Another Issue With the Flood Story - 120 years.

[Tcg]

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Genesis 6:3 reads:

Then the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years.”

And yet after the flood in Genesis 11 we find these individuals reportedly lived well past 120 years:

Shem: 600 years

Arpachshad: 438 years

Shelah: 433 years

Eber: 464 years

Peleg: 239 years

Reu: 239 years

Serug: 230 years

Nahor: 148 years

Terah: 205 years

How can one account for the reports of such long lives after God's proclamation in Genesis 6?


Tcg

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[Replying to Tcg in post #39]

I have been watching "Secrets of the Zoo" lately and when I think about what they have to cope with and compare it it with Noah's floating zoo I simply burst out laughing. That there are still people who believe that the biblical flood story is historical boggles my mind. It's rather sad really.

I agree and when I read that Noah was 600 years old when the flood started, I realize that alone reveals the absurdity of the tale. I've tried to find out what the story would mean if it was to be considered metaphorically and I find so many divergent interpretations that there is no way to make heads nor tails of it. It's not much more than a Rorschach test.


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