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Dinosaurs Mention in Genesis 1:24-26 - English, Hebrew & Latin.
This is such a solve mystery in Genesis chapter 1 that I see no need to use Job references in this post. But I'm sure many atheists would snarl or laugh at any such statement that dinosaurs are mentioned anywhere in the Bible. But here we will put the skepticism to rest.
For starters, the word "dinosaur" wasn't even coined until 1841 by Sir Richard Owen. Before that they were called things like "dragons" which referred to reptilian beasts. The word "dinosaur" is not an ancient word so why in all fairness would anyone search the Bible for the word "dinosaur"? I'm sure dinosaurs were called by many names in different ancient cultures. So here we will examine what Genesis says about dinosaurs.
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English
Genesis 1:24-26 King James Version (KJV)
24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth."
The phrase "creeping thing" is not a bad English rendering. God made the beasts of the earth which included dinosaurs in the category of "creeping things."
Still not convinced? I didn't think so. While the rendering isn't bad at all it doesn't place much emphasis on what these creeping things are. We know they are included with the beasts of the earth.
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Hebrew Lexicon for H7431 רֶמֶשׂ remes
The New Strong's Exhaustive Expanded Concordance of the Bible,
H7431 רֶמֶשׂ remes, "רֶמֶשׂ remes, reh'-mes; from H7430; a reptile or any other rapidly moving animal:—that creepeth, creeping (moving) thing."
So here we can safely establish that remes is generally used to describe reptiles but can be used to describe any creature that creepeth, including animals.
Dinosaurs are reptiles and we do see a Hebrew definition which says God created reptiles along with the beast of the earth. But can we take this one step further to conclude that these reptiles were plentiful and numerous as to mention them along with animals but separate in their own category? The next section will answer it just fine!
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† St.Jerome's Latin Vulgate:
The Latin Vulgate is a 4th century work by St.Jerome which contains a passage that shouldn't exist if evolution were to be true.
Genesis 1:24,
"dixit quoque Deus producat terra animam viventem in genere suo iumenta et reptilia et bestias terrae secundum species suas factumque "
Already we see "reptilia" defined. But the next verse spells it out better.
Genesis 1:25,
"et fecit Deus bestias terrae iuxta species suas et iumenta et omne reptile terrae in genere suo et vidit Deus quod esset bonum"
The phrase "reptile terrae" means "reptile earth" in English! Sounds like a documentary or movie about dinosaurs to me! So what do atheists consider Biblical evidence that the Bible included dinosaurs during creation? I'm sure the atheist will reply, "It still doesn't say dinosaur." Then you can remind the atheist that "dinosaur" is a modern word. The atheist will reply, "It still doesn't say dinosaur." And that is the type of reasoning atheists use on the Bible as they simply don't want to know.
Genesis 1:26,
"et ait faciamus hominem ad imaginem et similitudinem nostram et praesit piscibus maris et volatilibus caeli et bestiis universaeque terrae omnique reptili quod movetur in terra"
Dinosaurs are reptiles and the creation of numerous kinds of reptiles is mentioned in Genesis.
Genesis 1:25 calls it "reptile earth" ("reptile terrae") --- and that's how it translates, too!
The Latin word "terra" is generally use for "earth" but also is used to describe land or even the entire planet!
Latin Definition and applications for terra
https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/t...10CUXGk94ABihjxM-oxcrubf4VmTrWgTzGjcGcnPRVlVY
How to say creeping in Latin
https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/the/latin-word-for-5302cc9050f5be6c5437291498b412b0d288a0ba.html
So the word can be applied to mean the globe or planet. Therefore we could technically say that "reptile terrae" means "dinosaur planet" in modern English as the passage is referring to dinosaurs no matter how much atheists claim it doesn't. We know dinosaurs lived among humans which I'll prove in the comment section below. In Hebrew they were categorized as remes; in Latin they are called reptiles, and in English they are categorically classified as dinosaurs.
I think the Latin Vulgate spells it out very well!
Dinosaurs are reptiles and their creation is mentioned in Genesis. Any fair-minded person can see that.
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This cave drawing of a Sauropod was discovered on a rock ledge at the edge of the Amazon rain forest basin in northern Peru. It shows 9 warriors hunting this giant Sauropod.
The dinosaurs that did manage to survived the Flood either died to environmental changes or were hunted into complete extinction like many other mammals and birds have been. So this cave drawing shows what could be the last Sauropod on earth being killed by man LOL! Well, what are humans best at if not hunting creatures down to extinction, right? Look up Haast eagle which was once a well known eagle which was hunted into extinction. There are many creatures now gone from the earth that most people never heard of before which have only been extinct for 200 to 300 years. Go back further in time and see how dinosaurs were also hunted into extinction.
Stegosaurus engraving discovered on Buddhist temple in Cambodia.
This is such a solve mystery in Genesis chapter 1 that I see no need to use Job references in this post. But I'm sure many atheists would snarl or laugh at any such statement that dinosaurs are mentioned anywhere in the Bible. But here we will put the skepticism to rest.
For starters, the word "dinosaur" wasn't even coined until 1841 by Sir Richard Owen. Before that they were called things like "dragons" which referred to reptilian beasts. The word "dinosaur" is not an ancient word so why in all fairness would anyone search the Bible for the word "dinosaur"? I'm sure dinosaurs were called by many names in different ancient cultures. So here we will examine what Genesis says about dinosaurs.
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English
Genesis 1:24-26 King James Version (KJV)
24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth."
The phrase "creeping thing" is not a bad English rendering. God made the beasts of the earth which included dinosaurs in the category of "creeping things."
Still not convinced? I didn't think so. While the rendering isn't bad at all it doesn't place much emphasis on what these creeping things are. We know they are included with the beasts of the earth.
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Hebrew Lexicon for H7431 רֶמֶשׂ remes
The New Strong's Exhaustive Expanded Concordance of the Bible,
H7431 רֶמֶשׂ remes, "רֶמֶשׂ remes, reh'-mes; from H7430; a reptile or any other rapidly moving animal:—that creepeth, creeping (moving) thing."
So here we can safely establish that remes is generally used to describe reptiles but can be used to describe any creature that creepeth, including animals.
Dinosaurs are reptiles and we do see a Hebrew definition which says God created reptiles along with the beast of the earth. But can we take this one step further to conclude that these reptiles were plentiful and numerous as to mention them along with animals but separate in their own category? The next section will answer it just fine!
_______________________________________________________________________
† St.Jerome's Latin Vulgate:
The Latin Vulgate is a 4th century work by St.Jerome which contains a passage that shouldn't exist if evolution were to be true.
Genesis 1:24,
"dixit quoque Deus producat terra animam viventem in genere suo iumenta et reptilia et bestias terrae secundum species suas factumque "
Already we see "reptilia" defined. But the next verse spells it out better.
Genesis 1:25,
"et fecit Deus bestias terrae iuxta species suas et iumenta et omne reptile terrae in genere suo et vidit Deus quod esset bonum"
The phrase "reptile terrae" means "reptile earth" in English! Sounds like a documentary or movie about dinosaurs to me! So what do atheists consider Biblical evidence that the Bible included dinosaurs during creation? I'm sure the atheist will reply, "It still doesn't say dinosaur." Then you can remind the atheist that "dinosaur" is a modern word. The atheist will reply, "It still doesn't say dinosaur." And that is the type of reasoning atheists use on the Bible as they simply don't want to know.
Genesis 1:26,
"et ait faciamus hominem ad imaginem et similitudinem nostram et praesit piscibus maris et volatilibus caeli et bestiis universaeque terrae omnique reptili quod movetur in terra"
Dinosaurs are reptiles and the creation of numerous kinds of reptiles is mentioned in Genesis.
Genesis 1:25 calls it "reptile earth" ("reptile terrae") --- and that's how it translates, too!
The Latin word "terra" is generally use for "earth" but also is used to describe land or even the entire planet!
Latin Definition and applications for terra
https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/t...10CUXGk94ABihjxM-oxcrubf4VmTrWgTzGjcGcnPRVlVY
How to say creeping in Latin
https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/the/latin-word-for-5302cc9050f5be6c5437291498b412b0d288a0ba.html
So the word can be applied to mean the globe or planet. Therefore we could technically say that "reptile terrae" means "dinosaur planet" in modern English as the passage is referring to dinosaurs no matter how much atheists claim it doesn't. We know dinosaurs lived among humans which I'll prove in the comment section below. In Hebrew they were categorized as remes; in Latin they are called reptiles, and in English they are categorically classified as dinosaurs.
I think the Latin Vulgate spells it out very well!
Dinosaurs are reptiles and their creation is mentioned in Genesis. Any fair-minded person can see that.
_____________________________________________________________________
This cave drawing of a Sauropod was discovered on a rock ledge at the edge of the Amazon rain forest basin in northern Peru. It shows 9 warriors hunting this giant Sauropod.
The dinosaurs that did manage to survived the Flood either died to environmental changes or were hunted into complete extinction like many other mammals and birds have been. So this cave drawing shows what could be the last Sauropod on earth being killed by man LOL! Well, what are humans best at if not hunting creatures down to extinction, right? Look up Haast eagle which was once a well known eagle which was hunted into extinction. There are many creatures now gone from the earth that most people never heard of before which have only been extinct for 200 to 300 years. Go back further in time and see how dinosaurs were also hunted into extinction.
Stegosaurus engraving discovered on Buddhist temple in Cambodia.