The only one of those rules that was new is the courts. The other six existed since Adam

Before we get to talking past each other. Which seven are you talking about? Like the seven deadly sins? Being Protestant, I default to the 10 commandments.

Commandments as the rules for everyone.

The other rules are basically to set up a society like God wants, that’s separate from the rest of the sinful world and easily recognized.

Seven laws of Noah. Basically the commandments before the commandments

The commandments given to Noah after the flood

This is called the Eight Immortals

Eight people sailed on a boat from heaven to create China

When you see how long those people lived, they might as well have been immortal. Noah's father Lamech actually lived while Adam was still alive

At the border sacrifice the emperor would say this prayer, "Of old in the beginning there was great chaos without form and dark. The five planets had not begun to revolve nor the sun and the moon to shine. In the midst thereof there existed neither forms nor sound. Thou, Oh Spiritual Sovereign, came forth in Your presidency, and first divided the grosser parts from the purer. You made the heavens and the earth. You made man. All things with their reproductive power came into being."

Sounds kinda familiar

Ok, not familiar with the seven laws of Noah. Do you have the verses for them?

Genesis 9

The Chinese thing is pretty cool. I know most civilizations have flood stories.

Beginning of the chapter

Ok thanks I’ll dig that up lol

But that’s like Genesis 1 in their prayer.

There's an OLD poem known to this day with the Miao people, an ethnic minority

Biologically they're the same as Han, Zhuang etc. But they have different social traditions and still live in a primitive way

They're extremely hospitable though

In the poem, it specifically tells the creation story, flood story, and tower

Oh wow

At their funerals they read the deceased's genealogy. All the way back to Adam.

Yeah I’d like to see that if you have it.

In their flood story it's very specific. Noah and 40 days

Yeah that’s interesting.

Miao didnt write it down. You'd have to ask them yourself

They do elaborate on some things not recorded in the Bible, at least not that I remember

They specify at the tower, the world was divided into six languages

It's certainly possible, and then those six evolved and split into many more

Well damn. So it’s an oral only then?

Yep

They were saying it before the Bible was even written

Well that sucks lol. Make them write it down 🤣

Yeah. Which is very interesting.

Oh you could just ask them. They're really friendly

Yeah. But that means going to China 🤷🏼‍♂️🤣

If you showed up in a Miao village they would all beg you to come stay at their house and feed you

in their version, did the Flood happen because of the Watchers' presence on earth

or rather, a reason for the Flood