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It's very odd to me that god only prohibits eating of the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
After Adam and Eve eat of it he's worried they'll eat of the tree of life and acquire eternal life, but prior to that he seems to not be worried about them eating of it.
You'd think that if they ate of either tree god could just remove the effects and it'd be no big deal. very odd.
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Hey, this is an area I know something about!
I mean..people used to be nearly eternal earlier on...
Adam lives to be 930 years old; his son Seth, 912 years; Seth’s son, 910 years; Methuselah, the oldest, 969 years; and Noah, 950 years. Then after the flood, Noah’s son Shem lives 600 years; his son, 438 years; then Shelah, 433 years; then Peleg, 239; and then Terah, the father of Abraham, 148 years. And then the age of the patriarchs: Abraham, 175 years; Isaac, 180 years; Jacob, 147 years. And then after the 400-year bondage in Egypt: Moses, 120 years; Joshua, 110 years. And when we get to the period of the kings, David died at 70, Solomon at 80...(this is approaching what we would consider "normal"). (yes, I pasted that, how did you know)
I suppose I could've skipped all that, but it helps illustrate …
@athousandcateaus@bookwyrm.social @athousandcateaus@tiggi.es
Hey, this is an area I know something about!
I mean..people used to be nearly eternal earlier on...
Adam lives to be 930 years old; his son Seth, 912 years; Seth’s son, 910 years; Methuselah, the oldest, 969 years; and Noah, 950 years. Then after the flood, Noah’s son Shem lives 600 years; his son, 438 years; then Shelah, 433 years; then Peleg, 239; and then Terah, the father of Abraham, 148 years. And then the age of the patriarchs: Abraham, 175 years; Isaac, 180 years; Jacob, 147 years. And then after the 400-year bondage in Egypt: Moses, 120 years; Joshua, 110 years. And when we get to the period of the kings, David died at 70, Solomon at 80...(this is approaching what we would consider "normal"). (yes, I pasted that, how did you know)
I suppose I could've skipped all that, but it helps illustrate the point.
Death was a punishment.
Genesis 2:17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it, you will certainly die.”
