22 Jun 2026 12:35 pm
ROG62 » Today, 9:41 am » wrote: ↑ Not inconsistent at all…
Genesis 6:19-20 simply instructs Noah to preserve two of every kind. Genesis 7:2-3 is additional information where seven of the clean animals were to be taken and two of every other kind. The reason for this is that the extra animals were for sacrifice. “Then Noah built an altar to the LORD, and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar.” (Gen. 8:20).
Logically, to have seven pairs also means that there are two pairs since the two are included in the seven. If one verse said to take only one pair and another verse said seven pairs, that would be a contradiction.
https://carm.org/how-many-kinds-did-noa ... en-genesis
- Traditional Biblical/Ussher Chronology: Dates the Flood around 2348 BC and the birth of Moses around 1571 BC, resulting in a gap of roughly 770 to 800 years. [1]
- Generational Timeline: This timeline relies on tracing the exact lifespans and generations from Noah to Abraham (about 300 to 400 years), followed by the time Abraham's descendants spent in Egypt (roughly 400 years). This places the two events roughly 800 years apart. [1, 2, 3, 4]
- Septuagint (Greek Translation): Due to differences in the assigned lifespans of early patriarchs in the Septuagint, some historical and theological scholars calculate the gap to be around 1,500 to 2,000 years. [1]