Bible Discussion Thread

If all people were destroyed and Noah and his family were the only ones left on the earth then we all are children of Noah. That being said why are we not all Hebrew?

Who said Noah was a Hebrew?

Indeed Noah was a descendent of Adam ( as we all are ) but it was when Abraham was separated FROM his generation and finally separated into God did he become the father of the faithful .

But Abraham had two sons . Both were not Hebrew . But only the son of promise not the son of flesh of the bond woman.

Go back read Genesis 6:11 - 22 where Gods makes a covenant with Noah and his family and tells him to bring aboard the ark two of every flesh/sort male and female . are the wicked a sort ? How about People of color ? is it possible man was already on earth and populated it before Adam ? is it suggested in the beginning God made the races on the fifth day of creation both male and female ? is a thousand yours on earth just a day to God ? I have read where they do suggest . and Noah brought aboard two of every race color and creed .

The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.

And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.

And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.

Hello Robert, The Hebrew people descended from Eber (sometimes called Heber) who was the great grandson of Shem through Arphaxad and then Salah.. Genesis 10 shows the Table of Nations that descended from Noah's sons Shem, Japheth and Ham. Genesis 11 speaks more about the descendants of Shem from which came the name Semite.

The Hebrew people included many peoples descended from Eber. He had two sons, Joktan (had 13 sons) and Peleg. he had other sons and daughters also. The lineage of Peleg is the line from which Abraham descended. So. Abraham and his lineage were but one of many lines from Eber. So, there were and are many Hebrew peoples that did not descend from Abraham. Yet God chose Abraham out of all the descendants of Noah to select out a specific subgroups of Hebrews to be His chosen people to covenant with.

In the world today, there are people who descended from Shem, Ham, or Japheth. Many are a mix of these lineages over the generations. We are not all Hebrews due to this.

Hi Robert, have you read about the Tower of Babel?

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Given that God both (1) created/distributed languages into different people groups, then (2) scattered those people groups across the world, I don't think its unreasonable to believe that God that may have also (3) created/modified their race even though it isn't stated.

Russians speaking Russian while living in Russia and looking like Russians seems logical, as well as Thai people speaking Thai, living in Thailand, and looking like Thai, and Egyptians speaking Egyptian, living in Egypt, and looking like Egyptian. The language, location, and appearance are intertwined in each culture. This is my opinion. I realize that some believe the 8 people aboard Noah's Ark were "diverse" enough to create all the people's groups today, but I believe it occurred at the Tower of Babel and just wasn't stated, just like the Land of Nod in Genesis wasn't stated in how it came to be. God bless.