Featured Animals on the Ark

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangaea

 

The obvious answer to your question is that they flew;
it's in a marvelous song about the episode sung by the The Irish Rovers [LINK]

A long time ago, when the Earth was green

There was more kinds of animals than you've ever seen
They'd run around free while the Earth was being born
And the loveliest of all was the unicorn
​

There was green alligators and long-necked geese

Some humpty backed camels and some chimpanzees
Some cats and rats and elephants, but sure as you're born
The loveliest of all was the unicorn
​

The Lord seen some sinning and it gave Him pain

And He says, "Stand back, I'm going to make it rain"
He says, "Hey Noah, I'll tell you what to do
Build me a floating zoo,
and take some of those...
​

Green alligators and long-necked geese

Some humpty backed camels and some chimpanzees
Some cats and rats and elephants, but sure as you're born
Don't you forget My unicorns
​

Old Noah was there to answer the call

He finished up making the ark just as the rain started to fall
He marched the animals two by two
And he called out as they came through
Hey Lord,
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I've got green alligators and long-necked geese

Some humpty backed camels and some chimpanzees
Some cats and rats and elephants, but Lord, I'm so forlorn
I just can't find no unicorns"
​

And Noah looked out through the driving rain

Them unicorns were hiding, playing silly games
Kicking and splashing while the rain was falling
Oh, them silly unicorns
​

There was green alligators and long-necked geese

Some humpty backed camels and some chimpanzees
Noah cried, "Close the door because the rain is falling
And we just can't wait for no unicorns"
​

The ark started moving, it drifted with the tide

The unicorns looked up from the rocks and they cried
And the waters came down and sort of floated them away
That's why you never see unicorns to this very day
​

You'll see green alligators and long-necked geese

Some humpty backed camels and some chimpanzees
Some cats and rats and elephants, but sure as you're born
You're never gonna see no unicorns
​

[New Lyrics]
Now you might think this is the ending to the song,

But I'll have to tell you friends that in fact you're wrong
You see, Unicorns are magical, so when the rain started pouring,
They grew themselves some wings and they took to soaring.
​

You'll see green alligators and long-necked geese

Some humpty backed camels and some chimpanzees
But if you're looking for the unicorns, don't be forlorn,
The second star to the right and straight on until morning.
​

(written by Shel Silverstein and the new verse by Andrew McKee)

Rob

 

Genesis 10:25 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.

This portion of scripture tells us that the continents were formed after the flood of Noah and therefore the penguins and all the animals had ample time to make their trek to the habitat they would thrive in. Then God divided the earth. Peleg was the 5th generation from Noah. That would be how the American Indians came to America, The Eskimo's made their way to the frozen tundra and so on.

 

Does it really "say" that. Most commentary I have perused suggests that the context around this speaks of the division of languages and nations...tribes etc. I find the "geological" interpretation mainly in the Creation Science community.

 

The languages came at the tower of Babel under Nimrod, which was several generations before Peleg. Genesis 11:8 "So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth."

It went like this Noah, Ham, Cush and Nimrod.

The Peleg line went like this Noah, Shem, Arphaxed, Selah, Eber and Peleg. Three generation after the confounding of languages and the scattering abroad, we see Genesis 10: 25 "And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan."

It could be nothing else but the dividing of the earth into the Continents. given the generational breakdown.

 

The 'dividing' of Gen 10 is GEO-POLITICAL, i.e., the creation of nations, not continents:

5 Of these were the isles of the nations divided in their lands, every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
19 And the border of the Canaanite was from Sidon, as thou goest toward Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest toward Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim, unto Lasha.
20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, in their nations.
25 And unto Eber were born two sons: The name of the one was Peleg. For in his days was the earth divided. And his brother`s name was Joktan.
31 These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.
32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and of these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood. Gen 10

 

the geo-political occurred with the Languages at the time of Nimrod. The people scattered into all the earth, thus into every nation and tongue and people and they developed their own leadership based on their own languages.

The time of Peleg could be nothing else but the continental breakup after the flood. It could be ICE had formed and the Ice melted but the bible says the Genesis 10:25 "And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan." the earth divided, not the geo-political system nor does it say the earth divided into nations. It says the Earth divided and that would be into the continents.

 

You're forcing your interpretation totally out of context.

 

For a long time I held to a similar belief, revmwc. I was sure that Genesis 10:25 meant the continental break-up. But an event of that magnitude would surely have warranted more than a single verse in slightly stronger language. When the flood came, the Bible says the "fountains of the great deep [were] broken up." That, to me, implies a catastrophic change to the surface of the earth. Using only the term "divided" does, per other scriptural evidence, imply political division.

 

Nope, you know me. I have stated before, I lean more toward the flood recorded in Genesis as to being a local event.

 

I know it will come as a shock to you, and perhaps others, we will just have to agree (like gentlemen) to disagree on this.

 

I lean that way also, so does Pink.

 

Did not know that Pink leaned that way. Thanks for sharing.

 

When one says local what does one mean?

From the spot on which the new ark sat, in feet, miles or whatever, what circumference would you draw around that ark as local?

Let's assume at that moment in time all the continents were inter-connected what would the circumference have needed to have been to have the landmass, local to the ark?

From beammeup's post would the ark have been just about centered in the landmass?

BTW I have no answers, just questions.

 

Percho I want to quote Pink on the flood being regional instead of global but can't find it; I thought for certain it would be in his 'Gleanings in Genesis', but it's either in another of his works or I've overlooked it. I've even googled it with no success. I'm 99.9999% certain that I haven't misrepresented him though; trust me, I would never do that intentionally. I'll look some more. Sorry.

It's what I get for speaking 'off the cuff' at my age.

 

Genesis 7:10 "And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. 11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. 12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights...19 "And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered. 20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered." so high that it covered the mountains."

The fountains that the underground water supply as well as the cloud layer above deluged the whole Earth 'erts. This appears to say the whole earth, the word for earth is 'erets, it means whole earth as opposed to a part, it means land, earth. Eveerything that moved upon the whole earth died, it could only occur with a world wide flood, unless no animals existed