The Armadillo. The dinosaurs? For such an old animal, it would have to be a jellyfish. But being an aquatic animal, it would make no sense for Noah to have it on the ark.
Throughout the last century and a half, the prevailing non-evangelical interpretation of the Noah narrative was that it is not just one story, but rather at least 2 separate stories poorly pieced together in an attempt to make them unified. whole. The proof given for the presence of 2 authentic stories is seen that Noah is first instructed to bring 2 of each kind of animal into the ark and then to take seven of each clean kind.
Ultimately, according to a prominent critical scholar, there is only one proof of the disunity of the Noah narrative, and that is reiteration, or reiteration. The reiteration, he reasoned, is meaningless unless two or more narratives have been mixed together.
REFERENCES
Henry, Matthew (no data), Genesis to Deuteronomy (MacLean, VA: MacDonald).
Jamieson, Robert, et al. (1997), Jamieson, Fausset, Brown Bible Commentary (electronic information bank: Biblesoft).
Rehem (Job 39:9-
The concept of the Hebrew word רְאֵם – rehem, is not known, so it was initially translated as a one-horned animal, the unicorn, but then, to avoid referring to a mythological animal, it was translated as an animal with 2 horns. , buffalo, ox or wild bull, but many researchers are not sure how many horns this animal actually had or which animal the scriptures mention. a recent archaeological find of a pictogram of the word «Rehem», which exhibits an animal that has a head with 3 horns, it is now believed that the Bible relates to another genus of dinosaur, somewhat akin to a Ceratopsida such as Triceratops with three horns. Although there is also Monoclonius with a single horn, or Avaceratops with 2 horns. If we take into account the context of the 9 places where Reem appears in the Bible, considering a dinosaur is a better translation than still using a unicorn or a wild bull. For example, Reem makes an appearance in Job 39, a chapter before talking about dinosaurs, Behemoth (Job 40) and Leviathan (Job 41), which are used to teach Job a lesson about fearing the Lord. So why wouldn’t God do the same with this “three-horned” dinosaur from the previous chapter? In addition to this, we understand that we are dealing with something much more here than just a bull or an ox, since the article states that this creature will not serve Job and will not submit to work behind a plow for Job. The wild ox probably started out wild, but was domesticated and is now used to plow fields. So a Triceratops could be considered a great opportunity to translate this alarming creature called «Rehem» and teach Job a lesson.
“And the buffalo will wish you to be useful? Will he stay relaxed in his manger? Can you put a yoke on him so that he can work the land? Is it going to make furrows in the valley since you sent it? —Job 39:9-10 (KJV)
«Loss» or «Repulsive» Animals
Regarding other animals, God has said: “Of the animals that I do not accept as an offering, take only a few. In a week I’m going to make it rain 40 days and 40 nights. In this way I will destroy on this planet everything that I have developed.”
The question that arises is which animals God considered repulsive, since not much more than one couple could enter the ark. The list is obtained in Leviticus 11:3-6, where the peculiarities of these animals are taught in detail.
How many species of animals boarded Noah’s ark?
How many pairs of each animal did Noah take to the ark, according to Genesis chapter 7? The correct answer is 7 pairs of clean animals and only between the repulsive ones.
✔ Answer: The camel.