an editor of the classic Hebrew lexicon, B(riggs)DB
>expresses George's tentative opinion of the meaning of the waw consecutive
in
>Psalm 33:9 and I agree on historical grounds that an immediate creation is
>the historical-grammatical, i.e. original meaning of both Psalm 33:9 and the
>various phrases in Gen 1; and further that placing a time gap longer than
>24-hours between the command and the fulfillment is an unnatural reading of
>both Gen 1 and Psalm 33:9, nevertheless, I do not believe Glenn's reading
can
>be falsified by the Hebrew grammar per se.

and

>Further, there is a partial parallel to Psalm 33:9 in Psalm 105:34. The
>latter says, "He (God) spoke (same verb and form as in Psalm 33:9) and came
>(waw consecutive) the locust…". But, when you go back to Exodus 19:13 and
>look at the details, you read, "…and the Lord directed an east wind on the
>land all that day and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind
>brought the locusts." Clearly there is a time gap (and the use of means) in
>Ps 105:34 between "He spake" "and the locust came." The most that could be
>claimed is that the action which in time resulted in the effect began
>immediately upon the issuing of the divine command.

Thank you for this information. Your post is a 'keeper'.
glenn

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