im curious as to when we adopted a 7 day week. i can cite Genesis as a 7 day week but im curious as to when it was actually made. please no arguments over the Gensis literal or figurative stuff.
where did the 7 day week come from?
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rmwilliamsll
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the standard answer is the visible not-fixed objects in the sky.
sun, moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn
the mystical answer revolves around:
3*4=5 right triangle
3+4=7
some odd numerology
http://webexhibits.org/calendars/week.html
http://www.wwu.edu/~stephan/Astronomy/7day.html
best:
http://www.friesian.com/week.htm
sun, moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn
the mystical answer revolves around:
3*4=5 right triangle
3+4=7
some odd numerology
http://webexhibits.org/calendars/week.html
http://www.wwu.edu/~stephan/Astronomy/7day.html
best:
http://www.friesian.com/week.htm
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7 seems be widely regarded by ancient cultures as some sort of 'perfect' number - probably partly because it is prime. Add to that fact that it makes a neat quarter of a lunar month (in so far as the lunar month corresponds to a whole number of days), and you probably have your answer.
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Most cultures that once used a lunar based calendar had a seven day week because a lunar month can be neatly divided by seven day weeks. Many of the ancient Middle Eastern civilizations including the Israelites had a lunar based calendar. Thus since they are the basis of later "Western" civilizations we inherited the seven day week from them.
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Thr word seven in Hebrew means "to be complete", and comes from the root that means to make an oath or declaration. God sevens His covenant to man and the Bible has a repetition of sevens throughout the Bible.
Seven day comes straight from Genesis in the Bible. Six days to create and the seventh day for rest. Some of the sevens of the Bible: seven Spirits of God, seven Churches of Revelations, seven festivals, seven pieces of furniture within the temple, and more.
The eight day stands for eternity without time.
Seven day comes straight from Genesis in the Bible. Six days to create and the seventh day for rest. Some of the sevens of the Bible: seven Spirits of God, seven Churches of Revelations, seven festivals, seven pieces of furniture within the temple, and more.
The eight day stands for eternity without time.
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rmwilliamsll
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Rafael said:
the problem is that the sumerians had a 7 day week before abram left Ur of the chaldeans. let alone 1000 years before moses. these uses of 7 must have their basis in something earlier.
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I know that this post is super old, but I wanted to respond.
Didn't Adam, Eve, Abel, Seth, Enoch, Noah, his wife, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and their wives all follow God???
This was well before Abraham. I mean, Abel was killed by Cain because he offered a sacrifice to God that pleased Him:
And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord . And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering: But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
Genesis 4:3-8 KJV
Genesis 4:3-8 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the | King James Version (KJV) | Download The Bible App Now
Just from that, we know that Abel was taught about the sacrifices which were atonements of sin, and he more than likely also following the Sabbath, all of which God had taught Adam and Eve, and they passed it down to Cain and Abel.
This verse here tells us that people began worshipping God (again, well before Abraham):
And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the Lord .
Genesis 4:26 KJV
Genesis 4:26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD. | King James Version (KJV) | Download The Bible App Now
Enoch walked with God and didn't even die (Also, well before Abraham):
And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years: And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
Genesis 5:21-24 KJV
Genesis 5:21-24 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: And all the days of Enoch were three | King James Version (KJV) | Download The Bible App Now
It's pretty obvious that they all were observing the 7-day week God set up when He created the universe.
If Adam and Eve, the first two humans, were observing the 7-day week God created, who cares about the Sumerians?
Adam and Eve were before them.
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The thread was likely resurrected because the question wasn't answered.
The seven day cycle is strongly suggested by the sun and moon being appointed to indicate such, and the finality of God's work and his rest on the seventh day, as revealed in Genesis 1 and 2.
The seven day cycle is strongly suggested by the sun and moon being appointed to indicate such, and the finality of God's work and his rest on the seventh day, as revealed in Genesis 1 and 2.
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I disagree. I don't think the seven day week predates Genesis. I don't think anyone was aware of a preexisting clock and calendar in the sky until God ordained it.
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