Re: Hermeneutical 'world's
Bill Hamilton (hamilton@predator.cs.gmr.com)
Tue, 24 Feb 1998 13:08:04 -0500At 08:49 AM 2/24/98 -0800, Greg Billock wrote:
>
>I know I'm a bit late on the hermeneutical thread, but here's something
>I'm wondering about that someone here probably has more information on.
>
>I've basically thought that when Genesis talks about the flood, it is
>talking about a global flood. This verse makes me wonder:
>Gen 41:57 (NASB)
>The people of all the earth came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph,
>because the famine was severe in all the earth.
>
I believe Glenn pointed out a while ago that the Hebrew word "eretz", which
is translated as "earth" in the flood account, can also mean "land"--
meaning the immediate vicinity.
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Bill Hamilton
Staff Research Engineer
Chassis and Vehicle Systems
GM R&D Center
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