Although one possible interpretation of this scripture
The fossil record indicates that prior to the flood, the environment had changed great deal. The destruction of the Earth by flood would have altered the environment in harmful ways about which we can only speculate. The Tree of Life was tree in the Garden of Eden that was placed there so humans could live forever.
In Genesis God is quoted as saying He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and and live forever. So the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden that was placed there so humans could live forever.
The longest verified lifespan on record for human was Jeanne Calment who lived to be years of age. It is foregone conclusion that after the flood, the Earth was tropical paradise. Further, postflood inbreeding would have been extreme with only father, mother, three sons, and their wives remaining, causing the loss of great deal of heterozygosity, and making humans more vulnerable to the new and harsher environment.
have for witnesses to what have said, all those that have written Antiquities, both among the Greeks and barbarians for even Manetho, who wrote the Egyptian History, and Berosus, who collected the Chaldean Monuments, and Mochus and Hestiaeus, and besides these, Ephorus and Nicolaus relate that the ancients lived thousand years but as to these matters let everyone look upon them as he thinks fit.
Further, postflood inbreeding would have been extreme with only father, mother, three sons, and their wives remaining, causing the loss of great deal of heterozygosity, and making humans more vulnerable to the new and harsher environment. According to Genesis 23 upon eating of the forbidden Tree of Knowledge, God immediately removed Adam and Eve from the garden, and placed flaming sword to guard the tree so they could not from the Tree of Life. Their view is consistent with biology particularly genetic drift, flood geology, and the decline of humanity..
Antiquities, I5104108It is argued by some that the decline in human longevity was either an intended or knowingly concomitant result of the flood. have for witnesses to what have said, all those that have written Antiquities, both among the Greeks and barbarians for even Manetho, who wrote the Egyptian History, and Berosus, who collected the Chaldean Monuments, and Mochus and Hestiaeus, and besides these, Ephorus and Nicolaus relate that the ancients lived thousand years but as to these matters let everyone look upon them as he thinks fit. The destruction of the Earth by flood.
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