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    Nin Jahouse said (7) Water gushing from the ground is a phenomenon known, for example, in Australia, where the formation of impermeable underground rock layers allows for the construction of artesian wells. In the case of the Mediterranean basin, the source of such water gushing from...
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    Nin Jahouse said (6) Descriptions of rivers existing but no rain are also plausible and could describe times of very dry ice ages, when their water came exclusively from mountain glaciers and ice sheets. In the case of southern rivers such as the Nile and the Libyan rivers (which have long...
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    Nin Jahouse said (5) It's worth realizing the limitations of the oldest oral traditions from various sources. They couldn't maintain chronological order. Some tribes remembered as long as the oldest people lived, while in others, elders passed their stories down to their descendants, sometimes...
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    Nin Jahouse said (4) Therefore, the river that branches east of Eden and flows from the Nile Delta could have been confused with the Euphrates in these accounts, as some travelers from the East claimed it flowed from Eden, while others who traveled further east, where other human tribes lived...
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    Nin Jahouse said (3) One could have flowed westward near Libya, where Africans were more likely to have lived, while the others separated as described. The order in which they were described could have been disrupted or stemmed from multiple oral narratives, of which this description could have...
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    Nin Jahouse said (2) In Greek mythology, the beginning of the world is also defined as the separation of land from sea. For example, Ariadne's creation from the "sea foam" and the arrival of other "gods" at a similar time. These myths from different cultures could have described the same...
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    Nin Jahouse said (1) The separation of land from sea also appears in myths of other cultures: Egyptian and Greek, so it was likely an atmospheric phenomenon observable from several locations near a single body of water. Steam rising from the earth indicates that the earth was heated relative to...
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    - Here is an interesting video titled: “Mountains after the flood - Is Genesis history?” (25) - Here we can see the model of creationist scientists! - If there was a universal flood, it changed everything, it created a situation of crisis that accelerated everything geologically...
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    Evolution of the Mesopotamian climate BCE? (24) The Mesopotamian climate experienced significant shifts BCE, transitioning from a more moisture-rich mid-Holocene to increasingly arid conditions after roughly 5200 BCE, which coincided with the end of the Late Chalcolithic period and influenced...
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    What was the weather like in Mesopotamia BCE? (23) In ancient Mesopotamia (BCE), the weather was semi-arid and characterized by hot, dry summers and mild, rainy winters, with spring floods from melting snow providing essential water for agriculture. This climate made civilization heavily...
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    How did the first Sumerian cities disappear? (22) The Sumerian cities declined due to environmental factors, such as soil salinization and shifts in river courses, which destroyed agricultural productivity. This decline was exacerbated by internal conflicts between city-states and constant...
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    meaning of “himtir” in ancient Hebrew (21) The term "hìmtir" (הִמְטִיר) in ancient Hebrew means "to rain down" or "to make rain". The root word, mentioned in relation to waters in the Hebrew language, connects to something that materializes or becomes tangible, similar to how water from the...
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    Guess what (20) - Definitely interesting! - The earth is constantly evolving! - Everything was different! - And the volume of water above was completely different! - It is always the same! - Everything changes constantly whereas humans usually think as if it has always been the same...
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    Is there enough water on earth (above, on and under to cover all the mountains? (19) No, there isn't enough water on Earth to cover all the mountains, as all existing water would only cover the planet to a depth of about 2.7 km if the land were perfectly flat. However, the question of whether...
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    What represents fifteen cubits? (18) Fifteen cubits represents a depth of water approximately 22.5 feet (6.75 meters), a measurement mentioned in the biblical account of Noah's flood (Genesis 7:20) to describe how high the floodwaters rose above the mountains. The cubit is an ancient unit of...
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    What does Genesis 7:20 represent exactly? (17) Genesis 7:20 represents the absolute and comprehensive nature of God's judgment, as the floodwaters covered the highest mountains to a depth of at least fifteen cubits, leaving no place on Earth untouched by God's decree against sin. The verse...
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    Genesis 7:20 (16) - Then verse 20 is particularly interesting! The waters הַמָּ֑יִם (ham·mā·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen rose גָּבְר֖וּ (gā·ḇə·rū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 1396: To be strong, to...
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    Genesis chapter 7 (15) - Now we can read the next chapters but there is no rain! - Then we get to verses 11 and 12: In בִּשְׁנַ֨ת (biš·naṯ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 8141: A year the six שֵׁשׁ־ (šêš-) Number - feminine singular construct Strong's...
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    Genesis chapter 2 (14) - Once again, in the third part of the programme, we get at the same time the separation of land and seas and the creation of vegetation and every plant starts to grow and reproduce! 4This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, when the...