Exegesis:Genesis 1:30 - Revision history

Victor Porton at 11:33, 4 June 2016

2016-06-04T11:33:19Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 11:33, 4 June 2016
Line 13:		Line 13:

	An other argument supporting this viewpoint is that here God speaks to people only, not to the animals, but animals should be subject of this saying.		An other argument supporting this viewpoint is that here God speaks to people only, not to the animals, but animals should be subject of this saying.

			{{FinishedSpacesHypothesis}}

Victor Porton at 18:40, 1 July 2012

2012-07-01T18:40:19Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 18:40, 1 July 2012
Line 3:		Line 3:
	===Translation of [[Tanakh:Genesis_1:30\|Genesis 1:30]]===		===Translation of [[Tanakh:Genesis_1:30\|Genesis 1:30]]===

	~~[[TODO]]~~		For all life of the Earth and for all birds of the sky and for all creeping on the Earth, in which there is a soul alive, all green grass for
			eating. And it was so.

	===Comments===		===Comments===

Victor Porton: Created page with "Previous Next ===Translation of Genesis 1:30=== TODO ===Comments=== It is commonly interpre..."

2012-07-01T13:43:02Z

Created page with "Previous Next ===Translation of Genesis 1:30=== TODO ===Comments=== It is commonly interpre..."

New page

[[Exegesis:Genesis 1:29|Previous]] [[Exegesis:Genesis 1:31|Next]]

===Translation of [[Tanakh:Genesis_1:30|Genesis 1:30]]===

[[TODO]]

===Comments===

It is commonly interpreted as all animals being vegetarian before the flood (and predators becoming predators only after the flood). This opinion however has a deficiency: Accordingly this viewpoint, a wonder happened after the flood transforming grass eating animals into predators. We, students of Bible, believe that wonders can happen, but to explain something with a wonder when there is a more rational explanation, is not the best.

So I propose an alternative explanation of this verse: It is in future tense and may refer to the state in a future, after the second come of Christ. Other passages of Bible ([[TODO]]: verse numbers) say that after the end of this world lions will eat grass. This verse may be understood as the fact that after the second come predators will be transformed into herbivorous animals.

An other argument supporting this viewpoint is that here God speaks to people only, not to the animals, but animals should be subject of this saying.