Nice post. Just a question ... I'm looking up that word fill in Genesis 1:9 and do we know it also means spread? I don't see that meaning in the interlinear. Just wondering about the additional meaning, which is interesring and which I haven't looked at before here.
Oops, I meant to write Genesis 9:1. I think you referenced the word fill there (as God telling Noah to fill the earth) - as also meaning spread across it. But I didn't see the spread meaning in that word there, just fill. It might not be that different but it's interesting to me wrt to how you explain that they didn't spread. They could have filled just by being fruitful but spreading intentionally is another meaning. I don't mean to nitpick, it's just an interesting and significant point so I thought I'd ask.
Nice post. Just a question ... I'm looking up that word fill in Genesis 1:9 and do we know it also means spread? I don't see that meaning in the interlinear. Just wondering about the additional meaning, which is interesring and which I haven't looked at before here.
Oops, I meant to write Genesis 9:1. I think you referenced the word fill there (as God telling Noah to fill the earth) - as also meaning spread across it. But I didn't see the spread meaning in that word there, just fill. It might not be that different but it's interesting to me wrt to how you explain that they didn't spread. They could have filled just by being fruitful but spreading intentionally is another meaning. I don't mean to nitpick, it's just an interesting and significant point so I thought I'd ask.