All the earth... This phrase is used rather oft..

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All the earth...

This phrase is used rather often in the Bible. I noticed it for the first time in Gen. 41:57 this morning.

"And all countries came to #egypt to Joseph to buy #grain, because the #famine was severe over all earth."

This reminded me of #noah's flood that also covered all the #earth. So, how severe was this drought? Was it over all the earth or just localized?

I then wonder, if it was only localized then what do we make of all the other Scripture that talks about all the earth like:

1. Noah's flood
2. Yeshua saying that the Gospel needs to be spread to all the earth before His return.
3. Paul saying that the Gospel has been spread across #alltheearth...
4. The reign of the Anti-christ.

What is your understanding in this? Should we use the same interpretation in all these instances or are some merely speaking figuratively?

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I think the translators used the grandest interpretation of the ancient meanings. Although, I do believe the flood was global, because all cultures have a flood story and geologic evidence, even on mt everest. I think most of the interpretations mean the "known" or civilized, roman world.

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Yes, my understanding is that the then known ancient world is who Paul & Yeshua were referring to. The "land" would be a better translation.

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When we look at the flood story for example, we can conclude that the flood was global and not geographic because of similar flood stories shared in various cultures however, if we believe in the flood narrative then we must conclude that the nations came from Noah’s sons, and thus those descendants held on to the story. The nations can mean the tribes, and other figuritive terms like, trees or seas can refer to people too. The nations are also termed, ethnos and the world can refer to the kosmos. Thoughts for now.

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I think the grammar and specific words can reasonably be translated to refer to a region, but the fact that it covered mountains would seem to make that impossible. How can a local flood cover mountain tops without covering the rest of the entire world?

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No proof of this theory but I believe "all the earth" can mean everywhere there is man. But yeah I definitely think Noah's flood was global based on the evidence we can see today.

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